Thursday Night Action: Dayton Looks To Grab Crucial Win At Richmond

Since all of the teams I have in “Last Four In” group played either on Tuesday or Wednesday, Thursday’s Bubble Watch action features several teams looking to move into the bracket.

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Positions based on my Thursday morning update.

Two of these teams are in action tonight, as Mississippi State lost to Auburn Wednesday and USF defeated DePaul Tuesday.

Dayton at Richmond, 7 p.m. ET (CBS College Sports): With a home game against St. Louis on the schedule for Saturday, this is the Flyers’ last chance to grab an impressive road win. (A win at George Mason is the best on the resume right now.) Meanwhile, the Spiders will look to rebound from their tough double overtime loss to Xavier on Sunday. This is the only meeting between these two during the regular season, but if things break right, they may meet again in Atlantic City next weekend.

LSU at Mississippi, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN): The Rebels should grab an easy win over a Tiger team who has only won once during their SEC campaign. Obviously, that victory won’t be much of a boost for Ole Miss’ case. Back on January 23, Mississippi beat LSU by 10 in Baton Rouge.

Out of this group, UConn fell to Notre Dame on Wednesday.

Seton Hall at Rutgers, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN): The Pirates’ chances have gotten better as others have lost, which is good as this game and Saturday’s finale at Providence won’t be much of boost for their computer numbers. The Hall picked up a 76-70 home win over the Scarlet Knights on February 23.

USC at Arizona State, 8:30 p.m. ET (FSN/Comcast SportsNet): As they’re out of the running for the top seed in the Pac-10 Tournament, this weekend the Sun Devils are looking to sweep the L.A. schools to lock up the two seed in next week’s conference tournament. ASU was swept in their trip to UCLA and USC over New Year’s.

Washington at Oregon, 10 p.m. ET (no TV): The Huskies also look to avenge an early season loss, as they visit the Ducks, who won by 11 in Seattle on January 2. Washington can lock up a winning record in the conference with a win tonight. Keep in mind, this is the penultimate regular season game for the Ducks at historic Mac Court.