A Busy College Basketball Saturday Doesn't Disappoint

Even though this Saturday had fewer games than we'll probably see going forward, a number of games with huge implications were played, including some gems from Villanova at Syracuse and Louisville at Kentucky. The last Saturday in 2013 was entertaining from morning to night, and it should leave all fans hungry for what we're about to see over the next three months.

No Surprises in College Basketball Just After Christmas

Friday night was quite in college basketball as the only three ranked teams in action, Ohio State, North Carolina, and San Diego State, all rolled over their competition.

The Diamond Head Classic Destroy's Saint Mary's At-Large Profile

So here I was, ready to proclaim Saint Mary's the new West Coast Conference power.

On Monday Night, College Basketball's Bubble Teams All Won

Some nights, there are no games involving teams where both teams have a realistic shot at an at-large bid. And then some nights, there are no upsets. Monday night was one such night. So what follows is a list of games involving teams you should be watching for your bracketology who won exactly as expected: favored teams beating teams they should beat.

Several Bubble Teams Lose, and College Basketball Loses One More Unbeaten Team

Following Saturday's big action, there weren't too many meaningful games on Sunday. Yes, a lot of bracket-bound and bubble teams were in play, but not many had difficult tests to face. We did see one bubble team suffer a devastating loss, and we lost another unbeaten team tonight in Hawaii, but for the most part, things went as scheduled. For example, Creighton took out Cal today, and while Cal is quite clearly on the bubble, losing on the road to a team squarely in the bracket doesn't hurt. Let's take a look at the two games that really did change the landscape.

Bracket Brief for December 22, 2013

Seed	West (1) Anaheim (Th/Sa)	East (4) New York City (Fr/Su)	Midwest (2) Indianapolis (Fr/Su)	South (3) Memphis (Th/Sa)
Site 1 16 8 9	San Diego (Fr/Su) Arizona N. Colo./Char. So. Saint Louis Minnesota	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Syracuse Bryant Michigan Georgetown	Buffalo (Th/Sa) Ohio State Elon Virginia LSU	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Wisconsin NC Cent./TX So. UCLA Gonzaga
Site 5 12 4 13	Orlando (Th/Sa) Saint Mary's New Mexico State Pittsburgh Drexel	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Kentucky Ariz. St./Geo. Wash. Wichita State Southern Miss	Spokane (Th/Sa) San Diego State Toledo Colorado Belmont	San Diego (Fr/Su) UConn Butler/Texas North Carolina North Dakota State
Site 3 14 6 11	Milwaukee (Th/Sa) Michigan State Stephen F. Austin Memphis Stanford	Spokane (Th/Sa) Oregon UC Santa Barbara Iowa State Illinois	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Duke Manhattan Baylor VCU	Orlando (Th/Sa) Florida Green Bay Massachusetts Marquette
Site 7 10 2 15	Saint Louis (Fr/Su) Creighton New Mexico Kansas Bucknell	Raleigh (Fr/Su) Florida State Missouri Villanova Stony Brook	Saint Louis (Fr/Su) Iowa Arkansas Louisville Mercer	San Antonio (Fr/Su) Harvard Cincinnati Oklahoma State Louisiana Lafayette

Note: Through games of December 21, 2013. Teams in italics below represent automatic bids. The rankings at the top of each column are based on the overall seeds of the top four teams, so the winner of the regional with the team seeded #1 overall would meet the winner of the regional with the team seeded #4 overall.

Two More Unbeaten Teams Fall, But Some Teams Fall Out of the Tourney Completely.

Saturday was an extremely busy day for college basketball as we saw two more undefeated teams, UMass and Mizzou go down for the first times this year. We're now down to the top 10, though we came close to being down to 9 when BYU took Oregon into OT. We also saw and ACC team and an Ivy League team all but playing themselves out of the possibility of at-large bids at this point with silly office supply purchases. Let's take a look at a a few choice games and look at what else happened today, as well as preview Sunday's games.