College Hoops Tuesday

Fidel Castro is out and the tournament is inching closer, can it get any better? Well, that depends on who you like in this great sport. The AP Stock Market will be followed by a recap of last night's games, the conference leaders, and the coming week's best games.

AP Stock Market
Stock Up
Tennessee- The Vols got wins over Arkansas and Georgia to go up to 2nd in the rankings and set up this week's Memphis showdown. They play Auburn tomorrow.
UNC- A sweep of the VA teams has the Tar Heels back up to 3rd. They play at NC State before hosting giant killer Wake.
Texas- There's no denying that the Longhorns are on the rise after wins over Kansas and Baylor last week and a rout of TAMU last night. They also have to host Oklahoma this week.
Xavier- The Musks beat Charlotte last week and Rhode Island last night, but they still have to play Duquesne and Dayton this week.
Wisconsin- The Badgers beat Indiana and Minnesota last week and will be at Illinois and Ohio State this coming week.
Stock also up- UConn, Purdue, Wazzu, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Saint Mary's, Marquette.
Stock Down
Duke- The 13 point loss to Wake knocks the Blue Devils down to 5th. They'll be at Miami and will host St John's on Saturday.
Stanford- A hard fought loss to Arizona State knocks the Cardinal down 2 spots before a showdown with rival Cal.
Georgetown- They lost to Syracuse last week, but could already be on the right track after a win at Providence. They also host Cincinnati this week.
Indiana- The two point loss to Wisconsin brings them down two spots, but they can redeem themselves by beating Purdue and by winning at woeful Northwestern.
Drake- The loss at Southern Illinois also bring the Bulldogs down as well, they play Bradley before their huge game at Butler.
Stock also down- Michigan State, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Pittsburgh.

Monday Recap
18 points and 8 rebounds allowed Georgetown to come back strong with a 68-58 win at Providence. Louisville outrebounded Syracuse 53-34 and ironically had 19 offensive rebounds in a 61-50 win over an almost desperate Syracuse team that was looking to build off their win over Georgetown. The Orange had a good chance to win this game, but shot 16-55 (29%) from the field. The deeper, hungrier Cardinals fed off the Freedom Hall frenzy to take what would have been a huge Orange win away from Jim Boeheim and co. Josh Duncan had 23 points as Xavier got an enormous 81-77 win at Rhode Island that pretty much solidifies the A-10 regular season crown for the Muskateers. Parfait Bitee had 25 points and 7 assists for the Rams, who is still in good position for a bid, but they could have solidified it last night. Niagara remains in a 4 way tie atop the MAAC after a 2 point win over St Peter's. Loyola knocked off the leaders Rider to bring both teams to 11-5 in the conferece, and Siena's loss at Manhatten makes the 4 way tie. Just below the pack is Fairfield, who knocked off Marist in a 2OT thriller. Hampton is only a game back in the MEAC after a win over Winston-Salem behind Morgan State and Norfolk State who both got wins last night. It was a bad loss for St Joe's who fell 90-89 at home to Philly rival LaSalle. Austin Peay still leads the OVC by 2 games, but fell at Tennessee State last night. Texas A&M started off ice cold, Texas began white hot and the Longhorns never looked back in a 77-50 destruction of the Aggies in Austin last night in the Lone Star Showdown. DJ Augustin had 27 points and 9 assists in the win for a quickly ascending team. Saint Mary's still rules the WCC after a 100-64 rout of Pepperdine at Malibu, but Gonzaga kept pace with an impressive 4 point win at underrated San Diego.

Conference Leaders
UMBC, Xavier, Duke, Belmont, Kansas, Georgetown, Portland State, Winthrop, Purdue, CS-Northridge, VCU, Memphis, Butler, Cornell, Niagara, Kent State, Morgan State, Drake, BYU, Robert Morris, Austin Peay, UCLA, American, Tennessee, Davidson, Lamar, Alabama State, Oral Roberts, Western Kentucky, Saint Mary's, Boise State.

Games of the Week (major, mid major)
Tuesday- Purdue @ Indiana 7pm ESPN, UNC Greensboro @ Davidson 7pm ESPN2. Wednesday- UNC @ NC State 7pm ESPN, Houston @ UAB 7pm.
Thursday- Pitt @ Notre Dame 7pm ESPN, South Alabama @ Western Kentucky 8pm.
Friday- BracketBusters- Davidson @ Winthrop 7pm ESPN2, UC Santa Barbara @ Utah State 9pm ESPN2.
Saturday- Tennessee @ Memphis 9pm ESPN, Drake @ Butler 5pm ESPN2 (BB).
Sunday- Louisville @ Pitt 12pm Full Court, Wright State @ Illinois State 6:30pm ESPNU (BB). Monday- Texas @ Kansas State 9pm ESPN, San Diego @ Saint Mary's 10pm.