With a week off before the Super Bowl, college basketball takes center stage, and that is certainly the case right here in the Queen City. Both UC and Xavier are looking for a strong finish if they have any chance of making the NCAA tournament in March. We start with the Bearcats…they play at West Virginia tonight with a chance to even their Big 12 record at 4-4. WVU is a strange team to figure out. They are 7-13 on the year but at home, they’ve beaten the likes of Texas and Kansas, but last week they had road losses at UCF and Oklahoma State. Tip off tonight at 7 on ESPN plus. Will former Cincinnati and WVU head coach Bob Huggins show up for the game? He has several times already this season since being fired in October. For Xavier, legendary head coach Rick Pitino leads his St.John's team to Cintas Center tonight. The Muskies are trying to rebound from Sunday's 43-point loss at number 1 UCONN. X sits at 10-10 on the year. The Johnnies come in 13-7 fresh off a 20-point win over Villanova. That ended three-game losing streak which included one-point losses to Creighton and Marquette. Tip-off at 6:30 on FS1. Also tonight, Florida plays at Rupp Arena against number 10 Kentucky. Tipoff at 8 on ESPN. Last night, number 3 North Carolina was upset at Georgia Tech. Number 5 Tennessee falls to South Carolina. 14th-ranked Illinois beat Ohio State in Columbus 87-75. It appears Chris Holtman is on the hot seat as Buckeyes head coach….much was expected with this very talented roster and Ohio State is collapsing as this season wears on. Number 21 Dayton improves to 17-3 with a 22-point win over George Washington. Miami and Ohio university picked up Mac conference wins last night. Ad congratulations to coaching icon Tom Izzo. He picked up his 700th career win last night at Michigan State. A hall of fame inductee back in 2016, started as head coach of the Spartans back in 1995. NFL news a couple of hotly-pursued offensive coordinators are staying put rather than pursuing head coaching jobs. Ben Johnson will remain OC in Detroit. The same for Bobby Slowick in Houston. Both had been rumored for head coaching gigs in Seattle and Washington. John Angelos has agreed to sell the Baltimore Orioles to Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein.