Best College Basketball Games per Las Vegas on Thursday, 3-5-26 (22 games)

Thursday, March 5, 2026 (22 games)

4:30 p.m. (1 game)

**[9-seed] Drake (12-19 overall; 6-14 conf) vs. [8-seed] Southern Illinois [-4.5] (16-15 overall; 10-10 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament First Round; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

6 p.m. (2 games)

**[9-seed] Sacred Heart (13-18 overall; 9-11 conf) vs. [8-seed] Iona [-3.5] (18-13 overall; 10-10 conf) (MAAC Tournament First Round; Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, NJ) (ESPN+)

**[9-seed] James Madison [-1] (18-14 overall; 9-9 conf) vs. [8-seed] Southern Miss (16-15 overall; 9-9 conf) (Sun Belt Conference Tournament Third Round; Pensacola Bay Center; Pensacola, FL) (ESPN+)

7 p.m. (5 games)

**[5-seed] American U. (16-16 overall; 9-9 conf) at [4-seed] Boston U. [-1.5] (16-16 overall; 10-8 conf) (Patriot League Tournament Quarterfinals) (ESPN+)

*Middle Tennessee St. at FIU [-1.5] (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Delaware St. at Maryland Eastern Shore [-5] (MEAC) (Delmarva Sports Network)

*Tulane at Temple [-5] (American) (ESPN2)

**[10-seed] Indiana St. (11-20 overall; 4-16 conf) vs. [7-seed] Valparaiso [-3.5] (17-14 overall; 11-9 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament First Round; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

7:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Bethune-Cookman [-2.5] at FAMU (SWAC) (HBCU Go)

8 p.m. (5 games)

*Grambling St. at Alabama St. [-3.5] (SWAC) (SWAC TV)

*Western Kentucky [-2] at Missouri St. (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Howard U. [-5] at Norfolk St. (MEAC) (ESPN+)

*UT Arlington at Tarleton State [-2.5] (WAC) (ESPN+)

*Prairie View A&M at Texas Southern [-1.5] (SWAC) (Video on YouTube via TSU website)

8:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Southern U. at Alabama A&M [-1] (SWAC) (SWAC TV)

9 p.m. (3 games)

*Arkansas-Pine Bluff [-3] at Alcorn St. (SWAC) (Braves Sports Network on YouTube via ASU website)

**[12-seed] Pepperdine (9-22 overall; 4-14 conf) vs. [9-seed] Portland [-2.5] (13-18 overall; 6-12 conf) (West Coast Conference Tournament First Round; Orleans Arena; Las Vegas, NV) (ESPN+)

*Kennesaw St. [-3] at UTEP (C-USA) (ESPN+)

9:30 p.m. (2 games)

**[7-seed] South Dakota St. (14-17 overall; 7-9 conf) vs. [2-seed] St. Thomas [-5] (23-8 overall; 12-4 conf) (Summit League Tournament Quarterfinals; Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, SD) (Midco Sports/Summit League Network)

**[6-seed] Lindenwood (18-14 overall; 11-9 conf) vs. [3-seed] Southeast Missouri St. [-3.5] (19-12 overall; 14-6 conf) (Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Ford Center; Evansville, IN) (ESPN+)

10 p.m. (2 games)

*UC San Diego [-4] at CS Fullerton (Big West) (ESPN+)

*UC Davis [-2] at Long Beach St. (Big West) (ESPN+)

*-denotes conference game 

**-denotes conference tournament game