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3 months ago: Michigan State's Raymar Morgan (2) puts up a layup between Gonzaga's Elias Harris (20) and Robert Sacre (00) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 75-71. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Yesterday's extremely busy slate was dominated by the NIT Season Tip-Off Regional Finals and the round-the-clock marathon.  On the tournament side of things, four teams punched their tickets to New York.

• In the East Region, No. 9 Duke easily advanced over Charlotte, 101-59. 
• The Blue Devils will face the winner of the West Region, Arizona State, who got all they could handle from TCU.
• No. 12 UConn survived a major scare from Hofstra in the North Region final, 76-67. 
• LSU will be the Huskies' opponent at Madison Square Garden, as the Tigers handled Western Kentucky in the South final, 71-60.

Outside of the NIT, there were games played at just about every moment of the day.  I covered the early morning games in my Tuesday morning recap, but there were so many more.

• Niagara defeated Drexel 76-69 in the 8 a.m start.
• Clemson didn't give Liberty a chance, jumping out to a big lead they never relinquished.
• Northeastern held a 26-20 lead at halftime, but Siena was too much in the 2nd half.  The Saints ended up 59-53 winners. 
• Tulsa had no problem with Arkansas-Little Rock, winning 59-45. 
• No. 20 Georgetown outlasted Temple, 46-45. 
• Binghamton was no match for Pittsburgh, falling 71-46. 
• No. 20 Louisville rolled past shorthanded Arkansas, 96-66. 
• No. 23 Illinois had no trouble with in-state rival Northern Illinois, winning 80-61. 
  
• A strong second half pushed No. 2 Michigan State past Gonzaga, 75-71. 
• A Bill Clark three with 12 seconds left pushed Duquesne past Iowa, 52-50.
  
• In the final game of the marathon, No. 1 Kansas got a major scare from shorthanded Memphis, surviving 57-55. 

In non-marathon action:

• St. John's squeaked by St. Bonaventure in Rochester, 69-68. 
• UNC Asheville was clobbered by No. 10 Tennessee, 124-49. The Vols led 66-14 at the half, and the Bulldogs shot only 7.7% in the opening 20 minutes.  Tennessee set school records in points and assists.
• Georgia wasn't so lucky, as they fell to Wofford, 60-57.
• Iowa State rolled over Drake, 90-70.
• New Mexico won at in-state rival New Mexico State, 97-87. 
• USC did what archrivals UCLA couldn't do the night before, beat a Big West opponent.  The Trojans knocked off UC Riverside by 10.

Wednesday's TV slate after the jump.

You'd expect the day after a college basketball marathon to be quiet, but there are still a few interesting contests.

• Georgia Southern at Florida (Sun Sports/FS South, 7) The Eagles once again make the trip to Gainesville.
• Toledo at Cincinnati (FS Ohio/SNY, 7) Lance Stephenson will hope to score more than the 7 he put up on Monday night against Prairie View.
• Butler at Northwestern (Big Ten, 8)  This game would have been so much better had Kevin Coble stayed healthy.
• Nebraska at St. Louis (FS Midwest/Full Court, 8) 
• Utah State at Utah (the mtn., 8) The first of two WAC at MWC games that make me wish I got this channel.
• Western Carolina at No. 3 Texas (ESPNU, 9) This should be the second easy win for the Longhorns in the CBE Classic.
  
• Texas Southern at Colorado (FSN Rocky Mountain/Full Court, 9) 
• Nevada at UNLV (the mtn., 10) This is the second game of what should be an explosive WAC/MWC doubleheader.

For other games that are only going to be telecast locally, visit Matt Sarz' College Sports on TV site.