College Basketball 2022-23 Conference Races And Key Games In February

The push to conference titles, conference tournaments and the 2023 NCAA Tournament is on. College basketball 2022-23 conference races will be settled in the final 1-2 weeks of the season, and small conference tournaments begin in just over a week. The daily bracket watch changes as top teams get knocked off with No. 1 Alabama falling to No. 10 Tennessee this week, and No. 3 Purdue suffering back-to-back losses to unranked Northwestern and Maryland.

The big conferences and top teams across the AP Top 25 still have much to settle, and I break down more including key games on the college basketball schedule in my latest update at Off Shore Gaming Association.

Here are the college basketball 2022-23 conference races to note along with key games the final two weeks. Get ready for my Countdown to the NCAA Tournament seedings and stats next month ahead of March Madness.

Sat., Feb. 18 Key Games

Check back by Saturday morning for betting lines from top online sportsbooks. (Odds posted Friday night from BetMGM)

No. 9 Baylor at No. 5 Kansas (-5.5)
No. 19 Iowa State at No. 12 Kansas State (-3.5)
No. 10 Tennessee (-1.5) at Kentucky
Georgia at No. 1 Alabama (-18.5)
Illinois at No. 14 Indiana (-5.5)
Wake Forest at No. 15 Miami (-7.5)
Oklahoma at No. 6 Texas (-10.5)
Oklahoma State at No. 22 TCU (-5.5)
Seton Hall at No. 20 UCONN (-10.5)
Texas A&M at Missouri (-2.5)
Fordham at VCU (-8.5)
Duquesne at St. Louis (-4.5)
Nevada at Utah State (-4.5)
BYU at St. Mary’s (-9.5)
Michigan State at Michigan (-2)

Major Conference Races

American Athletic

Houston (12-1, 24-2)
Memphis (10-3, 20-6)
Tulane (9-3, 16-7)

Atlantic 10

VCU (10-3, 19-7)
Fordham (9-4, 21-5)
Dayton (9-4, 17-9)
St. Louis (9-4, 17-9)
Duquesne (8-5, 18-8)

ACC

Virginia (12-3, 20-4)
Pittsburgh (12-3, 19-7)
Miami (12-4, 21-5)
Clemson (11-4, 19-7)
NC State (10-6, 20-7)
Duke (9-6, 18-8)
Wake Forest (9-6, 17-9)

Big 12

Kansas (9-4, 21-5)
Texas (9-4, 20-6)
Baylor (9-4, 20-6)
Iowa State (8-5, 17-8)
Kansas State 7-6, 19-7)

Big East
Marquette (13-3, 21-6)
Providence (11-4, 19-7)
Xavier (11-4, 19-7)
Creighton (11-4, 17-9)
UCONN (8-7, 19-7)

Big Ten

Purdue (12-4, 23-4)
Northwestern (10-5, 19-7)
Indiana (9-6, 18-8)
Maryland (9-6, 18-8)
Iowa (9-6, 17-9)
Illinois (8-6, 17-8)
Michigan State (8-6, 16-9)
Rutgers (8-7, 16-10)

Pac 12
UCLA (13-2, 22-4)
Arizona (12-4, 23-4)
USC (10-5, 18-8)

SEC
Alabama (12-1, 22-4)
Texas A&M (11-2, 19-7)
Tennessee (9-4, 20-6)
Auburn (8-5, 18-8)
Kentucky (8-5, 17-9)
Missouri (7-6, 19-7)
Arkansas (6-7, 17-9)

Other Conferences regular season title races

Big West
UC Santa Barbara (11-3, 20-5)
UC Irvine (11-3, 18-8)

Ivy
Yale (7-3, 17-6)
Princeton (7-3, 16-7))

MAAC
Iona (11-3, 18-7)
Rider (11-3, 14-9)
Siena (11-4, 17-9)

MAC
Kent State (11-2, 21-5)
Toledo (11-2, 20-6)
Ball State (10-3, 19-7)
Akron (10-3, 18-8)

Missouri Valley
Drake (13-4, 22-6)
Bradley (13-4, 20-8)
Southern Illinois (12-5, 20-8)
Indiana State (12-5, 19-9)

Mountain West 
San Diego State (12-2, 21-5)
Boise State (10-3, 20-6)
Nevada (10-3, 20-6)
Utah State (9-5, 20-7)

Southern
Samford (13-2, 19-9)
Furman (12-3, 21-7)
UNC Greensboro (12-3, 18-10)

Southland
Northwestern State (11-3, 19-8)
Texas A&M-CC (11-3, 18-9)

Sun Belt
Southern Miss (12-3, 23-5)
Marshall (11-4, 22-6)
UL Lafayette (11-4, 22-6)

West Coast
St. Mary’s (12-1, 23-5)
Gonzaga (11-2, 22-5)

Key games

Feb. 19
Memphis at Houston
Iowa at Northwestern

Feb. 20
Kansas at TCU

Feb. 21
Baylor at Kansas State
Marquette at Creighton
Indiana at Michigan State
Tennessee at Texas A&M

Feb. 22
Tulane at Houston
Wake Forest at NC State
Providence at UCONN

Feb. 23
Northwestern at Illinois

Feb. 25
Clemson at NC State
Texas at Baylor
Indiana at Purdue
Arkansas at Alabama
Auburn at Kentucky
Furman at Samford
Northwestern State at Texas A&M-CC
St. Mary’s at Gonzaga

Feb. 26
Northwestern at Maryland

Feb. 28
St. Louis at VCU
Clemson at Virginia
NC State at Duke
Iowa at Indiana
Arkansas at Tennessee

March 1
Texas at TCU
Xavier at Providence
Auburn at Alabama

March 3
Dayton at St. Louis

March 4
Duquesne at Fordham
Pittsburgh at Miami
Kansas at Texas
Iowa State at Baylor
Arizona at UCLA
Alabama at Texas A&M
Tennessee at Auburn
Kentucky at Arkansas

March 5
Houston at Memphis
Kansas at Texas
Illinois at Purdue
Northwestern at Rutgers

NCAA Tournament Conference Breakdown
Per Joe Lunardi (ESPN)

Big Ten – 9
Big 12 – 8
ACC – 7
SEC – 7
Big East – 5
Mountain West – 3
Pac-12 – 2
WCC – 2
American – 2

National Championship Odds
(Odds from BetMGM as of Feb. 17)

+600 – Houston
+800 – Purdue, Alabama
+1000 – Purdue, UCLA
+1200 – Kansas, Arizona
+1300 – UCLA
+1400 – Baylor, Tennessee
+2000 – Texas
+2200 – Connecticut
+2500 – Indiana, Virginia, Gonzaga
+3000 – Creighton, Xavier, St. Mary’s
+3500 – TCU, Marquette
+4000 – Iowa State, Kansas State, North Carolina
+5000 – Duke, Kentucky, Miami, Arkansas
+5500 – Miami, Arkansas
+6000 – Duke
+6600 – Illinois, Rutgers
+8000 – Iowa, Kentucky, San Diego State
+10000 – Auburn, Michigan State, San Diego State, Providence, Maryland, Memphis
+12500 – Texas A&M, Northwestern
+15000 – Missouri, Utah State, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma State