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More power programs are scheduling home-and-home series against each other as conference realignment has made scheduling nonconference games more difficult. It’s led to some must-see games at a time when big programs typically beat up on smaller schools in buy games. This week will have a doozy when No. 12 Duke plays at No. 17 Arizona. Two of college basketball’s top programs will meet Friday night at McKale Center in one of the most anticipated games of the nonconference season. No. 8 Alabama also faces No. 25 Illinois and St. John's gets another big test against No. 13 Baylor after entering the AP Top 25 for the first time in six years a week ago.
