We'll only have to play two. Beat the first one handily. And, by one ranking, we only have the #7, #11 and #15 teams left in the tournament still in our region. That's pretty managable.
Everyone plays on Thursday, so no avoiding that part.
I did think it was a little odd that we're playing the first game of the set. My guess is that lets us be on ESPN2 as opposed to ESPNU, so I suppose that's better.
There are two other ESPN2 timeslots. Penn St. v Wisconsin at 7:00 EST and Tennessee v Texas at 9:00. Perhaps those are seen as better TV draws because they are more even match-ups vs our game probably expected to be one-sided? :dunno