USA TODAY takes a look at what to watch for during a pivotal week in college basketball as March Madness looms:
Three to watch
Bethune-Cookman and C.J. Reed: The team won its first Mid-Eastern Athletic regular-season title since joining Division I in 1980. Reed, a junior guard playing for his father, Clifford, is averaging 19.5 points and 4.6 assists overall and 40.2 minutes a game in MEAC play. Four of the Wildcats' MEAC games have gone to overtime; nine others have been decided by seven points or fewer.
So Reed has played 643 of 665 MEAC minutes - a big reason the team is 12-1 in those 13 close games.
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