NEWS AND NOTES
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-Kansas, Kansas State, Washington, and Texas all had to sweat a little bit more than you would expect, but all ended up winning their buy games. Having said that, from a UTR standpoint there were some very good efforts from teams like Denver, San Diego, and Vermont in those games, so the struggles weren’t entirely due to the teams not playing well.
-Most notably, Buffalo picked up another big true road win at Southern Illinois. If you don’t follow Under the Radar that may not sound all that exciting, but Southern Illinois is really good this year and may not lose at home for the rest of the season. If they do, it won’t be many. It is not an easy place to win, and Buffalo beat them rather comfortably.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-TENNESSEE TECH AT SAVANNAH STATE. YOUR TEAM!! THE PEOPLE’S TEAM!! Savannah State is going after their second consecutive win tonight!!
-WISCONSIN AT XAVIER (Gavitt Tipoff Games). After playing and winning their buy games, this is the first real test for both teams, and both could use an early season win like this to establish themselves.
-MEMPHIS AT LSU. Neither team has lost, but neither has really been tested either. LSU appears to have a strong team this year, and they can make a statement with a win today. Memphis should improve rather quickly, but they’re probably a year away.
-UNC ASHEVILLE AT NC STATE. Neither team has a loss yet, but NC State clearly looks to be the superior team.
-STEPHEN F AUSTIN AT MAIMI FL. Neither team has a loss yet, but neither team has really been tested by a tournament caliber team yet, and it could be that will still be the case after today.
-RHODE ISLAND AT CHARLESTON. Neither team has a loss yet, but both still have a lot of work to do.
-GEORGIA AT TEMPLE. Both teams are unbeaten and untested. This would be a nice early season win for either one.
-HARVARD AT UMASS. UMass, who wasn’t expected to do much in the A10 (and still may not) can improve to 3-0 and put a semi-impressive win on their profile.
-GEORGETOWN AT ILLINOIS (Gavitt Tipoff Games). Not really all that big on either team, but both are unbeaten and this would be a good early season win for whoever pulls it off.
-GEORGIA TECH AT TENNESSEE. Both of these teams are unbeaten, and the team that’s playing at home looks really good!!
BUY GAMES
-Southern @ Louisville
-Norfolk State @ South Carolina
-Holy Cross @ Providence
-Gardner Webb @ Furman – Furman can improve to 3-0
-Milwaukee @ Florida International – FIU can improve to 3-0
-Longwood @ UMES – Longwood can pick up another road win and improve to 3-0
-Lafayette @ Penn – Penn can improve to 3-0
-NC Central @ Cincinnati
-Harding (nondiv1) @ Louisiana Tech
-SELA @ Texas Tech
-North Alabama @ Saint Louis
-Drake @ Colorado
-Coastal Carolina @ Tulane – Coastal can improve to 3-0 and get their second true road win
-Pepperdine @ Northern Colorado – both teams 1-0
-Iona @ New Mexico – both teams 1-0
-Northwestern State @ BYU
-Mississippi Valley State @ Utah State
-UC Riverside @ UNLV