NEWS AND NOTES
-Winthrop picked up another nice win against Little Rock yesterday to improve to 2-0. We thought Winthrop would be good by Big South standards, but with two wins against two really good UTR teams, I’m starting to wonder if they’re good enough to play their way inside the bubble.
-UConn picked up a really nice win against a USC team that looks to be good. Neither of these teams received a whole lot of love from the preseason polls (at least not by top 25 standards), but it wouldn’t shock me at all if we saw both of these teams in the rankings by the end of the year.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-KENT STATE AT VIRGINIA. Kent State comes in at 1-0 and could make quite a bit of noise in the MAC this year, but they’re probably swinging way over their heads today against a very good Virginia team.
-GEORGIA STATE AT CHARLOTTE. This would be the second road win for Georgia State and improve them to 3-1 overall if they’re able to pull it off.
-WISCONSIN AT MARQUETTE. This is always a fun rivalry. It will have an interesting feel being played without any fans, though. Wisky is ranked in the top five, so one has to conclude that they are in the hunt for a #1 seed.
-SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT BRADLEY. South Dakota State is a solid team, but their margin for error is thin if they want to land inside the bubble, so games like this are big. Bradley’s only loss on the season was a close one at Xavier, so they have quite a bit of potential as well.
-SETON HALL VS OREGON (Omaha, NE). This is another good early season match-up between two likely tournament teams, both of whom could use a good early season win right about now.
-SAN FRANCISCO AT CAL POLY. A win for the Dons gets them to 4-2 on the year, as well as gives them their second road win.
-JACKSONVILLE AT GEORGIA – Both teams unbeaten.
BUY GAMES
-Saint Peter’s @ Maryland – SPC is a potential MAAC frontrunner
-Detroit @ Michigan State
-Kennesaw State @ Creighton
-Bellarmine @ Duke – Welcome do D! Bellarmine!!
-Valparaiso @ Purdue
-Central Arkansas @ Memphis
-Stetson @ Miami FL
-Troy @ Texas Tech
-North Dakota @ Minnesota