Florida Atlantic (11-1, 1-0) at North Texas (10-2, 1-0) – 8:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day figures to be one of the best matchups we’ll see all year in Conference USA with Florida Atlantic paying a visit to the Super Pit at North Texas. FAU comes into the game on a 10-game winning streak that includes a win in their conference opener against rival FIU about 2 weeks ago. Head coach Dusty May became the all-time winningest coach in FAU history with the Owls’ win against Northern Kentucky in their last year. Did we mention this is only the fifth season for May?
Since losing to UNC-Wilmington in the championship game of the Baha Mar Bahamas championship game, the Mean Green of North Texas have now won five straight games. They look to be peaking going into the new year; they won by 18 points against UMass in Springfield, MA and also won their conference opener on the road against UT-San Antonio by 24 points. Abou Ousmane had a dominant game against the Roadrunners with 37 points and 11 rebounds.