NEWS, NOTES, AND HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:
-For John Stalica’s Under the Radar Game of the Day – CLICK HERE
-It was a very slow night of college basketball. Most people’s attention seemed to be elsewhere for whatever reason. People were just glued to the news. I guess they were tensely and anxiously waiting for the scores of last nights games to be announced??
-Washington did get a big of a scare from a UC Davis team that may be a little better than most of us expected, but held on to win 79-73. Arizona State had to sweat out Idaho State in their 55-48 win, which means all signs are pointing to Arizona State being every bit as bad as we were expecting them to be this season.
-VERMONT AT AUBURN. Vermont started the season with a win at UAB, which so far is probably the best true road win that any team has managed. We thought the Catamounts would be dominant in the America East, but a road win at UAB is a win that looks really good on a resume. If they were to win at Auburn, who I think is even better than their #11 preseason ranking, would be AMAZINGLY good and probably warrant Vermont cracking the top 25. That being said, Vermont is probably swinging way over their heads tonight, but it’s still a really interesting game and a good opportunity for both teams.
BUY GAMES (and other games worth a mention):
-Wagner @ Rutgers – season opener for both. Rutgers looks really good this year
-Sacred Heart @ UConn
-Mount Olive (nonD1) @ Richmond
-Stonehill @ Notre Dame
-Columbia @ Villanova – both teams 1-0
-Lehigh @ Georgetown
-Campbell @ Virginia
-West Georgia @ Georgia Tech
-Lipscomb @ Arkansas – Lipscomb will likely do very well in the ASun, but is probably overmatched tonight
-SIUE @ Indiana
-Oral Roberts @ Minnesota
-UL Monroe @ LSU
-UTRGV @ Creighton
-Western Illinois @ Pepperdine – Western Illinois won their opener on the road at San Jose State
-Oakland @ Boise State
-Alcorn State @ Utah State
-UC San Diego @ San Diego State