A few things mattered on Sunday:
UMass 86, Boston College 73 - way to help the ACC early, BC
Coppin St 78, Oregon St 73 - these don't kill the resume of a team. they kill the resume of a conference
Oral Roberts 74, Tulsa 68
Youngstown St 75, Eastern Kentucky 67 - already making my OVC call look bad
Charleston Southern 95, Delaware 93 - using this to point out that the CAA is off to another bad start
Game of the night 11/11:
Akron at St Mary's - REALLY BIG early bubble game. Akron has been on
the fringe of the bubble the last 2 years, and this is the kind of
resume piece they've missed - a signature road win. As for St Mary's,
they've had their own bubble trouble and need as much non-con help as
possible. A game where both teams can't afford to let the opportunity
go by the boards
Others:
Colorado St at Gonzaga - Zags should handle, but it's a free run for CSU to get an early resume piece
BYU at Stanford - Early resume chance for both teams
Kent St at Temple
Belmont at Richmond
Rutgers at UAB
Rhode Island at SMU
A collection of games from good mid-major teams and average power conference teams. These are the swing games you want your conference mates to win to improve your own RPI. We'll see if anything notable happens in these.
And ESPN's annual "we'll make teams play at 4AM because we're ESPN and you're not" event starts late tomorrow night. BYU/Stanford is the opening salvo. Akron/St Mary's is technically an 11/12 game, but whatever.
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