8 pm: Butler @ Northwestern: This game would be much more intriguing if Kevin Coble were still in uniform for the Wildcats. As it is, the Wildcats will be hosting one of the best teams in the country without their best player and down a man in their back court. But the Wildcats are, for a change, fairly deep this season and may be able to absorb that loss. Expect sophomore forward John Shurna to be the guy called upon to replace Coble's production. Shurna started every game as a freshman, averaging 7.3 ppg in just 18 minutes. The outcome of this game will depend up on well Butler can stop Northwestern's princeton offense. Butler is a very good defensive team, and seeing as they have had since Saturday to prepare for this game, I think the Bulldogs pull it out.
Not much else on the docket tonight. Here are the other notable games:
- 7 pm: Stetson @ Florida State
- 7 pm: Georgia Southern @ Florida
- 7:30 pm: Cornell @ UMass
- 7:30 pm: Toledo @ Cincinnati
- 8 pm: High Point @ Wake Forest
- 8 pm: Utah State @ Utah
- 8 pm: Oakland @ Wisconsin
- 8:05 pm: Southern @ Oklahoma State
- 9 pm: Western Carolina @ Texas
- 10 pm: Oral Roberts @ Stanford
- 10 pm: Nevada @ UNLV
as pregame beats go, this isn't very good. but there is no such thing as a bad pregame beat
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