Tuesday's Pregame Beat: UNLV and Kansas State headline a slow night

9:00 pm: UNLV vs. No. 11 Kansas State: Both of these teams come into tonight on a bit of a ugly streak. Kansas State has not looked impressive this season, and lost their last time out 57-44 to Florida. UNLV, on the other hand, lost at Louisville last Saturday before dropping a 68-62 decision to UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday. UNLV is a team that likes to press defensively, spreading the floor on the offensive end of the floor to try and take advantage of their talented perimeter players. Kansas State doesn't have much in their back court beyond Jacob Pullen, but they have a big and athletic front line. The two keys tonight: can UNLV keep K-State off the offensive glass, and can K-State avoid costly turnovers against the Rebel's press.

7:00 pm: USC @ No. 18 Tennessee: The Vols are coming in having lost back to back games, while the Trojans nearly knocked off Kansas in Lawrence on Saturday. The last time these two teams played, Tennessee was coming in highly ranked while USC was struggling. The Trojans won by 22 in Mike Gerritty's coming out party. Gerritty was a midseason addition at the point. This year, its Jio Fontan. Will he have the same kind of effect?

9:00 pm: No. 23 BYU @ Weber State: This game had a whole lot more intrigue before Weber State's star guard Damian Lillard broke his foot and ended his season.

9:30 pm: Northwestern @ St. John's: Northwestern comes into this game at 8-0 on the season, but the Wildcats have yet to really be tested. Georgia Tech and Creighton aren't as good as you traditionally expect them to be, and the rest of their schedule is, frankly, bad. The Johnnies are far from a marquee win right now, but this is still an experienced Big East team that could very well be NU's toughest test thus far. John Shurna against DJ Kennedy should be an exciting one-on-one matchup.

7:00 pm: William & Mary @ UNC: This will be the rematch an NIT game that turned into one of the most exciting games of last season.

Other Notable Games:

• 8:30 pm: UNC-Asheville @ No. 2 Ohio State
• 10:00 pm: San Francisco vs. No. 7 San Diego State
• 6:30 pm: IPFW @ No. 13 Purdue
• 8:00 pm: Wagner @ No. 24 Texas A&M
• 5:15 pm: Oral Roberts vs. Miami FL
• 7:00 pm: Long Beach State @ Arizona State
• 7:00 pm: High Point @ Georgia
• 8:00 pm: VCU @ UAB
• 8:00 pm: Mississippi Valley State @ Marquette
• 8:05 pm: Tulsa @ Wichita State
• 9:00 pm: Stanford @ Oklahoma State
• 9:00 pm: Vanderbilt @ Middle Tennessee State
• 10:00 pm: Idaho @ Oregon
• 10:05 pm: Idaho State @ Utah State