10:00 pm: No. 14 BYU @ UNLV: Now this is what conference opener's are all about. This isn't just a good conference rivalry, either. This is about as good as it gets in terms of early January hoops. BYU is led by all-american guard Jimmer Fredette, an offensive juggernaut all by himself that has developed a cult-like following around the country in part because of his Mormon faith and in part because of his 24 ppg scoring average. (Me? Its the name that got me. It sounds like a brand of beef jerky.)
But Fredette has never won in five tries at the Thomas & Mack Center. In fact, Fredette is just 1-4 against UNLV the past two seasons, and his numbers have been far from pretty:
In those five games, he's averaged just 18 points per outing, shooting 32.4 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from deep and has recorded 15 assists compared to 14 turnovers.Where BYU is, in large part, a one man team, UNLV is more balanced. Tre'Von Willis, Chace Stanback, Anthony Marshall, and Oscar Bellfield all are capable of carrying this team for stretches, but lacking interior play is what has been hurting Lon Kruger's club of late.
9:00 pm: No. 22 Memphis @ Tennessee: See here.
7:00 pm: UAB @ No. 1 Duke: UAB may not have a shot at winning this game, but check out this article by Dana O'Neil on Blazer point guard Aaron Johnson, the nation's leader in assists, and try not to root for them.
7:00 pm: Charlotte @ Richmond: This will be one of the more intriguing early A-10 matchups. Richmond, after knocking off Purdue, has struggled. They have lost to Old Dominion, Iona, and Bucknell. Charlotte, on the other hand, has one four in a row since Shamari Spears was booted off of the team, including against Tennessee and at Georgia Tech.
7:00 pm: Marshall @ No. 18 UCF: Donnie Jones makes his triumphant return to Marshall, the program he left for UCF this spring. Jones is a West Virginia native and his entire family is made up of Marshall fans.
CAA Action: The two most intriguing games tonight -- undefeateds George Mason and Hofstra, led by Charles Jenkins, square off while VCU and Drexel, two of the league's favorites that are both now 1-1 right now, try to avoid an 0-2 start to the season.
Other Notable Games:
- 8:00 pm: UMKC @ No. 3 Kansas
- 7:30 pm: No. 6 San Diego State @ TCU
- 8:00 pm: North Alabama @ No. 8 Missouri
- 6:30 pm: No. 10 Purdue @ Penn State
- 7:00 pm: Seton Hall @ No. 23 Louisville
- 7:00 pm: Harvard @ Boston College
- 7:00 pm: NC State @ Elon
- 7:00 pm: Temple @ Fordham
- 7:30 pm: Marquette @ Rutgers
- 8:00 pm: Dayton @ St. Louis
- 8:00 pm: Ole Miss @ SMU
- 8:30 pm: Michigan @ Wisconsin
- 9:00 pm: Houston @ Southern Miss
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