A Viewer's Guide to College Hoops Opening Night

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A baker's dozen of the best games on college basketball's Opening Night (Nov. 4) based on total KenPom ranking. All 13 games have total NET rankings of 200 or less:

Saint Louis vs. Santa Clara, 2 (YouTube)
Fordham @ Saint John's, 5:30 (FS1)
Texas A&M @ UCF, 6 (ESPN+)
Vermont @ UAB, 6:30 (ESPN+)
Missouri @ Memphis, 7 (ESPN+)
Florida vs. USF, 7:30 (SECN)
UNC-Asheville @ Alabama, 8 (ESPNU)
Chattanooga @ USC, 9 (BTN)
Ohio State vs. Texas, 9 (TNT)
Sam Houston @ Nevada, 9 (MWN)
Towson @ Saint Mary's, 9 (ESPN+)
UC-Riverside @ Oregon, 9:30 (B1G+)
Baylor vs. Gonzaga, 10:30 ESPN2

B1G Opening
TAMU-Corpus Christi @ Purdue, 5 (BTN)
Manhattan @ Maryland, 6 (B1G+)
Monmouth @ Michigan State, 6 (B1G+)
Binghamton @ Penn State, 6:30 (B1G+)
Eastern Illinois @ Illinois, 7 (B1G+)
TAMU-Commerce @ Iowa, 7 (B1G+)
Cleveland State @ Michigan, 7 (BTN)
UTRGV @ Nebraska, 7 (B1G+)
Lehigh @ Northwestern, 7 (Peacock)
Holy Cross @ Wisconsin, 7 (B1G+)
Ohio State vs. Texas, 9 (TNT)
Chattanooga @ USC, 9 (BTN)
UC-Riverside @ Oregon, 9:30 (B1G+)
Rider @ UCLA, 9:30 (FS1)

Power 5 Head to Head
Texas A&M @ UCF, 6 (ESPN+)
Ohio State vs. Texas, 9 (TNT)

Other Notables
IU-Columbus @ IU-Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI), 10 a.m. (ESPN+) -- first game of the season
McNeese vs. South Dakota State, 5 (YouTube) -- delicious mid-major clash in Sioux Falls
Wichita State @ Western Kentucky, 7 (CBSSN) -- Shockers are Gophers' ESPN Events opponent
Eastern Washington @ Colorado, 8 (ESPN+) -- Dan Monson has new digs (EWU)
Green Bay @ Oklahoma State, 8 (ESPN+) -- Doug Gottlieb 1st game as Phoenix head coach
Nicholls @ New Mexico, 8 -- Richard Pitino begins Year 4 in Albuquerque
North Central (MN) @ St. Thomas, 8 (Midco Sports Plus)

Buy Game Disaster/Crazy Upset Alert
Saint Peter's over Seton Hall

Let's make it a great season!
#SkiUMah
#RollToms
 
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Memphis -Missouri, Ohio State -Texas, and Baylor-Gonzaga look to me to be tough opening night games.
 

Most second guessed, arguable, what are you doing? all about me opener?
That would be Doug Gottlieb playing the opener at the home of his dream job ... Ok St
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