Nov. 8 College Hoops Summit: Tommies look to extend 18-game home winning streak, but in a new arena; Mountain West floundering

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St. Thomas in the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings
The Tommies (0-1) jump up 3 spots to #137.

UST hosts #356 Army (1-0) tonight at 7 p.m. CT in their inaugural game at Lee and Penny Anderson Arena. The Tommies are a 17.5-point favorite and carry a nation second-best 18 home-game winning streak.

Friday Reach the Summit Results
Southern Illinois 101, Kansas City 78: Karmello Branch led five Roos (1-1) players in double figures with 18 points and 4-of-9 shooting from 3. Preseason All-Summit League guard honoree Jayson Petty added 14.

Saturday Reach the Summit Slate
Non-Division 1 @ Oral Roberts, 7
Army @ St. Thomas, 7

FRIDAY EYE-OPENERS
Cal Baptist 69, UC-Irvine 61: In a battle of preseason conference favorites (per Blue Ribbon Yearbook), the WAC favorite Lancers go into the Bren Events Center and pull out the win over the Big West favorite Anteaters.

Wilmington (DE) 71, Delaware 62: The non-Division 1 Wildcats led the Conference USA newbie Blue Hens pretty much from start to finish.

Youngstown State 90, Grand Canyon 81: A solid first week for the Horizon League continues with the Penguins upset of the Lopes in Phoenix. On the flip side, the Mountain West -- the Lopes' new home -- has had a rough first week, with additional unexpected home losses by Boise State (to a non-DI opponent), UNLV (UT-Martin), and Fresno State (USC-Upstate).

MID- & SMALL-MAJOR CONFERENCES vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA (through November 7)
American (1-2) -- FAU over Boston College
Southland (1-5) -- New Orleans over TCU
Atlantic 10 (0-0)
Ivy (0-0)
Conference USA (0-1)
MAC (0-1)
Mountain West (0-1)
WCC (0-1)
Missouri Valley (0-2)
Sun Belt (0-2)
Big Sky (0-3)
Big West (0-3)
Big South (0-4)
Coastal (0-4)
SoCon (0-4)
Summit (0-4)
WAC (0-4)
America East (0-5)
OVC (0-5)
Patriot (0-5)
ASUN (0-8)
Horizon (0-8)
MEAC (0-8)
MAAC (0-8)
NEC (0-10)
SWAC (0-13)

SATURDAY “MID/LOW MAJOR vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA” SLATE
ASUN
Bellarmine @ Kansas State
Queens @ Villanova

Big Sky
Eastern Washington @ Colorado
Montana @ Stanford
Weber State @ Utah

Coastal
Towson @ Houston

Conference USA
FIU @ Nebraska

Horizon
IU-Indianapolis @ Butler
Northern Kentucky @ Tennessee

MEAC
Delaware State @ Syracuse

NEC
Penn State @ New Haven

Patriot
Holy Cross @ BYU
Lafayette @ Texas

So Con
Western Carolina @ Duke

SWAC
Alcorn State @ Minnesota

POWER 5/GONZAGA HEAD-TO-HEAD (through November 7)
1 ACC (2-0)
2 Big XII (2-1)
3 Big East (1-1)
4 Gonzaga (0-0)
5 B1G (0-1)
6 SEC (0-2)

Saturday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Slate
Alabama @ Saint John's, 11 (FS1)
Vanderbilt @ UCF, 3 (ESPN+)
Providence @ Virginia Tech, 3 (Peacock)
Arkansas @ Michigan State, 6 (FOX)
Oklahoma @ Gonzaga, 9:30 (ESPN2)

SATURDAY HANFDUL WORTH A LOOK
George Washington vs. USF, 12:30 (Peacock)
San Francisco @ Memphis, 2 (ESPN+)
San Jose State @ UCSB, 3 (ESPN+)
Utah Valley @ Boise State, 3
College of Charleston vs. FAU, 5

SATURDAY PICK TO CLICK (3-2, L1 streak)
Arkansas +2.5 @ Michigan State

SATURDAY OUTRIGHT DRAGON SLAYER (1-4, L2 streak) – +7 or more underdog
Eastern Washington (+14.5) outright @ Colorado

DEEP THOUGHTS, BY BUZZ STUDLEY
Today we begin that glorious 5-Saturday stretch on the sporting calendar when the wonderful worlds of regular season college basketball and regular season college football merge. Life is good, no, it's grrrrrrreat!
 




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