West Virginia beat Texas Tech twice LY, by 16-2 points; Mountaineers won Big X opener by 5 at TCU Saturday, game they never led by more than 8 points- it was their first win in three true road games. Tech was down 15 at half to unbeaten Iowa State Saturday, tied game in second half but lost by 11; they're 0-6 vs top 100 teams, 8-0 vs everyone else. West Virginia is currently #56.
Appalachian State won eight of last ten games with Elon, but lost last two visits here, by 23-3 points; ASU is 4-9, but all four wins came vs non-D-I teams- they're 0-7 on road, with three of last five road losses by 8 or less points. Elon lost its last two games, is 5-7 vs D-I teams, but is 3-0 against teams outside the top 200, getting beat by 27-17-5 points.
Canisius won nine of last 11 games with Marist, but lost two of its last three visits here (won by 12 LY); Griffins are 3-0 in MAAC but held on for dear life in 67-63 (-4) win at St Peter's Saturday, after leading by 24 late in first half. Red Foxes won last four games after 0-9 start; their last game was Thursday, so they've had two extra days to prepare for this.
Chattanooga won 13 of last 15 games with Citadel, winning last two in this gym by total of six points; Moccasins won last three games by 5-6-9 points, winning 72-63 in SoCon opener at Furman. Citadel lost its last three games by 15-24-17 points; they're turning ball over 22.3% of time, shooting just 42% inside arc- they lost last six games with D-I teams.
Furman won three of last four games with NC-Greensboro, winning last two visits here by 13-8 points; Paladins are 3-8 in last 11 games vs D-I teams- they're 2-5 in true road games, with wins vs teams #320/344 in country, out of 351. Spartans won at Va Tech, lost by four to NC State, but they're 3-8 in last eleven D-I games, turn ball ovber 22% of time.
Quinnipiac
survived 24 turnovers (-15) in 98-92 OT win over Iona LY in Virgin
Islands, making 58.7% of shots inside arc before these teams were
lweague rivals. Bobcats are 3-0 at home, winning by 10-3-4 points- this
is their first home games in a month. Iona lost four of last five games
but won 118-92 Saturday- they're #13 in countrey, making 41.3% on arc.