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-- Visitors won three of last four FAU-Troy games; Owls won last two visits here, by 88-67/82-77ot. 4-7 Florida Atlantic is 3-2 vs teams not in top 200, losing by by 20 at Miss State, by 1 at home to Stetson. Troy is getting to foul line less than any team in country; they've lost six of last seven games- their best win was against #210 SE Missouri State.
-- Home side won last seven ULL-Arkansas State games; Ragin' Cajuns lost last three visits here, by 5-9-2 points. ULL is 1-6 on road, but won Sun Belt road opener at North Texas; best team they've beaten is #168 Oakland. State lost its first two league games, by 19-7 points, both vs teams not in top 200; four of last five games were decided by 7 or less. .
-- FIU is playing fifth road game in row; they've played #76 schedule, but young Pitino needs some home games- Panthers force turnovers on 23.9% of possessions, but foes shoot 55% from floor against them. FIU won at Western Kentucky LY, its first win in last nine tries vs WKU, with last three losses at WKU by 7-17-13 points.
-- 12-1 New Mexico just lost at home to South Dakota State; they're 2-0 on road, winning in OT at Indiana State, by 5 at New Mexico State- they lost by 3 in NCAAs LY to another Big East team (Louisville). Cincinnati is 12-0, 4-0 vs top 100 teams, winning by 8-11-2-15 points; Bearcats are experienced, but played #324 schedule so far. Lobos played sked #123.

-- Rhode Island won four of last six games after 0-5 start; they're 0-4 vs top 100 teams, losing by 11-5-3-15 points. Rams are 1-2 on road, with 19-point loss at Va Tech, 15 at Providence, double OT win at Auburn. St Mary's has a 58.6 eFG%, #2 in country; they're 5-0 at home, with a 86-68 win closest win. Seven of Gaels' eight wins are by 12+ points.
-- 4-7 Fort Wayne is 3-4 vs teams not in top 200; they're 1-6 on road, with only win by four at #286 Dartmouth; Mastadons are 2-10 in last 12 games vs IUPUI, losing five of last six here, with three of last four in this gym decided by 3 or less points. Five of Fort Wayne's losses are by 10+ points. IUPUI lost nine of its last ten games vs D-I teams.
-- Oakland won 11 of last 12 games vs Western Illinois, winning last five in this gym, by 4-23-4-25-14 points; they won here in double OT LY, after losing to Leathernecks at home- gap has narrowed between teams. Grizzlies are 3-8 vs #4 schedule in country; they're 2-2 vs teams ranked below #150. WIU won its last five games, allowing average of 54.2 ppg.
-- BYU thrashed Northern Arizona 87-52 LY; all four of Cougars' losses are to teams in top 75- they're 6-0 vs teams not in top 150, winning by 15-18-19-12-25-3 points. NAU lost by 46 at Colorado last game, after splitting pair of Big Sky games; they're 0-4 vs top 100 teams, losing by 10-38-43-47 points. Four of seven NAU losses are by 10 points or less.

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