Preview Roundups
November 08, 2024
CSU Fullerton at Stanford 4:00 PM ET
Cal State Fullerton continues a designed road-heavy start to the season when the Titans visit Stanford in a nonconference game Friday afternoon.
Army at Duke 6:00 PM ET
While No. 7 Duke put on a nice show in its opening game, the Blue Devils are adamant about addressing numerous areas of play with a challenging stretch coming up.
Boston College at VCU 6:00 PM ET
Boston College has wasted little time embracing its new look.
UMBC at Penn St. 6:00 PM ET
Penn State and UMBC each might have a luxury that other teams around the country don't as they prepare for Friday's game in University Park, Pa.
IU Indy at Xavier 6:00 PM ET
Xavier will set out to rebound from an inconsistent performance in its season opener when the Musketeers host IU Indianapolis on Friday night in Cincinnati.
Austin Peay at Butler 6:30 PM ET
Butler and visiting Austin Peay will both seek a 2-0 start when they square off Friday night in Indianapolis.
St. Francis (PA) at Clemson 7:00 PM ET
Fresh off last year's Elite Eight run and a convincing opening-night victory, Clemson looks to continue its momentum Friday, when the Tigers host the Saint Francis Red Flash.
Northern Kentucky at Purdue 7:00 PM ET
It might be too early to compare 7-foot-4 freshman Daniel Jacobsen to Zach Edey, the national Player of the Year in the past two seasons.
Massachusetts at West Virginia 7:00 PM ET
West Virginia and UMass will both try to raise their records to 2-0 when they meet in a nonconference matchup Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va.
South Carolina Upstate at Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ET
Coming off victories against overmatched foes, Virginia Tech and visiting South Carolina Upstate enter their Friday matchup hoping to finish up their first week on a modest winning streak.
North Carolina at Kansas 7:00 PM ET
No. 9 North Carolina will travel to Lawrence, Kan., to take on No. 1 Kansas in an early season top-10 matchup Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Murray St. at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ET
Pitt dropped 96 points in its season opener, but perhaps most promising was that the Panthers' defense picked up where it left off last season.
Purdue Fort Wayne at Central Florida 7:00 PM ET
UCF squeaked out a huge season-opening win over No. 13 Texas A&M, but the Knights say they are not looking past their next opponent, Purdue Fort Wayne, in Orlando, Fla., on Friday night.
Morehead St. at Cincinnati 7:00 PM ET
No. 20 Cincinnati will offer Morehead State a challenging road environment on Friday night.
South Carolina State at South Carolina 7:00 PM ET
South Carolina coach Lamont Paris can handle stretches when his team does not play well but getting outplayed by an opponent is another story.
Grambling State at Mississippi 7:00 PM ET
One of the challenges for uber-deep and talented Ole Miss this season will be spreading the wealth and scoring opportunities. The No. 24 Rebels will look to take another step toward that goal when they host Grambling State on Friday in Oxford, Miss.
Presbyterian at NC State 7:00 PM ET
With a Final Four rematch set for later this month, NC State will continue its five-game homestand to begin the season when it takes on Presbyterian on Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
Georgia St. at Mississippi State 7:30 PM ET
Contrasting styles will be on display when high-scoring Mississippi State meets Georgia State, a team with a physical mentality, in Starkville, Miss., on Friday.
Mount St. Mary's at Maryland 8:00 PM ET
Maryland looked like a different team in each half of its season opener against Manhattan on Monday.
SIU Edwardsville at Illinois 8:00 PM ET
Prior to Illinois' nonconference game against visiting SIU Edwardsville game on Friday night, the Fighting Illini will have a ring ceremony to celebrate last season's team, which won the Big Ten tournament and earned the program's first Elite Eight berth since 2005.
Florida Gulf Coast at Texas Christian 8:00 PM ET
As TCU and Florida Gulf Coast players get to know each other after each team underwent drastic offseason changes, familiar trend lines have emerged as they prepare to face off Friday night in Fort Worth, Texas.
Texas A&M Commerce at Texas A&M 8:00 PM ET
Fans storming the court on opening night was not what Texas A&M wanted to see, considering the Aggies were the losing team being ushered off the court after a three-point loss in the season opener at UCF.
Houston Christian at Texas 8:00 PM ET
No. 19 Texas looks to rebound from a rare season-opening loss and get back on the winning track when it hosts Houston Christian on Friday in Austin, Texas.
Howard at Missouri 8:00 PM ET
After falling short in an upset bid at Memphis, Missouri will try to rebound Friday night in its home opener against Howard.
Arkansas St. at Alabama 8:00 PM ET
Second-ranked Alabama began the season with an electric performance and looks to post another large-margin victory when it hosts Arkansas State on Friday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
NJIT at Villanova 8:30 PM ET
After two disappointing seasons under coach Kyle Neptune, Villanova is not off to a great start in Year 3.
Northern Colorado at Colorado 9:00 PM ET
Colorado will test itself against another Big Sky Conference opponent when it plays host to Northern Colorado at Boulder on Friday.
UC Riverside at Brigham Young 9:00 PM ET
BYU and its highly touted freshmen will be back in action again Friday night when they host UC Riverside in Provo, Utah.
Northwestern St. at Texas Tech 9:00 PM ET
After an impressive season-opening performance, Texas Tech shifts its focus to Northwestern State on Friday in Lubbock, Texas.
George Mason at Marquette 9:00 PM ET
It will be a rowdy setting Friday when No. 18 Marquette hosts George Mason in a nonconference matchup inside the program's 4,000-seat on-campus arena at Milwaukee, with tickets only available to students.
Santa Clara at Arizona State 9:00 PM ET
Bobby Hurley will face the coach he replaced when Arizona State faces Santa Clara in the Las Vegas Hoopfest on Friday night in Henderson, Nev.
Montana at Oregon 10:00 PM ET
Coming off an opening-night win at home on Monday, the Oregon Ducks continue to work on building chemistry between returning players and the several transfers who have joined head coach Dana Altman's basketball program.
New Mexico at UCLA 11:00 PM ET
Both No. 22-ranked UCLA and unranked New Mexico head into Friday's neutral-court matchup in Henderson, Nevada, coming off season-opening wins. They just took much different routes to get there.