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-- Providence hammered Louisville 90-59 LY, just their second win in last nine series games; they lost last three visits here by 15-18-27, also lost last two games, to BC/Brown, by total of 4 points. Best team the Friars played so far is #114 UMass (L77-75). Louisville beat Kentucky Saturday, huge game for them; they force turnovers 30% of the time.
-- Air Force/Richmond both run Princeton offense, so not of mysteries here. Falcons are 8-3, but best team they beat is #209 Army- their losses to top 100 teams are by 15-3-17 points. Spiders lost last three games, last two by total of nine points; they force turnovers 24.4% of time. Air Force's road wins are at #341 Citadel, #342 Riverside.
-- Creighton won last five games vs Illinois State, beating ISU in OT in MVC title game LY, after beating them by 28 at home; they won last two visits here, by 11-9 points. ISU is 1-4 vs top 100 teams, with three of last four losses by three points or less. Bluejays are 2-0 on road, winning by 22 at Nebraska, 10 at Cal; their eFG% is 59%, #1 in country.
-- Hone side won eight of last nine Wichita-Drake games; Shockers lost four of last five visits here, losing by 10-15-14-7, with LY's loss here in triple OT. 12-1 Wichita is 2-1 on road, losing at Tennessee; its two wins are by total of five points. 5-6 Drake's best win is over #164 Nevada; they're 0-4 vs top 100 teams, losing by 3-4-15-9 points.

-- Indiana State won three of last four games vs Northern Iowa, winning by 15-2-5 points; Sycamores upset Illinois State in MVC opener- three of their last four games were decided by a hoop- other was respectable 72-65 loss to San Diego State. Panthers lost three of last four games, losing by 7-14-25- they're 2-6 vs top 100 teams (Ls by 5-16-5-7-14-25)
-- 12-0 Wyoming has road wins by 9-28-14 points, with Illinois State win best of three. Cowboys are shooting 57.7% inside arc; they allowed 51.6 ppg in seven wins vs teams not in top 100. 10-4 SMU improved a lot under Brown, but best team they played was #161 Utah. Mustangs turn ball over 23.3% of time, shoot just 44.1% inside the arc.
-- Texas-Arlington is playing third game in five days after dismal 50-35 home loss to Denver Monday; UTA is turning ball over 28.6% of time. 10-2 Boise State has only one senior in rotation; they're 2-2 on road, with 13-point at Creighton- their losses are at Utah/Michigan St. Boise is making 39.6% of 3's- their last six D-I wins are by 10+ points.
-- Home side won last three Florida State-Auburn games; State won by 29 LY, after losing 65-60 here year before- this is first true away game for Seminole squad that won last four games. Auburn lost six of its last nine games, losing by hoop to Illinois last game; four of Tigers' 5 wins are against teams ranked #256 or lower (beat #119 Charleston).
-- St John's hasn't played in 12 days since horrible loss to NC-Asheville at home; they're 0-2 vs top 100 teams, giving up 84.5 ppg. Villanova is 7-1 in last eight series games; road team won last three. Red Storm lost four of last five visits here, losing by 11-13-18-19 points. Villanova won last five games after 4-4 start, including a win over St Joe's.

-- Purdue won last seven games vs Illinois, winning last three played in Mackey Arena by 6-11-5 points; Boilermakers are 1-4 vs top 100 clubs, losing by 5-8-6-13 points, with win at Clemson. Purdue makes 27.1% of its 3's; they're 5-2 at home, losing to Bucknell/Xavier. Illini is 2-0 on the road, winning by a point at Hawa'i, by 11 at Gonzaga.
-- Seton Hall won five of last six games vs DePaul, but lost by 28 here LY; Pirates are 1-1 on road, losing by 5 at LSU (blew 16-point lead) won by 4 at Wake Forest. Hall is 1-2 vs teams in top 125, with only win by 1 over Stony Brook. DePaul had 7-game win streak ended by Loyola last game. Both teams have played one of ten easiest schedules in nation.
-- 9-2 LaSalle has four road wins; they're 2-1 vs top 100 teams, winning by 3 at Villanova, 14 at Iona, losing by 8 at Bucknell. Explorers make 38.6% of their 3's, 50% of 2's. Miami hasn't played in nine days since losing last two games in Hawai'i, scoring 52.5%. Hurricanes are 1-2 vs top 100 teams, upsetting Michigan State before two losses in Hawai'i.
-- January 2 and Duke still hasn't played true road game; they're 4-0 on "neutral" courts, winning by 18-9-5-23 points, all vs pretty good teams- their schedule rank is #9, just no road games.. Blue Devils make 41.5% behind arc. Davidson lost by 13 at Duke LY; they're 0-2 vs teams in top 50, losing to New Mexico by 5, to Gonzaga by 14.

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