NBA & NCAAB GAMEDAY SUNDAY

NCAAB

Notes for Sunday's games..........

Western Kentucky is playing first D-I game in 12 days; Hillltoppers beat Marshall in C-USA tourney LY, after home side won both meetings in regular season- WKy lost 87-82 here- they're 0-3 in true road games, with losses by 5-31-22 points. Marshall is 4-9 vs schedule #52; they're 1-9 vs teams in top 200, with best win 90-82 over #180 Wyoming. Herd maes only 28.2% from the arc.

Arizona is 7-3 in last ten games with Arizona State; they lost last two in Tempe, both by 3 points. Wildcats won last seven games, won 68-63 at Gonzaga in only true road game- they're getting Tarczewski back today. ASU is 4-1 vs top 100 teams; they're 10-2 in last 12 games since losing opener to Sacramento State- their best win was over #19 Texas A&M.

Home side won five of last six USC-Washington games; Trojans lost last three visits to Seattle by 28-8-7 points. Much-improved USC is 12-2 in Enfield's third season; they've got #16 eFG% defense, are shooting 40.7% on arc. Washington is 2-3 after beating UCLA in double OT Friday; they played three guys 36:00+ Huskies are #348 in experience, are way better than LY, forcing turnovers 22.1% of time (#26).

UAB beat Middle Tennessee three times LY, including triple OT win at home before 73-60 win in C-USA tourney. Blazers won last six games, are 2-3 vs top 150 teams after beating SF Austin last game. Blue Raiders are 1-2 in true road games with win at #208 Tennessee State; they lost last two D-I games to top 100 teams- they're 2-3 vs teams in top 125. Middle Tennessee is shooting 62.4% in foul line (#324).

Florida International won six of last seven games with Florida Atlantic, winning last four by 9-4-2-8 points. FIU is 4-2 vs teams outside top 200; they're 2-3 vs D-I teams at home, with all three losses by 6 or less points or in OT. FAU is 1-10 vs D-I teams, losing last six, scoring 50.3 ppg in last three. Owls are shooting 28.4% on arc, have #332 eFG% in country.

Rice swept Tex-San Antonio by 15-2 points LY after losing 89-76 here year before; Owls lost last three games, all by 7 or less points; they used four guys 30:00+ in last-minute loss at UTEP Friday UTSA is 1-11 vs D-I teams after blowing 15-point halftime lead in 70-66 home loss Friday to North Texas. Roadrunners were 15-23 on foul line, played four guys 28:00+ in their C-USA opener.

UMass won four of last five games with LaSalle, losing 76-69 in league tourney LY after winning 61-60/71-65 in last two visits here. Six of last seven series games were decided by 7 or less points. Minutemen are 4-1 vs teams outside top 200 with loss by 1 at Florida Gulf Coast- they are 1-5 this year when scoring less than 82 points. LaSalle lost five games in row, giving up 85.7 ppg in last three.

Ohio State is 15-4 in last 19 games with Illinois, winning last four by 13-7-9-16 points; Illini lost last six visits to Columbus, five by 13+ points Young Buckeyes are #346 in experience; they're 9-5 vs schedule #246, winning last five games including win over Kentucky- they're got #13 eFG% defense. Illinois is 1-5 vs top 100 teams with three losses by five or less points; their best win was 69-65 over #78 Yale.

Oregon State lost to Oregon LY on Senior Night because they started the senior walk-ons and fell behind early; improved Beavers are 9-2, losing to Kansas/Valpo, two top 30 teams- their best win is over #79 Tulsa- they haven't played in 13 days. Oregon is 0-2 in true road games, losing by 11 at UNLV, 2 at Boise State- they force turnovers 22.5% of time. Ducks are 8-2 in last ten Civil Wars, winning last four by 10-14-12-3 points.

Utah won last three games with California by 10-5-15 points; they lost two of three in Pac-12 play at Berkeley. Utes blew game at Stanford on Friday, going 11-24 on line in 2-point OT loss that they led by 12 points in second half. Three utes played 37:00+. Bears won seven of last eight games with only loss in OT at Virginia; Cal is in bottom 5 in country at forcing turnovers, but teams are shooting 36.7% inside arc against them.

UCLA lost in OT at Washington Friday despite going 38-50 on foul line; four Bruins played 35:00+. Home side won UCLA's last five games with Washington State; Bruins lost 73-61/73-55 in last two visits to Paloose. Wazzu lost 90-77 at home to USC Friday; they were down 25 in second half; only one Coog played more than 27:00. Wazzu is 1-4 vs top 100 teams, with one win over #99 New Mexico.

Colorado won its last four games with Stanford, winning by 2-3 points in last two visits here; Buffs lost last two games by 4-14 points after they had won 11 in row. Colorado is 1-3 vs top 100 teams, with best win by 9 over BYU. Stanford upset Utah at home Friday after being down 63-59 in last 0:40 of regulation; Cardinal is 2-4 against top 100 teams, with best wins over Utes and #86 Arkansas.

North Dakota State won last five games with Denver, beating Pioneers in OT in both regular season meetings LY, then 61-50 in conference touney; Bison are 10-4 vs schedule #305; this is their first D-I game in 11 days-- they're 6-1 vs teams outside top 200, with four wins by 9 or less points. Denver lost last three games by 16-9-9 points after starting season 8-3; Pioneers are 1-3 vs top 200 teams, losing by 13-16-9 points .