Evansville 12/29 7:00 ESPN+

The Purple Aces play in the Missouri Valley Conference. To-date, they have played a very weak schedule (#353 SOS per KenPom). They have turned that into a 10-2 record, but two of those wins came against D2 competition. Their sole power opponent, BYU, decimated UE in Provo, 96-55.

That said, Evansville are rated a bit above average by KenPom (#160) and quite a bit higher by the NCAA NET (#95). This will be a Q3 game.

Other than two players, the Aces are mediocre shooters from outside. However, the top two scorers (Ben Humrichous and Chuck Bailey) are deadly beyond the arc (.484 & .444, respectively. UE are not nearly the free throw shooters that Stetson are (73.1%). Humrichous is a 6'9" senior wing, while Bailey is a 6'5" frosh guard.

KenPom has the Cats as about 20-point home favorites.