2024-2025 College Basketball General Discussion

When a P5 school needs a home game that they plan to use as a tune-up, they look to the ranks of the low majors (think UAPB). But what do the low majors do to get in a game that they're pretty sure they can win? They dip into the programs below D1 (often well below). Cases in point:

Tonight, Lindenwood, of the OVC, will take on The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (NAIA), based in St. Louis. Digging even deeper, the Delta Devils of MS Valley State have invited The MS University for Women (NCAA D3) to Itta Bena. The MUW have been coed since 1982 and now have a student body ratio of 7:1 women to men.