College Basketball Daily For November 13th, 2010 From The Sports Mac

Top Five Games From Yesterday

1. Princeton 78, Rutgers 73, Overtime: The Scarlet Knights came back from a six-point halftime deficit, but the Tigers went on to win the game behind 26 points from Dan Mavraides.

2. Houston 63, Nicholls State 62, Overtime: Maurice McNeill made a layup with three seconds left to get the home win for the Cougars over the upset-minded Colonels.

3. North Carolina-Asheville 70, Auburn 69, Overtime: The Bulldogs scored seven of the first nine points in the extra session to spoil the debut of Tony Barbee and the opening of Auburn Arena.

4. Maine 71, Utah Valley State 66, Overtime: Raheem Singleton and Troy Barnies had 10 of the Black Bears 13 points in overtime to open the year with a road win over the Wolverines.

5. Oregon 97, North Dakota State 92, Overtime: The Ducks closed the game on a 6-0 run over the final 72 seconds to come from behind and win in coach Dana Altman’s debut.

Top Five Performances From Yesterday

1. Joey Rodriguez, Virginia Commonwealth G: 22 points and 17 assists in the Rams 101-86 win over North Carolina-Greensboro.

2. Steven Gray, Gonzaga G: 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the Bulldogs' 117-72 win over Southern.

3. Broderick Gilchrist, Idaho State G: 39 points, including 6 of 8 from three point range, in the Bengals' 88-80 loss to Colorado.

4. Omar Carter, Appalachian State F: 35 points and four rebounds in the Mountaineers 89-86 win over Tulsa

5. Adrian Oliver, San Jose State G: 34 points and five rebounds in the Spartans' 67-60 win over Eastern Washington

Top Five Games Today

1. Southern Illinois at No. 16 Illinois (2-0), 8:00 PM, Big Ten Network: An interesting match-up for the Illini, who are playing their third game in six days.

2. Vermont at Siena, 7:00 PM: Two of the mid-major powers in the Northeast collide in an early season showdown.

3. Weber State at Utah State, 9:00 PM: The Big Sky favorite meets the WAC favorite in an intrastate tilt that should be really good.

4. Montana at Nevada, 5:00 PM: The Grizzlies just turned down a chance to join the WAC, which could have set this up as a game between future conference foes.

5. Harvard at George Mason, 4:00 PM: Two well coached squads, the Crimson by Tommy Amaker and the Patriots by Jim Larranaga, face each other to start the season.

Five Games Under The Radar Today

1. San Diego State at Long Beach State, 7:00 PM: One of the MWC favorites gets a visit from a Big West frontrunner to begin the year.

2. Coastal Carolina at Louisiana State, 8:00 PM: The Chanticleers are the runaway pick in the Big South and look to get a big non-conference win in Baton Rouge.

3. Detroit at New Mexico, 9:30 PM: The Titans had a resurgence under Ray McCallum last year and start this season in the newly revamped Pit taking on the Lobos.

4. Iona (0-1) at Cleveland State (1-0), 6:00 PM: A tough back to back for the Gaels, who had a tough loss to Kent State, now play the homestanding Vikings.

5. Mount St. Mary’s at Dayton, 2:00 PM: The Mountaineers have a new coach in Robert Burke and will travel to Ohio to play the Flyers and coach Brian Gregory.

Worst Five Games Today

1. Marian at #18 Butler, 2:00 PM: The national runners up from last season will get their first win of this year in what should be a glorified scrimmage.

2. Talladega at Alabama A&M, 8:00 PM: The Division I Bulldogs welcome the NAIA Tornados for what could be an easy night in Birmingham.

3. Eastern Oregon at Idaho, 11:00 PM: The folks in Moscow may be ready for an easy win here with the football team's struggles this weekend.

4. Mary Hardin-Baylor at Sam Houston State, 8:30 PM: The defending Southland champions will get off on the right foot taking on a Division III squad.

5. Kean at Wyoming, 10:00 PM: The Cowboys must have paid a lot of money to entice a Division III team from New Jersey to come to Laramie for the home opener.