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The team Drake beat, Kennesaw State, was the #339 Ken Pom team last year.
While their shooting numbers were stellar regardless of opponent, they're going to be defended by a different caliber of basketball player against us.
They start 4 true sophomores and 1 RS transfer sophomore from Siena. They go 5'11, 6'2, 6'3, 6'5, and 7'0. Their best returning big (6'7 forward Tremell Murphy, 10 ppg) will be entering the 2nd game of a 5 game suspension for an offseason incident. They also have a 6'10 transfer center from FGCU who won't be playing as well.
The only other frontcourt player that saw the court in their first game was a slim 6'7 German skill player who played a very limited role last season.
I think as long as we don't have an abysmal shooting game with excess foul trouble, we win by 15-20 points.
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