When: Friday November 7, 9:00 PM
Opponent: University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers (AAC Conference)
Prediction: KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): State 87-75 / State 88-74
Coach Wade’s Wolfpack Game 1 Checklist:
Former Wolfpack player and Chucky Brown teammate, Coach Andy Kennedy brings his Blazers to Lenovo for a rematch. The only other time we played was 3/20/2010 (pre Kennedy), a 20-point loss (52-72) in Birmingham. This is Coach Kennedy’s sixth season coaching his alma mater.
UAB was voted 4th by the media in the AAC preseason projections. KP has them ranked #96, BT is not as impressed and ranks them #113.
Remember UAB’s superstar Yaxel Lendeborg last season? Well forget him, at least until the postseason, he’s a Wolverine now. And most of that team bailed as well. The Blazers return 1 player, they added 4 freshmen and 10 transfers, 4 of whom were JUCO players.
Becoming a much more common occurrence, Blazer starters KyeRon Lindsay-Martin played a season with Darrion Williams at Texas Tech, and Chance Westry played one with Quadir Copeland at Syracuse.
Team Comparison (one game)
Probable Starters (one game)
