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Vermont, the America East favorite, begins its season with a visit to 0-1 Northern Iowa. The experienced Catamounts boast two members of the preseason All-Conference First Team in guard Ben Shungu and forward Ryan Davis, and they added impressive transfer Kam Gibson. The Panthers lost to Nicholls State on Tuesday as star AJ Green went 1 for 14 in his return from hip surgery. The preseason Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year surely will pick it up, but it could take a few games. Take the points.
KenPom ranks Vermont at 106 nationally and Northern Iowa 128. The Catamounts are annual contenders in the America East Conference -- they won their fifth straight regular-season title last year -- and had two players named to the preseason all-conference team in reigning America East Player of the Year Ryan Davis and Ben Shungu. I can't find a model that has UNI winning by more than four -- SportsLine's has it with a four-point margin. ESPN's power rankings have this as essentially a pick'em. Sagarin has UNI by 3.5 points.