ANALYSIS: I've turned things around the past few days in college hoops because I'm waiting until about the last second regarding guys ruled out due to injury or COVID or in the coaching doghouse. I recommend doing the same, but I'm not going to be at my computer at 10 on a Friday night so we'll just have to pick this game from Hawaii now. KenPom ranks Pepperdine No. 146 nationally and GW No. 194, and both lost on Thursday night. It almost helps the Waves that they were never really in their game against Hawaii in terms of exerting max effort. GW's game vs. Washington State was decided in the final seconds. Obviously that Pepperdine is on the West Coast is a minor advantage in terms of the lateness of this game Eastern time and less travel than GW. The Waves shoot 39.9% from deep, 14th nationally. GW hits only 32.5%.