Small school matchups early in the season I believe bode to the road team. You tend to see more mistakes at home late in games as teams are going through closeout situations for the first time. Look for that to come into play tonight with Utah Tech against South Dakota. A Trailblazers team that will be hungry to get off on the right foot, after just seven wins a season ago. One of those seven victories came against South Dakota. Take Utah Tech.

Utah Tech lost their leading scorer from last season and only return a redshirt center who averaged eight points per game. They have a lot of new players from the transfer portal to try to better a defense that allowed 76 points per game. South Dakota returns their two top guards from last season and this is a true home game where the Coyotes went 14-2 SU and also brought in more experienced players so they can also fix their defensive issues. South Dakota has the more continuity and experience along with a good home court advantage to start the season.