Bradley is much better team than their 3-3 SU record. The Tritons have played easy opponents so far and Bradley has been more battle tested. The Braves are the more experienced team and have historically done well on neutral courts. They protect the ball on offense and create takeaways on the defensive end. On paper, UC San Diego has the better defense, but that also goes to their level of competition. With a short number like this, this could come down to free throws. The Braves are shooting 75.4% from the stripe as compared to UC San Diego’s 63.5%, near the bottom of the country.

Trekking across country down to Orlando proved no issue on Monday for the Tritons, who whipped Temple to move to 5-0 for new HC Clint Allard (promoted after Eric Olen took the New Mexico job). Allard has uncovered a new go-to threat in FAU transfer F Leo Beath (19.4 ppg) as UCSD is hitting 52.4% from the floor while scoring better than 85 ppg. It's the same sort of efficiency we saw last year from the Tritons, and a real challenge for Bradley, which has already taken three losses and saw its offense bog down last week vs. a similar (to UCSD) USF squad that held the Braves to 32% FGs hooting in the Dons' win on the Hilltop. Play UCSD (at Lake Buena Vista)