Neither of these ride the handbrake so getting past 157 looks very doable in Palm Springs. The teams are combining for 177 ppg thus far and love to go uptempo. In the Broncos' case, even if 3s aren't falling, they'll keep shooting, and Herb Sendek has already had several different weapons step up, with soph G Christian Hammond (17 ppg, 51% FGs) looking the breakout star. Meanwhile, the go-go Billikens play at only one speed (fast) for Josh Schertz, hit 53% of their FGs and 39.3% triples. Sometimes SLU plays too fast (watch the TOs!) but scorelines usually expand. Note that last year's meeting in the opener at Sioux Falls landed 85-78 in Santa Clara's favor. Play Santa Clara-Saint Louis Over (at Palm Springs)

Here's a rematch of last season's opener at Sioux Falls won by Santa Clara 85-78 in the SLU debut of HC Josh Schertz. Now action moves to Palm Springs for the return match. The Billikens have been rather untested thus far save for a home date vs. Grand Canyon, and make their first road trip. SLU's 6-6 soph wing Amari McCottry (14.8 ppg) has emerged as a threat, though the Billikens' offense pivots around bespectacled 6-10 Robbie Avila (13.6 ppg), who does much damage from the perimeter where he is hitting 58% of his triples. Herb Sendek's Broncos, however, have real balance and legit size and an emerging star of their own in soph G Christian Hammond (17 ppg). Play Santa Clara (at Palm Springs)