Thad Matta has seen a lot of basketball, but experienced a first prior to Butler's exhibition game vs Indiana State on Wednesday. Updates on injuries.

Mark Byington, the Vanderbilt basketball coach, went against that when he scheduled Lipscomb for the season opener Nov. 3 at Memorial Gymnasium (7 p.m. CT, SEC Network+). It will be the first time the Commodores have faced the Bisons since 2014. Vanderbilt has played other in-state opponents more recently, including Belmont and Memphis.

The Heat's offense has been top tier this season but they will have it put to the test without Norman Powll as they face the Spurs.

Josh Minott was selected in the second round of the 2022 draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He’s 6-foot-8 and 205 pounds with a 6-foot-11 wingspan. He only played 93 games in Minnesota, averaging five minutes a game.

Deyton Albury never saw a stat line quite like the one he produced Saturday night in Pullman, Washington. Not that he needed to look at the stat sheet to know how he or his UNM Lobo teammates performed,