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The Butler Bulldogs open their season on Wednesday, Nov. 5 2025, at 7 p.m. ET against the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. You can follow all college basketball previews on our NCAA basketball preview page Thad Matta begins another year looking to lift Butler after being picked 10th in the Big East preseason poll. The Bulldogs were last in the league in scoring defense, allowing 74.9 points per game. Meanwhile, Southern Indiana continues its transition into Division I with 12 newcomers and hopes to exceed its ninth-place preseason projection in the Ohio Valley Conference. Both teams enter with something to prove. Butler hasn’t had consecutive winning seasons under Matta’s current tenure, and Southern Indiana, now tournament-eligible,

Mississippi State opens its season Wednesday in Starkville against a veteran North Alabama squad that shared the ASUN regular-season title. Coach Chris Jans returns four players and 11 newcomers as the Bulldogs search for identity early. Junior guard Josh Hubbard, who averaged 18.9 points last year, now leads a team aiming for a fourth straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Lions, led by coach Tony Pujol, return 10 from a 24-11 team and enter as the preseason ASUN favorite. They feature All-ASUN picks Corneilous Williams and Donte Bacchus. See all current NCAA basketball previews for more season openers. The Bulldogs opened –11 with a total of 149.5. As of mid-week, the spread has tightened to –9.5 and total dipped to 148.

Indiana opens the Darian DeVries era at home on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. ET inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The matchup airs on BTN as the Hoosiers welcome Alabama A&M, now led by Donte’ Jackson, who brought seven transfers from Grambling. The Hoosiers showed their spacing and pace in a 107-46 exhibition win over Marian, hitting 15 of 30 from three and dishing 27 assists. Tucker DeVries led the effort with 23 points. Alabama A&M counters with senior guard Kintavious Dozier, a first-team All-SWAC pick who scored 21 in a preseason victory. Stay current with all upcoming matchups on our college basketball previews As of early week, most sportsbooks had not posted official lines for Indiana vs Alabama

The top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers open the 2025-26 season Monday, Nov. 4, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, facing the Evansville Purple Aces Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. Purdue enters the year No. 1 in the preseason poll for the first time in program history, returning All-Americans Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn alongside sharpshooter Fletcher Loyer. Evansville, coming off an 11-21 campaign, brings size and effort but lacks high-end scoring after losing point guard Tayshawn Comer to the transfer portal. Coach Matt Painter called the preseason ranking “a great indicator of potential,” but said his group is focused on finishing No. 1 in April. Evansville coach David Ragland counters with an experienced frontcourt that includes