Mid Major Monday Night Game of the Year

Delaware suspended all-conference guard Jarvis Threatt and starting forward Marvin King-Davis. As expected, they rallied around adversity the first game without them, then barely beat a bad UNC-Wilmington team at home by one-point.

Threatt, a 6-foot-2 junior, has been one of the best players in the league this season. He is averaging 17.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists, while also racking up 2.3 steals per game. Meanwhile, King-Davis is a 6-foot-7 sophomore who has started 19 games this season. He is averaging 5.8 points and 4.4 boards.

Yes, it helps greatly they got Devon Saddler back, but talk about chemistry issues with three of their best players in and out of the line-up all season, two out for this game.

Northeastern has an uncanny nine losses by five or less meaning they have had bad fortune and are much better than their record. A loss of five or less is just fine tonight. They have three wins of five or less, so 3-9 in close games tells us they have an upside. But 12 very close games says 6.5 looms great.