After multiple delays, the 2020-21 college basketball season tips off on December 2nd against the Lipscomb Bisons in Fifth-Third Arena at 5:00 pm EST. The Bisons are coming off a rather mediocre 2019-20 campaign finishing 16-16. Lipscomb is 1-1 so far with a 76-73 win over Lamar (kenpom #264) and a 68-66 loss to Tulane (kenpom #219).
Lipscomb (kenpom #177) is only two years removed from a 29-8 run where they were A-Sun regular season champs and runner-up in the NIT tournament. This is a much better tune-up game than some of the sub-300 kenpom teams (like Cal St.