The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (2-3, 202 Kenpom) are coming to Winston-Salem Wednesday night in a typical non-conference local matchup. Wake is coming off its second straight 3rd place early season tournament performance after going a respectable 2-1 in the Charleston Classic last week. CCU, on the other hand, just picked up its second win of the year against Southern Utah University (Yes, THE Southern Utah University) to move to 2-3 on the season. The Deacs are heavily favored heading into the matchup, but let’s take a closer look at CCU and what we should expect before tipoff tonight.
Usually in non-conference matchups this early in the season it’s tough to determine just how talented your opponent is due to a small sample size.