Men: Fairfield at Penn State

Tipoff: 7 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center, University Park

Records: Fairfield (0-0); Penn State (0-0)

TV: Big Ten Plus

Radio: 103.7-FM and 1450-AM State College

Satellite: SiriusXM Radio Ch. 372

Notable: Penn State enters its third season under coach Mike Rhoades. … The Nittany Lions have just two players on their roster from last season, Freddie Dillone V and Dominick Stewart. Of the 13 players on the roster this year, eight are true freshmen. … Of the non-true freshmen, Dillone, Stewart, Josh Reed, Eli Rice and Sasa Ciani, the highest scoring average for a player is junior forward Ciani, at 6-foot-10, totals 9.9 points per game. Dillone averaged 9.5 ppg last year. … The freshman class by Penn State is ranked in the top 10 of incoming freshman classes by several media outlets. Kayden Mingo, a 6-foot-6 freshman guard, has received a lot of preseason attention from several media outlets. … Fairfield, under third-year coach Chris Casey, went 12-20 last year. So far, in their two exhibition games, the top scorers for the Stags have been Cameron Estevez, Declan Wucherpfennig and Brandon Benjamin. … Penn State went 1-1 in the exhibition season, losing to Dayton and beating Shippensburg. … According to the KenPom ranking system, the Stags are ranked 313th. Penn State is 95.

Mirror prediction: Penn State 60, Fairfield 50

Mirror prediction record: 0-0

— Scott Franco

Men: Youngstown St. at Pitt

Tipoff: 7 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh

Records: Youngstown State (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League); Pittsburgh (0-0, 0-0 ACC)

TV: ACC Network Extra (Jeff Hathhorn and Nick Rivers)

Notable: Pitt is 8-1 all-time against Youngstown State, including a 69-53 win in the 2018 season opener … Coach Jeff Capel begins his eighth season with the Panthers and is 114-107, including 17-15 last year … Ethan Faulkner starts his second season as the Penguins’ head coach after going 21-13 last year … Youngstown State is picked third in the Horizon League preseason poll, behind Milwaukee and Oakland … The Penguins’ 6-foot-6 senior Cris Carroll is a first-team all-league preseason selection. He averaged 9.2 points and 5.0 rebounds last year. They also return 5-10 guard Jason Nelson, who averaged 8.0 points … Pitt’s top returnees from last year are 6-foot-10 senior Cameron Corhen and 6-3 sophomore Brandin Cummings, while transfers Damarco Minor (Oregon State), Barry Dunning (South Alabama) and Nojus Indrusaitis (Iowa State), along with freshmen Omari Witherspoon and Roman Siulepa, are expected to make early-season impacts.

Mirror prediction: Pitt 80, Youngstown State 68

Mirror prediction record: 0-0

— Buck Frank

Men: St. Francis at Oklahoma

Tipoff: 8:30 p.m., Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, Okla.

Records: Saint Francis (0-0, 0-0 Northeast) at Oklahoma (0-0, 0-0 SEC)

TV: SEC Network + (Chad McKee, pxp; Pooh Williamson, analyst)

Live Stats: http://ou.statb.us/

Notable: Luke McConnell begins his tenure as the 21st Red Flash men’s basketball coach. McConnell served under Rob Krimmel for the last 12 years as director of basketball operations (2013-21), assistant coach (2021-24) and associate head coach (2024-25). McConnell’s father, Tom McConnell, is the program’s third-winningest head coach with 85 wins from 1992-99. … Tonight marks the first-ever meeting between SFU and OU, and the 10th time in school history the Flash have played an SEC school (0-9 all-time). … This season marks the 35th anniversary of the first Red Flash title (1990-91), led by Joe Anderson and Mike Iuzzolino. … The Red Flash were tabbed seventh in the NEC preseason poll and will look to become the first team since LIU’s three-peat from 2010-13 to repeat as tournament champions. The Sharks are the unanimous preseason favorite this season. … SFU returns four scholarship players (seven players total) from last year’s team. Senior Chris Moncrief averaged 10.0 points per game in SFU’s 8-3 stretch and secured the steal in the waning seconds against CCSU in the championship game. Redshirt junior Gestin Liberis returns after missing last season due to an injury. He averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds as a sophomore. Sophomore Victor Payne played in 25 games off the bench and scored 50 points in his first season. Redshirt senior KJ Swain was a walk-on last year before earning a scholarship in the summer. Transfer additions include seniors Ahmad Harrision, Zion Russell, Cam Tweedy, Skylar Wicks, sophomore Ralph Martino Jr. and freshmen Brandon Russell and Paris Papadatos. Wicks received significant social media attention, ranking second among league transfers. Wicks has appeared in 46 games with 29 Division I starts, averaging 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game at Missouri State (2020-21), Incarnate Word (2023-24) and UTSA (2024-25). He registered 26 points against Texas on Nov. 6, 2023, with Incarnate Word. … Oklahoma finished 20-14 in 2024-25 and lost to UConn, 67-59, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore Dayton Forsythe is the Sooners’ top returner at 4.3 points per game. Sophomore Xzayvier Brown (Saint Joseph’s), graduate student Nijel Pack (Miami (Fla.), sophomore Derrion Reid (Alabama) and junior Tae Davis (Notre Dame) all transferred to Oklahoma this season.

Mirror prediction: Oklahoma 74, Saint Francis 59

Mirror prediction record: 0-0

— Dan Isenberg

Women: Bucknell at Penn St.

Tipoff: 5 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center, University Park

Records: Bucknell (0-0, 17-14 last year); Penn State (0-0, 10-19 last year)

TV: Big Ten+

Radio/Internet: Available on Penn State Sports Network on the Penn State app

Notable: Penn State returns two starters in Moriah Murray and Gracie Merkle. … PSU added Kiyomi McMiller from Rutgers and Amiya Evans from Georgia in the transfer portal. … Maggie Mendelson will join the team following the end of Penn State’s volleyball season, making her the first two-sport athlete at PSU since 2018-2019. … Penn State leads the all-time series 15-0.

Mirror prediction: Penn State 88, Bucknell 69

Mirror prediction record: 0-0

— Michael Boytim

Women: SFU at Duquesne

Tipoff: 2 p.m., UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, Pittsburgh

Records: Saint Francis (0-0); Duquesne (0-0)

TV: ESPN+

Notable: Duquesne has dominated the all-time series with a 33-10 record. … Saint Francis was selected to finish last in the preseason Northeast Conference poll, while Duquesne was selected eighth in the Atlantic 10 poll. … In addition to a new coach in Chynna Bozeman, SFU has added 12 new players to the roster from a year ago.

Mirror prediction: Duquesne 74, Saint Francis 50

Mirror prediction record: 0-0

— Nate Ritchey