Fiami won a close one with Marysville 73-64. Score was 61-60 with just over 8 to go.  The Fiami fans are saying that Marysville is very good even though they had a losing record in D2 last year.  Redhawks did a lot of full court pressing and played a lot of zone.   Fans seem to be in that phase where a coach has just left and the new one does things differently and everything is right with the world.  I have a feeling reality will hit over the next month or so.  Not saying Cooper isn't a good coach, just that he's got a lot of work to do

Kent State playing Rochester (Mich.) today. Opens season Friday vs. Drexel.

Buffalo's schedule does not list any exhibitions. Opens Saturday vs. Princeton.

Bowling Green defeated Central State, 73-60. Let just 29-25 at the half. Jordon Crawford had 30 points. A'uston Calhoun had 19 points and 14 rebounds. No one else more than 5 points.

Toledo beat Northwestern Ohio, 75-52. Freshman center Nathan Boothe started and scored 15 points. Reese Holliday and Julius Brown had 13 each. Rian Pierson did not play due to a "coach's decision." Opens season Friday vs. Loyola (Ill.)

Eastern Michigan topped Michigan-Dearborn, 82-38. Led 36-21 at the half. Glenn Bryant (transfer from Arkansas) had 21 points, Derek Thompson had 17. Opens season Friday against Rochester.

Western Michigan beat Kalamazoo College, 93-50, and Roosevelt, 81-60. Freshman Connar Tava with 21 in the first game and didn't play in second. Brandon Pokley the only play in double figures in both (15 and 10). Opens season. Opens season Saturday at Cornell.

Central Michigan has an exhibition Wednesday against Lake Superior State and opens the season Monday at Iowa.

Nothern Illinois beat Aurora, 89-56. Six players with 10-12 points. Opens season Friday vs. Nebraska-Omaha.

No exhibitions listed on Ball State's schedule. They open Sunday against Grambling.

Miami and Akron were mentioned. Miami. The RedHawks' first game is Friday at N.C. State. Akron's wins were 111-72 against Tiffin and 106-67 against Malone. The Zips open Friday at Coastal Carolina.

Kent was down 6 to Rochester with less than two minutes in the game, but finished on a 13-1 run to win by 7.

LOL, I had thought of adding that in my post but decided against it.