If you are wondering what kind of team the Southwestern Athletic Conference Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils are, all you need to know is that they do not play a single home game until their conference season starts. They were 8-23 last season against Division I opponents, with all 8 wins coming in conference play. Their closest non-conference Division I game was a 7-point loss to the Sun Belt's Arkansas State. Every other loss was by at least 14 points. They gave up at least 71 points in every game and scored 68 or less each time.
This season they are 0-3, with losses at Georgia, Indiana, and St. Mary's. They have one player shooting 50%, everyone else is under that. They only have two players averaging more than 4 rebounds a game. They only have a single player averaging double-digit points. Their assist-to-turnover ratio is under .5 as a team, which is very, very bad.
BYU is still looking for its identity a little bit, or at least waiting for somebody not named Jimmer to play consistently for 40 minutes. But these are the kinds of games where someone like that can start to emerge, until they have a coming out party against a quality opponent (like South Florida on Friday). Noah Hartsock appears to be that guy, but I think Kyle Collinsworth is on the verge of breaking out. He played a very complete game against Chicago State, rebounding, assisting, stealing, and scoring. He could use a little help at the free throw line, but besides that, he is my pick to solidify himself in the next week.
BYU wins this game easily. BYU 91, MVSU 49.
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