Hello all, WKU fan here with a Hilltopper perspective for the game. 5th year senior forward Josh Anderson will not play tonight. He is still in quarantine from Covid and should be cleared by Friday . Anderson is a 6'6 human highlight reel and a menace on the defensive end who is averaging 10 a game for us this year. If you have some time and are bored, just do a quick youtube search of his dunks. He's been on SC top 10 more times than I can count. Big miss. We are hopeful to get Maryland transfer Jairus Hamilton back tonight after he missed the EKU game with a back injury, though nothing has been reported yet that he will play. Hamilton is a 6'8 wing/forward who can shoot the lights out and bang in the paint. He's our leading scorer on the year with 19 a game. If he cant go, it will be a tough one for the Tops to pull out. We are also waiting on the NCAA to clear Cincinnati transfer Keith Williams eligible to play. The 6'5 combo guard averaged 15 a game for the Bearcats in a second team all-AAC season last year. Top 50 freshman PG Zion Harmon has also yet to dress for the Tops this season due to personal reasons. We are pretty short-handed and nowhere near the team we could be at full strength. As for play style, the Tops are a prototypical "Stans-ball" team. Defend 2's, make you shoot more 3's than normal, and kill you at the FT line. We have routinely MADE more free-throws than our opponents ATTEMPT for 4 seasons running now. We simply do not foul on the defensive end and we draw a ton of fouls the other way. If Hamilton cant go tonight, look for this to be even more of a point of emphasis as we will only have 7 players available. We will likely play zone to protect guys from getting in foul trouble. We defend 2's well with college ball's tallest player in 7'5 Jamarion Sharp patrolling the paint. Sharp is averaging 5 blocks per contest and alters many more. Again, we want you to kick out to shooters. Stans doesn't believe anyone can hit enough three's to beat us (though it has happened a ton of times) so we will let you shoot as many threes as you wish. If you hit them, good chance you run away with it. We currently turn it over at an alarming rate, but are also forcing more turnovers than any Stansbury team since he's been here. We want to play a quick pace and get up and down the floor in transition. If you can slow us down and beat us up in the halfcourt - good things will come your way. This game will come down to 2 factors: rebounding and turnovers. Since you will be shooting longer shots, WKU has to make sure the Bulls don't get the long rebounds and second chance points. Whoever wins those two categories will likely take the contest. I have so much respect for the Buffalo program and so happy to start a mini series with you. Looking forward to a good game tonight and think the Tops fans will show up to the tune of 5-6k, but expecting a Bulls win by about 5-10. Cheers.