Thanks to UTA's longstanding, eagle-eye senior administrator John Mocek for pointing out that five of the Maverick men's basketball program's 13 non-conference games are against opponents ranked among the top 100 in today's Sagarin College Basketball Ratings:

Creighton - 33  (road - Dec. 18)
Alabama - 39  (road - Nov. 21)
BYU - 58  (road - Nov. 18)
UNI - 81  (road - Dec. 7)
FGCU - 92  (home - Dec. 9)

UTA is ranked 110 by Sagarin and 114 in today's Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings.