Cal State Northridge gained some dignity for its program and the Big West Conference in general with a very nice effort during its 81-70 loss to 2 seed Memphis.
Having to sit Tremayne Townsend with his fourth foul with about nine minutes to go, while leading by three points, was a turning point -- in the bad direction -- for the Matadors.
The Tigers' size, depth and the off-the-bench shooting of Roburt Sallie (10 of 15 3's, 35 points), who is from Sacramento and originally signed with the University of Washington a couple of times but could never get eligible, proved the difference.
LSU (75-71 over Butler) and Texas A&M (79-66 over BYU) were much, much more impressive, obviously, than were the Tigers this morning.
Only one other game has started so far and, in Portland, Purdue doesn't appear as if it is going to have much in the way of trouble against Northern Iowa.
The "power conferences" (LSU-SEC, A&M-Big 12 and Purdue-Big Ten) are looking pretty good so far.
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