Shorthanded SMU keeps rolling through its non-conference schedule with a balanced offense and a tough defense. The undefeated Mustangs host Hampton on Thursday as part of the on-campus rounds of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic.

One of the nation’s top in-state rivalries takes center stage Thursday as No. 16 West Virginia faces Marshall in the annual Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic in Charleston. “It’s a whole different game,” Mountaineers guard Jaysean Paige told reporters. “Marshall-West Virginia is real big, it’s like a Super Bowl game.”

USC will try to match its best start to a season in almost a decade when it hosts Cal Poly on Thursday. A victory over the Mustangs, who are on the second stop of a six-game road swing, improves the Trojans to 9-2 for the first time since the 2006-07 season when they went to the Sweet 16 and finished 25-12.