Jeff Wulburn is no dummy having coached the previous five years at Stanford. Denver's new head coach, Wulburn knows defense is the way to go. The early returns are good for the Pioneers. They held IUPUI, an Horizon League team, to 47 points in their last game.

Now the Pioneers travel to San Antonio to take on USTA, which is averaging only 53 points in its two games versus Division-I opponents.

The Roadrunners are in transition minus their long-time backcourt stars Keaton Wallace and Jhivan Jackson, who led the team averaging 20.7 points last season. Wallace was the second-leading scorer at 16.1. No other Roadrunner averaged more than 11 points last season.