Location: Baltimore, Md.
Date/time/TV: Nov. 12, 4 p.m, Pac-12 Networks
Game location: McKale Center
Series with UA: One-time appearance (UA pays $90,000 to UMBC)
Last season: 21-13 (9-7 in America East)
Final 2016-17 RPI: 157
Coach: Ryan Odom (second year, 21-13)
Go-to guys: G Jarius Lyles (18.9 ppg, 6.6 rpg), F Joe Sherburne (10.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg), G K.J. Maura (8.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
X-factor: G Rodney Elliott (8.3 ppg)
Key newcomers: F Max Portmann (juco transfer), F Daniel Akin
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Outlook: Odom’s success in his first year with the Retrievers was no surprise if you consider his family history: He’s the son of former Wake Forest and South Carolina coach Dave Odom. Ryan took over a perennial 300-plus RPI team and turned it into a respectable America East team, and this season he has a strong cast of veterans that could make them even better. UMBC has good perimeter shooting, but is weak defensively.
Digital version: umbcretrievers.com, @umbc_mbb
