Mid-Major Madness Reacts Survey: Who had the best performance in the Opening Day Marathon?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mid Major fans and fans across the country.

We had eight glorious games as part of the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon, which featured mid-majors vs. mid-majors.

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Some of the top programs in our coverage were featured across the games in Rock Hill, S.C., and Sioux Falls, S.D.

So, our question this week is the following: who had the most impressive performance in the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon? High Point, Queens, Murray State, McNeese, App State or Furman.

Before we break down each of those teams and their wins, we have to give a shoutout to the other two winners as part of the event: Grambling and Northern Kentucky. The Tigers held off a second-half surge from Northern Illinois for an 89-87 win behind 29 points from Isaiah Miranda. The Norse knocked off UTEP 84-76 with freshman Willie Foster exploding on the scene with 24 points and 10 rebounds.

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High Point

HPU tipped off the event with a 72-57 win over Liberty. The Panthers clamped down defensively in the second half by limiting the Flames to 23 points and outscoring them by a dozen. Flynn Clayman’s team had a balanced attack with three players in double figures, with Curtis Williams Jr. in the lead with 12 points. Freshman Trey Pearson scored 11 points in his debut. Conrad Martinez added 10 points and six rebounds.

Queens

The Royals flexed their offensive muscles with a 103-98 shootout win over Winthrop as both teams shot better than 52%. Queens scored 55 points in the first half and led by 17 at the break on its way to a wire-to-wire win. Jordan Watford was on triple-double watch with a career-high 26 points, eight points and seven rebounds. Nasir Mann poured in 19, while Isaiah Henry and Caleb Jones had 15 apiece, and Nic McLean added 14.

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Murray State

The Racers asserted their dominance in a 94-64 rout of…

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