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Six #AmericanHoops Teams Claim Wins on Opening Night

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USF 84, Florida A&M 73
Temple 97, La Salle 92 (OT)
#rv/25 Cincinnati 84, Brown 55
East Carolina 72, Grambling 57
SMU 72, Gardner-Webb 44
Houston 93, Morgan State 52
Wagner 67, #18/16 UConn 58
Jacksonville State 84, Tulsa 73
#6/6 North Carolina 95, Tulane 75

American Athletic Conference men's basketball programs went 6-3 on the opening night of the 2016-17 college basketball season. Semi Ojeleye posted a 26-point, 14-rebound double-double in SMU's victory, while East Carolina head coach Jeff Lebo collected his 100th win with the Pirates.