It's hard to gauge how good most college basketball teams in early December.
That goes for TCU and SMU. While both teams have experienced various levels of success in nonconference play, their respective victories have come against a relatively soft strength of schedule.
When the two teams tip-off at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Moody Coliseum, each team will get a better sense of where it stands as the schedule starts to become a little tougher. And given the relationship between the two most prominent private schools in the Metroplex, it should be a good test for both teams.