The 5 best games of men’s college basketball’s opening night

Key Points:

• College basketball's season kicks off Monday with a strong lineup of games, highlighted by top-ranked Florida facing No. 14 Miami in Tampa at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2, featuring two teams with formidable frontcourts and Final Four aspirations.
• No. 18 Iowa State, despite losing key scorers Joshua Jefferson and Milan Momcilovic, returns three top players and will face Memphis, a program seeking to prove itself under Penny Hardaway, at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota.
• No. 25 BYU, aiming to improve after a disappointing season, hosts Ohio State in Salt Lake City; BYU benefits from returning point guard Rob Wright and new talent including five-star freshman Bruce Branch III.
• No. 15 Gonzaga squares off against Purdue in Las Vegas, with Gonzaga looking to break a 0-5 all-time losing streak against the Boilermakers, leveraging a strong frontcourt and promising guard C.J. Cox.
• The classic UCLA-Arizona rivalry resumes in Las Vegas, with Arizona seen as a national title contender and UCLA featuring potential star Nikola Kusturica; the Bruins hold a historical edge in the series but face a tough challenge from the Wildcats.