The USF men’s basketball team, fresh off a 67-61 win Friday night at SMU in the season opener, plays its home opener tonight at the Sun Dome.

And if you like college hoops, it should be a good one. The Bulls aren’t hosting some lightweight like Utah Valley or Savannah State. Nope, the Bulls open against ACC program Virginia, led by first-year coach Tony Bennett, who takes over a team that finished 10-18 last season. That was the program’s worst record in 42 years, so changes had to be made in Charlottesville.

In glancing at the boxscore from Friday’s win, the performance of Gus Gilchrist obviously stood out the most. The former Maryland transfer scored 23 points to lead the Bulls to a nice win to start the season.

Here’s what I noticed next: Announced attendance was just 2,213. Got me to thinking if there will be more than that tonight at the Sun Dome. SMU is similar to USF in some ways, being a metro university in a major city that is football crazy.

I have no idea if more than 2,213 will show up tonight at the Sun Dome. I sure hope so. What do you think?