Must-see college hoops games in November and December

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College basketball arrives in full force with more than 180 Division I games scheduled for opening night, Monday, Nov. 6.

A few preseason "scrimmages" with high-profile matchups, headlined by the Oct. 29 return of Bill Self to Illinois with No. 1 Kansas in a Maui fundraiser, are worth monitoringfrom a get-to-know-you sense.

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