ST. PAUL, Minn. — I went to the St. Thomas men’s game at Concordia-St. Paul tonight and I didn’t see anything that immediately stood out as one team being on a higher level than the other.

Concordia was a little more athletic, but not huge. They did shoot better from three but they got killed on the boards. Their gym was nice but not spectacular. They certainly didn’t take better care of the ball.

The Golden Bears fell to a deceiving 6-5 tonight — I use the adjective because two of their losses are to Bowling Green and Georgia State. Obviously it’s far too early to know where they might end up, and with three games against ranked D-II teams to go, Concordia-St. Paul could end up anywhere.

My exposure to Division II is limited. In fact, I intentionally avoid games against D-II and NAIA schools because I would rather see two teams I cover rather than just one. So this was my first time seeing a D-III team playing a D-II team on the road.

And I wasn’t blown away.