This will be our season of Purdue redemption.I was hoping we wouldn't have to go to West Lafayette in 2019-2020. Mackey Arena has been a house of horrors for RU for as long as I can remember.
Looks like we'll be 12-8 in the B1G next season. [winking]
That's the negative way to look at the schedule. I see the 3 home only games all as winnable and we only play MSU once. We beat both Iowa and OSU last year. This schedule is very favorable overall IMOThe 3 teams that don’t come to the Rac this year are Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State. Each will be top 25 potential with Michigan State being a preseason 1 in some polls. Wins on the road against these squads are tough and thus would have loved to have them home with better chance to win and build resume for next season.
perfect!
RIDICULOUSLY EARLY GUESSES (caps on purpose)
Indiana 65%
Minny 75%
NW 75%
at Iowa 15%
at MSU 10%
at OSU 20%
MD 60%
at MD 25%
Wisky 70%
at Wisky 30%
Nebby 75%
at Nebby 35%
PSU 70%
at PSU 30%
ILL 65%
at ILL 25%
PUR 50%
at PUR 15%
MICh 40%
at Mich 10%
If you are on board with these....we win 8.6 games.
Being favored in 8 out of 10 home games might be a little optimistic though.
Although, I am quite sure our first two December league games will be Maryland and @Michigan State.
Why do you consider Tyler Cook to be overrated?As overrated as Cook is IMO, they almost need him with Garza being their only other big man with major minutes. They may not be as good as expected.
If you had a pen and could choose a home and away game in December what would it be?
Other than MD, Pur, MSU and Mich away games I don’t see any other away game RU has a less than 40% chance of pulling out. IMHO all other away games should be 50-50, 40-60 RU chance of winning.RIDICULOUSLY EARLY GUESSES (caps on purpose)
Indiana 65%
Minny 75%
NW 75%
at Iowa 15%
at MSU 10%
at OSU 20%
MD 60%
at MD 25%
Wisky 70%
at Wisky 30%
Nebby 75%
at Nebby 35%
PSU 70%
at PSU 30%
ILL 65%
at ILL 25%
PUR 50%
at PUR 15%
MICh 40%
at Mich 10%
If you are on board with these....we win 8.6 games.
Being favored in 8 out of 10 home games might be a little optimistic though.
If you had a pen and could choose a home and away game in December what would it be?
Surprised at Poole. Don't think he's ready. Ziggy thinks he's ready but he's not.Not that Michigan won't be good next year anyway, but Jordan Poole is officially staying in the draft now. So Matthews, Poole and Iggy all definitely gone. That's 40 ppg combined, and their only 3 scorers that averaged double digits.
Makes getting them twice next year a lot more palatable, as they could have been a top ten team in the country again before the defections.
He flirted with the NBA last year and came back presumably to improve his outside game after getting feedback. Instead, his shooting pct went down fairly significantly and he regressed. I watched most of Iowa’s B1G games, and he seemed to disappear in crunch time, as others shined. He has very limited range so he can’t really play the 3 and is undersized as a 4 in the NBA. He became a third option on Iowa, not ideal for a supposed NBA prospect.
That is a very good analysis. I agree with you btw. I think he made a mistake going to Iowa tbh.He flirted with the NBA last year and came back presumably to improve his outside game after getting feedback. Instead, his shooting pct went down fairly significantly and he regressed. I watched most of Iowa’s B1G games, and he seemed to disappear in crunch time, as others shined. He has very limited range so he can’t really play the 3 and is undersized as a 4 in the NBA. He became a third option on Iowa, not ideal for a supposed NBA prospect.