Ongoing opponent watch

[kcg88]

Northwestern and Nebraska at home are must-wins. If we drop either of those two then we need to balance it out with an unexpected resume win like Maryland or Ohio State. Nebraska on the road is a should-win. If we lose that then we need to balance it out with a win on the next level below (@Iowa or @Purdue or @Penn State).

 

[Scarlet Blind]

4 games and teams to root for today...

Drexel vs UNCW
St Bonaventure @ Buffalo
UMass @ Akron
Seton Hall @ Depaul

Pitt beat Canisius at noon by 8

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Drexel and Seton Hall win, SBA and UMass close road losses.

 

[bac2therac]

its probably the best we could hope for, we quite possibly could have lost all 4

UMass and St Bonnies are probably going to remain Q3...we just dont want them slipping into 4. Would be nice if Lafayette can stay Q3 but thats dicey

H:76-160 N:101-200 A:136-240

we can also hope that Nebby stays above 160 so the rac game is a Q3 and not 4.

but it looks like RU will have a plethora of Q1 and Q2 opportunities

 

[bac2therac]

we may have been undervaluing Minnesota....seems like they are coming together...Carr has 27 nearing end of game and they are up 5 on Purdue. He has emerged as a major difference maker for the Gophers

Meanwhile we may be overvaluing Purdue mainly because of their win over Virginia which looks like an aberration.

 

[bac2therac]

Purdue down 3 with the ball and a minute left

 

[bac2therac]

Purdue for 3 and we are tied with 15 seconds left

 

[RUDead]

we may have been undervaluing Minnesota....seems like they are coming together...Carr has 27 nearing end of game and they are up 5 on Purdue. He has emerged as a major difference maker for the Gophers

Meanwhile we may be overvaluing Purdue mainly because of their win over Virginia which looks like an aberration.

I watched most of the game, Carr does look really good but the defenders aren't very good. That skinny kid in particular. he was getting smoked. i think mathis and young could do a much better job on him.

Oturu is a problem. Big, quick and skilled.

 

[bac2therac]

this looks like its going to overtime. Minny really lost some composure toward the end there with shot selection, Purdue has all the mo and the home crowd

 

[MadRU]

1.3 seconds and the only shot they get it a Williams half court shot. He should be the last person taking a shot like that. I know they weren't guarding him, but why was he in the game at that point in the first place?

OT

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Double OT! Gotta love conference hoops!

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Notice Purdue playing a lot Williams and Harms. Shaq Carter will be needed!

 

[bac2therac]

Carr is going to be a problem to defend

 

[Rutgers25]

Little Pitino is a joke. He barely coaches, just whines to the refs all day.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Carr has no handle... but will be hard to guard

 

[bac2therac]

this really is a critical swing game for both programs ncaa chances...neither team is as good as last year but they are good enough to rise near the ncaa bubble.

Minnesota is already 2-4 in quad 1 games and has a sos of 3. Purdue really needs this game as they have a just brutal stretch coming up

 

[bac2therac]

Carr has no handle... but will be hard to guard

trying to do too much and he is tired.

 

[RUDead]

Stefanovic has a crazy quick release. You can't give him more than 2 foot cushion.

 

[bac2therac]

Purdue going to win...think some of their experience was the difference here in the end game and Minny ran out of gas

 

[BillyC80]

Wow, Purdue wins in double OT, 83-78.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Minnesota has zero depth. All Oturu, Carr, and a little Kalscheur. Carr with eight turnovers tonight. I will be very disappointed if we lose to them at home. I think we should beat Purdue at home too.

Pitino whines a lot but it felt like they didn't get the benefit of the doubt on many calls down the stretch. We would've been ticked if those calls went against us.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Looked like 2 10-10 teams

 

[kcg88]

Carr is what we want/need Young to be

 

[kcg88]

Illinois loses by 20 at Sparty

 

[bac2therac]

Looked like 2 10-10 teams

enough to dance

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

enough to dance

[banana]:cool2:

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Carr is what we want/need Young to be

not certain of that

 

[blockm2]

Looked like 2 10-10 teams

LOL, welcome to the 2019-20 Big Ten season.

KenPom's current projected records have #9 Maryland finishing 12-8 and #109 Northwestern 5-15. Every team between them (9 total) is projected to finish between 9-11 and 11-9. That's everybody from #12 Michigan (11-9) to #48 Rutgers (9-11).

So most Big Ten games this season will end up looking like a couple 10-10 teams playing.

 

[kcg88]

Our non-conference turned out to not be as bad as expected, but most of these are still just Q4 wins.

KenPom changes from the start of the year:

Bryant 325 to 199 (+126)
Stephen F. Austin 298 to 138 (+160)
UMass 240 to 185 (+55)
Lafayette 248 to 182 (+66)

Niagara, St. Bonaventure, Drexel, Pitt, and Seton Hall didn't stray too far from their pre-season number.

NJIT 139 to 265 (-126) is the only one to get a lot worse.

 

[RutgHoops]

Our non-conference turned out to not be as bad as expected, but most of these are still just Q4 wins.

KenPom changes from the start of the year:

Bryant 325 to 199 (+126)
Stephen F. Austin 298 to 138 (+160)
UMass 240 to 185 (+55)
Lafayette 248 to 182 (+66)

Niagara, St. Bonaventure, Drexel, Pitt, and Seton Hall didn't stray too far from their pre-season number.

NJIT 139 to 265 (-126) is the only one to get a lot worse.

Who was the poster that stated Bryant looked a lot better than their preseason ranking after we played? :Laughing

 

[S.W.A.I.N]

Wisky/OSU got more interesting today as Kyle Young is out at least this game

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28414663/ohio-state-kyle-young-appendectomy

 

[blockm2]

Wisky/OSU got more interesting today as Kyle Young is out at least this game

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28414663/ohio-state-kyle-young-appendectomy

I would assume he would miss at least 2-3 weeks.

 

[Vegas pj]

OSU -7 1/2 & SH -6 at The Book.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Niagara beats Fairfield 75-66 at home
Drexel beats Delaware 61-55 at home

Seton Hall home to Georgetown started at 9

 

[kcg88]

Seton Hall blowing Georgetown out of the gym.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Seton Hall up 15, 12 minutes to go

Tomorrow, #21 PSU is home to a ranked #23 Iowa

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

SHU 78
Georgetown 62

Over 10k attendance at Prudential Center.

RU needs to get 8k for Pen St

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

Seton Hall up 15, 12 minutes to go

Tomorrow, #21 PSU is home to a ranked #23 Iowa

Game for Iowa Penn State is in Philly at the Palestra 2PM start

 

[MadRU]

Northwestern vs Minnesota, first half has not been good Basketball.

 

[bac2therac]

St Louis upends UMass

St Bonnies downs George Washington