THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS MARYLAND PREDICTION THREAD

[RUJMM78]

Rutgers 67 Maryland 61

 

[angmo]

59-54 RU

 

[Vlife]

RU 72
MD 58

 

[RUSJ73]

RU 70 Md 66

 

[Luvscarletknights]

RU Wins....We should eat them up in the paint. Reese is the only big man and has not added any muscle.

Rest up for a tired Iowa team on Sunday.

 

[Corycord1]

RU 61 UMD 58

 

[RUTrack94]

As a Terrapin fan, my prediction aligns with Mr. T's...

Pain

 

[robjknight]

The RU Freshman have big game, we Derek them up and Wolf them down.
RU 73- MD 60

 

[fluoxetine]

Whenever I see everyone picking RU to win against a good team, I worry about whether the team might be overconfident and due for a letdown. 40+ years of disappointment will do that to you, lol. Having said that, at full strength, we've yet to not bring it on defense and only had the one clunker on offense (SHU), so I'm hopeful we continue our winning ways.

We should win this game, but Maryland is still a solid team. If we have an off night, they can easily beat us.

 

[fluoxetine]

Rutgers 64, Maryland 57

 

[RutgHoops]

Vegas line is Rutgers -6. I believe Rutgers was a 7 point underdog at Purdue. No gimmies in this league.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

2 pronged question I will have for every game.......

1. How will Maryland respond to our defensive intensity. Will they be poised or completely disrupted. Almost all teams so far that we have faced have been disrupted.

2. Will Maryland defense extend out and take our half court offense out of our comfort zone?

The always obvious X factor is 3 point shooting. In one of our games we have been so good turning the ball over we were able to withstand a half of good 3 point shooting against us (Wakr Forest).

 

[Shell21]

think it'll be close unforunately. I'm going to say Rutgers 62-57...

 

[MV9000]

71-67 us

 

[dconifer]

Pain

Yup. And not for you fellas...

 

[Eagleton96]

2 pronged question I will have for every game.......

1. How will Maryland respond to our defensive intensity. Will they be poised or completely disrupted. Almost all teams so far that we have faced have been disrupted.

2. Will Maryland defense extend out and take our half court offense out of our comfort zone?

The always obvious X factor is 3 point shooting. In one of our games we have been so good turning the ball over we were able to withstand a half of good 3 point shooting against us (Wakr Forest).

Without JY in the lineup, this team has been weak against on ball pressure on our backcourt. Willard is smart. I'm sure he watched the Seton Hall game. We'll see if he uses the the formula for beating us: try to mug us. Mug us harder than we mug them. Our perimeter players have to be able to attack the basket when the D overextends, and draw contact that results in free throws and not a charge. Not our strength.

 

[newell138]

RU 70
MD 61

 

[kt124]

ru 64 md 54

 

[Rutgers25]

I think this one will be close. We haven’t played a team since SHU that has the personnel to exploit our weakness, which is ball handling and lack of quickness. I expect aggressive defense that is going to make us uncomfortable on offense.

RU 60
MD 58

 

[NJMike]

I am also nervous about this game but think Rutgers will prevail.

RU 66
MD 62

 

[dconifer]

LOL, have you all seen the scores of our (UMD) games lately?

 

[fluoxetine]

LOL, have you all seen the scores of our (UMD) games lately?

Your last game was obviously horrible as was the UCLA game but those don't really seem to represent the usual performance of the team.

Last year Rutgers lost to Illinois 86-51 and then turned around and beat Purdue.

 

[Rutgers56]

Rutgers 62
Maryland 58

Need defensive intensity from the jump. Not sure either team shoots well but turning defense into offense will get the crowd going and maybe rattle Maryland.

 

[RU_SAM]

Rutgers 72
Maryland 58

 

[Mr_Twister]

Who are the officials for tonight’s game?

 

[Knightmoves]

ru 64 md 54

@kt124

You are the closest to 64-50 final. Well played Sir!

 

[IBleedScarlet]

Think we come out guns blazing in front of a great crowd.

Md 25 29 -54
RU 40 29 - 69

Pretty good!