2019-2020 B1G Men's Basketball (Official Thread)

[brodybuck21]

Can B1G get 4 more W tomm?

Notre Dame at Maryland
Virginia at Purdue
Nebraska at Georgia Tech
Wisconsin at N.C. State
Wake Forest at Penn State
Ohio State at North Carolina

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

expect md to beat nd and psu to beat wake. expect uva to beat purdue in the ugliest game of the whole season. give the home edge of gt over nebraska and ncsu over wisky. if all that happens, then it will be up to osu to secure the push.

 

[DZ83CK]

Yeah the B1G is gonna need Purdue and OSU to come up big if they are going to have a prayer of winning the Challenge.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

the current over/under for uva-purdue is 103.5.


adjusted tempo

uva - 353rd out of 353 teams
purdue - 343rd

effective field goal percentage offense

uva - 290th (only team in bart torvik's top 50 below 250th; only one other in top 100)
purdue - 145th

effective field goal percentage defense

uva - 1st
purdue - 31st

points allowed (range)

uva - 26 to 55
purdue - 49 to 70


definitely taking the under here. thinking 90 combined points. having a hard time seeing any possibility of a scoring breakout due to purdue averaging a paltry 31% behind the arc and uva a laughably abysmal 25%. also notable is that uva will be without 3rd-leading scorer braxton key. they've played one game without him: maine. in that game, uva scored all of 46 points. in no other game has maine given up fewer than 64.

everything looks like the all-time ugliest game. like two first-halves of uc-osu.

 

[DZ83CK]

You may be right but it is hard to go under 103. I know UVA in particular is an under machine, but it is still two high major teams that have decent players. I will take UVA and the points but stay away from the total.

 

[DZ83CK]

Ouch. UVA looking like a high school team offensively.

 

[DZ83CK]

Purdue is making UVa look like they wont score 35 this game.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

everything looks like the all-time ugliest game. like two first-halves of uc-osu.

if purdue had shot their 3-point average (31%) instead of the first half's 46%, the score would be 26-17. the halftime score for uc-osu was 26-19.

 

[brodybuck21]

if purdue had shot their 3-point average (31%) instead of the first half's 46%, the score would be 26-17. the halftime score for uc-osu was 26-19.

Purdue up 32-17 at half

 

[DZ83CK]

Boilers had UVa at their biggest halftime deficit since 2013 per Benetti the PBP guy. Also they claim Purdue has never beaten a top-5 ranked nonconference team at home.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

looking like b1g will be up 6-5 after the early games. if so, expect psu to give the conference no worse than a tie.

 

[brodybuck21]

Maryland up 13
Purdue up 16
Nebr down 10

 

[DZ83CK]

Looks like one of the Purdue refs took the over. Awarded 2 free throws for UVA's Huff when he drew a charge while passing the ball.

 

[DZ83CK]

When the Huskers look bad, they look awful. Reminiscent of the 2009 IU team that was gutted after Sampson was ousted. They play hard and compete, but the talent is just not there and they are extremely leaky on D.

 

[DZ83CK]

The B1G overall is looking in good shape to at least tie with PSU hosting Wake being an apparent advantage game for the conference. Will likely come down to whether OSU can beat UNC for the potential winner.