They are 3-2, with their best win probably being over Oregon State. They lost to Wichita St by 27, but lost of folks do that. They returned only one starter from last season and basically had to rebuild their roster. They likely will start 6-8, 6-8, 6-7 across the front line. They have 6-10, 6-9 on the bench. Three players averaging double figures.
This is a team that LIVES by the 3-pointer. Fully 40% of their attempts have been from the arc, and they shoot them well, at 36.8%. So . . . if our perimeter defense goes to sleep, it could be a long night. They are not a good FT shooting team at only 63.9%. They are plus-6 on the boards. They turn the ball over a lot. They go pretty deep in their rotation; looks like ten players.
Our old WKU friend Dennis Felton is the Assistant Head Coach.
Sagarin has us as a 4 point favorite.
RealtimeRPI has us by 12.
(12-02-2016 09:48 AM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote: [ -> ]They are 3-2, with their best win probably being over Oregon State. They lost to Wichita St by 27, but lost of folks do that. They returned only one starter from last season and basically had to rebuild their roster. They likely will start 6-8, 6-8, 6-7 across the front line. They have 6-10, 6-9 on the bench. Three players averaging double figures.
This is a team that LIVES by the 3-pointer. Fully 40% of their attempts have been from the arc, and they shoot them well, at 36.8%. So . . . if our perimeter defense goes to sleep, it could be a long night. They are not a good FT shooting team at only 63.9%. They are plus-6 on the boards. They turn the ball over a lot. They go pretty deep in their rotation; looks like ten players.
Our old WKU friend Dennis Felton is the Assistant Head Coach.
Sagarin has us as a 4 point favorite.
RealtimeRPI has us by 12.
Interesting, favored against an AAC team that got an at large bid to the NCAA tournament last season. Maybe we are moving up in the basketball world. But those are both computer models. Interesting to see what the folks in Vegas think. I could see us being maybe a 1 point favorite, since we are at home. Wouldn't bet on that, however.
(12-02-2016 01:01 PM)mjs Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting, favored against an AAC team that got an at large bid to the NCAA tournament last season. Maybe we are moving up in the basketball world.
No disrespect to our Trojans, but I suspect in this case it is more a function of Tulsa having moved down considerably. Their roster last year had nine seniors listed, and three of the non-seniors redshirted.
(12-03-2016 12:14 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2016 01:01 PM)mjs Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting, favored against an AAC team that got an at large bid to the NCAA tournament last season. Maybe we are moving up in the basketball world.
No disrespect to our Trojans, but I suspect in this case it is more a function of Tulsa having moved down considerably. Their roster last year had nine seniors listed, and three of the non-seniors redshirted.
Vegas has us by 5 as well. A little more optimistic than I was, but this does make me feel a little better about our chances. While I sometimes wonder how much study they put into Sun Belt type games, these folks livelihood is based on getting this right so they probably do take it seriously. If they were consistently wrong on midmajor games, betters would have figured it out and made a killing.
I am not as optimistic as the computer models and vegas oddsmakers. This is a must win game and I hope the lessons are learned from the last home loss. We need to win these games, especially with the marketing department going all out and getting the Mayor involved. Come on, Let's this not be the Trojans of old where we talk it up, people come out just to see us choke.
I don't think Tulsa has ever beaten us at the Jack. This may be the year. They have to avenge last year's loss at Tulsa.