THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-PENN STATE PREDICTION THREAD

[bac2therac]

Penn State 66 RUTGERS 52

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Penn St 70
Rutgers 52

 

[BOGDANOVICH]

Penn State shot 80% from the 3 point arc tonight and 60% overall. If Rutgers shoots 33%, they may lose by 30+ on Saturday.

For perspective, though, it has taken Chambers six years to get the Lions to this point, and he only recently was successful in recruiting Philadelphia HS players.

Rutgers has a ways to go.

 

[RUONTHERISE]

Rutgers. 67
Psu. 64

 

[dpwhite]

If PSU is like RU, they’ll be ripe for a letdown. But not enough

PSU 62
RU a frustrating 58

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

That's the problem. Seem like teams rise from the dead when they play Rutgers. I'll be ecstatic winning one of the next 2 games on the road.

 

[soundcrib]

W. Vanquish evil.

 

[RUJMM78]

Its a road game against a opponent that has a pulse on offense.

Penn State 66 Rutgers 57

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Penn State 76
Rutgers 62

 

[G- RUnit]

RU 66 PSU 61

 

[LeapinLou]

After the euphoria of last night, this young PSU squad won't know how to handle prosperity. But given the fact that RU stole a win there last year, they may be leery of us. So ultimately I see a close loss.

 

[Andrew Donnelly]

Hear me out: We are catching them in between games against Ohio State and Michigan state, They are on one day’s rest, We arent (and shouldnt be) scared of the bryce jordan center atmosphere. They are similar to use in that they also get a big majority of their points inside. They are a team that likes to bang down low and make it ugly. If they dont come to play given the first couple factors i stated, I think we steal one in State college for the second year in a row.

 

[RU-ROCS]

Penn State 66 RUTGERS 52

We PSU back to full health and playing well, this one will not go well for RU: PSU 72 - RU 57

 

[mikefla]

PSU starts 3 sophs, a Jr and a Sr....not particularly tall, but all hustle, all 5 ave double figures
with not much of a bench

We will play good D
We will REB well
We will hope its close with 2 min to go

PSU tends to come up with good efforts vs Rutgers

PSU 68
Rutgers 59

 

[bac2therac]

if PSU was playing at the RAC thats where they would be suffering a letdown...coming back home off a big win is usually the formula for a rousing win

PSU is a good defensive team...RU has struggled any time they play a team that plays very good defense

 

[Andrew Donnelly]

if PSU was playing at the RAC thats where they would be suffering a letdown...coming back home off a big win is usually the formula for a rousing win

PSU is a good defensive team...RU has struggled any time they play a team that plays very good defense

Am I crazy for thinking that we fit better vs a team like Penn state? MSU is #1 in the country in 2p defense and #1 in the country in block %. Penn state is good at interior defense but I think we keep it closer vs a team that wants to bang down low than vs teams that get a majority of their scoring from 3 point distance (Michigan, Purdue).

 

[Andrew Donnelly]

Dont get me wrong, Penn State can shoot well from 3. They were 11-14 vs Ohio state and if they shoot like that again then we wont have a chance. But Michigan state can also shoot 3s. Its just that we match up better with teams that dont shoot alot of them (penn state is 305th in 3p attempt per field goal attempt, MSU is similar). Michigan and purdue both get alot more of their points from 3 then teams like us, penn state, etc

 

[bac2therac]

Am I crazy for thinking that we fit better vs a team like Penn state? MSU is #1 in the country in 2p defense and #1 in the country in block %. Penn state is good at interior defense but I think we keep it closer vs a team that wants to bang down low than vs teams that get a majority of their scoring from 3 point distance (Michigan, Purdue).

I think defensively we can slow PSU down....I dont expect a track meet and it should be low scoring no matter how it turns out...the problem is PSU plays pretty tough D and thats where we are going to have an issue with our awful offense. Unless RU is having a shoot the lights out rare offensive kind of day I see us getting worn down...

 

[RU MAN]

Without Mike Williams, either the shooters we do have, have to get hot, or this could be a bad loss. Even though PSU's arena doesn't draw anyone and it's rather empty inside, I think PSU holds serve.

 

[higgins3]

RU 72 PSU 71

Keys to game
Draw fouls on Stevens, Watkins, and Reaves.
Foul Stevens, and Wheeler in late minutes to put them on the line if need be.
Challenge Sanders to shutting down Carr. If Sanders fails the challenge, put Baker on Carr. He will give high effort.
They don't rebound heavily, so we could use Williams this game. Oh well.

RRRRRRRR

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

RU wins....

 

[Local Shill]

RU wins....

Based on what?

 

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Penn State 66 RUTGERS 52

Thiam bounces back and goes 9-10 from 3.

RU 74
PSU 68

MO

 

[RUJMM78]

Hear me out: We are catching them in between games against Ohio State and Michigan state, They are on one day’s rest, We arent (and shouldnt be) scared of the bryce jordan center atmosphere. They are similar to use in that they also get a big majority of their points inside. They are a team that likes to bang down low and make it ugly. If they dont come to play given the first couple factors i stated, I think we steal one in State college for the second year in a row.

Rutgers doesn't get a majority of their points inside.

 

[rudad02]

RU wins, if the refs don't hose them & that's a big if.

 

[Andrew Donnelly]

Rutgers doesn't get a majority of their points inside.

Rutgers is 1st in the country in % of points coming from 2p range (as opposed to threes and free throws). First in the country. Out of 351 teams. So I would argue that they do

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Rutgers 64
Penn state 61

 

[zebnatto]

RU. 70
PSU. 66

Rationale: I want us to win.

 

[Degaz-RU]

I can’t pick us to win any of our remaining games with the possible exception of Illinois at the RAC, let alone to beat a solid opponent on the road. We just don’t have any depth with Mike being sidelined.

PSU 68
RU 56

 

[BillyC80]

This feels like a close loss unless PSU shoots the trey the way they did vs OSU.

If they're cold from deep we have a shot, even on the road (where Wisky beat them by 1).

RU 63-62.

 

[RU848789]

We're due. RU 66, PSU 62.

 

[RedChucken123]

RU 69-63

 

[Vegas pj]

PSU -9 1/2 @ the sports book.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

We get smoked.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Rutgers................62
Penn State...........55

Eager to see if the Nittany Lions have the ability to back up their big win at Ohio State. I don't think they have it in them.

 

[RU1-Newtown, Pa]

From Section 134 at Bryce Jordan Center, my son and I rooting for RU.

Hope their Legion of Blue goes down.

 

[Andrew Donnelly]

RU 71
Ped State 64

Go Knights

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Rutgers................62
Penn State...........55

Eager to see if the Nittany Lions have the ability to back up their big win at Ohio State. I don't think they have it in them.

 

[bac2therac]

I warned you lol

 

[Johnny Biggs]

All the homers got it wrong.