Basketball B1G Home / Away Opponents announced
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Makes sense. Aside from Penn State, every team that we played 2x in 2018-19 we'll play 1x in 2019-20. And every team that we played 1x last year, we'll play 2x this year.
I was hoping we wouldn't have to go to West Lafayette in 2019-2020. Mackey Arena has been a house of horrors for RU for as long as I can remember.
Looks like we'll be 12-8 in the B1G next season. [winking]
Looks like we'll be 12-8 in the B1G next season. [winking]
The 3 teams that don’t come to the Rac this year are Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State. Each will be top 25 potential with Michigan State being a preseason 1 in some polls. Wins on the road against these squads are tough and thus would have loved to have them home with better chance to win and build resume for next season.
That's the negative way to look at the schedule. I see the 3 home only games all as winnable and we only play MSU once. We beat both Iowa and OSU last year. This schedule is very favorable overall IMO
I don’t know
I see this schedule as BRUTAL
Seven of the 10 road games against ncaa teams from the big ten ...only skipping Minnesota
Lot of quad 1 chances on the road ..9/10 likely quad 1 or quad 2 games
10-10 really could dance with this schedule
Need to make hay at home
I see this schedule as BRUTAL
Seven of the 10 road games against ncaa teams from the big ten ...only skipping Minnesota
Lot of quad 1 chances on the road ..9/10 likely quad 1 or quad 2 games
10-10 really could dance with this schedule
Need to make hay at home
Too bad we don’t have Iowa at home. There’d be a lot of juice at the Rac given what happened a month or 2 ago at the Rac at the end of the game
I agree. First hoops schedule since we've been in the B1G that I didn't want to puke after seeing it. Although, I am quite sure our first two December league games will be Maryland and @Michigan State.
(IMO) One of the big keys in 2019-20 is winning games at home consistently. That schedule allows 6-4/7-3 at the RAC to be a realistic goal. Our two best teams of the last 20 years, '03-'04 and '05-'06, went 16-2 and 12-5 respectively at the RAC.
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Need to find Goran Ivanesivich (sp?) or Mark Phillipousis (sp?) or John Isner (spelled correctly)
We need to post a win against Mich/Mich St/Purdue trifecta...we can only get to 10 Wins if we split with Mich/Purdue.... best feeling in world would be crushing these teams at home in front of sellout crowds!!!!!
Major step for the program...
Major step for the program...
RIDICULOUSLY EARLY GUESSES (caps on purpose)
Indiana 65%
Minny 75%
NW 75%
at Iowa 15%
at MSU 10%
at OSU 20%
MD 60%
at MD 25%
Wisky 70%
at Wisky 30%
Nebby 75%
at Nebby 35%
PSU 70%
at PSU 30%
ILL 65%
at ILL 25%
PUR 50%
at PUR 15%
MICh 40%
at Mich 10%
If you are on board with these....we win 8.6 games.
Being favored in 8 out of 10 home games might be a little optimistic though.
Indiana 65%
Minny 75%
NW 75%
at Iowa 15%
at MSU 10%
at OSU 20%
MD 60%
at MD 25%
Wisky 70%
at Wisky 30%
Nebby 75%
at Nebby 35%
PSU 70%
at PSU 30%
ILL 65%
at ILL 25%
PUR 50%
at PUR 15%
MICh 40%
at Mich 10%
If you are on board with these....we win 8.6 games.
Being favored in 8 out of 10 home games might be a little optimistic though.
I think Iowa has a chance to be really good this year, but (IMO) they are our best matchup in the league. Is our only loss to them in our last 4 meetings the buzzer beater at the RAC? On the other hand Ohio State is one of our worst. Might move @Iowa closer to 30-35%.
We know Iowa is super talented offensively. Probably top 5 or top 10 offensive team. I also think they know they will be good. I question the coaching and "the guts" of the team.
Also, maybe overthinking things, there will be now 2 McCaffreys in the rotation. At what point do non McCaffrey players get upset about not getting minutes. I think this something worth watching.
Moving them to 35% I can't do though. 20-25% I might stomach.
I am probably an inch high on all my estimates. 8 1/2 wins feels too high, but I do like the schedule.
Also, maybe overthinking things, there will be now 2 McCaffreys in the rotation. At what point do non McCaffrey players get upset about not getting minutes. I think this something worth watching.
Moving them to 35% I can't do though. 20-25% I might stomach.
I am probably an inch high on all my estimates. 8 1/2 wins feels too high, but I do like the schedule.
If you had a pen and could choose a home and away game in December what would it be?
8-12, plus or minus one game m, looks like the conventional pick with the brain
Think we can get to 10 though
Think we can get to 10 though
Other than MD, Pur, MSU and Mich away games I don’t see any other away game RU has a less than 40% chance of pulling out. IMHO all other away games should be 50-50, 40-60 RU chance of winning.
GO RU
NW and @Michigan State. May as well get @MSU out of the way and I'd love to couple that with our most likely win. I think a likely path to a 1-1 start getting @MSU out of the way would be my choice.
I like both yours and NJ Hawk, yet both have different reasonings.
I’d get very nervous with 2 50/50s
I’d get very nervous with 2 50/50s
Not that Michigan won't be good next year anyway, but Jordan Poole is officially staying in the draft now. So Matthews, Poole and Iggy all definitely gone. That's 40 ppg combined, and their only 3 scorers that averaged double digits.
Makes getting them twice next year a lot more palatable, as they could have been a top ten team in the country again before the defections.
Makes getting them twice next year a lot more palatable, as they could have been a top ten team in the country again before the defections.
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Surprised at Poole. Don't think he's ready. Ziggy thinks he's ready but he's not.
Brazdeikis grew up in the US/Canada but surely still has family in Lithuania. He might be more okay with starting his career overseas than other players.
As for what's left for Michigan... Simpson is an elite defender and having an experienced senior PG means a lot. Jon Teske is really good. Isaiah Livers can stroke it from 3 and will get a bigger role.
Beyond those three there's not any proven talent, but Beilein is a great coach who always finds guys and coaches them up.
As for what's left for Michigan... Simpson is an elite defender and having an experienced senior PG means a lot. Jon Teske is really good. Isaiah Livers can stroke it from 3 and will get a bigger role.
Beyond those three there's not any proven talent, but Beilein is a great coach who always finds guys and coaches them up.
That is a very good analysis. I agree with you btw. I think he made a mistake going to Iowa tbh.