THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-PENN STATE PREDICTION THREAD
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Who knew the original name of State Penn was The Farmers High School—
The next two games will make or break the season. After a four straight losses, Rutgers may have forgotten how to win.
Penn State wins in overtime.
Penn State wins in overtime.
PSU @ home wins in a squeaker 68-66. Free throws make the difference, of course.
I hope I'm wrong....
I hope I'm wrong....
Ru is a 1 point favorite this AM, after line opened at PSU -1....
I have not posted in the predictions threads, but PSU has 4 capable guards who can all get to 15 points if they're hitting shots.....Jones, Dread, Brockington and transfer Sam Sessioms.
The front court is where PSU has rugged defensive guys Harrar and Buttock, who are more offensive rebound guys. If RUs guards (Baker, Mathis, Caleb, Mulcahy and Young outscore the 4 PSU guards, they win....if they don't, it comes down to Harper Jr, Myles and Cliff (I think Reiber might be a better matchup for a few minutes).
This is a game where RU should own both backboards....limit the long rebounds and 2nd shots and I'd rather see a forced up drive by Mathis and Mulcahy, which could be an offensive rebound for Myles and Cliff, instead of a bad pass and turnover leading to a PSU fast break 3 point barrage.
PSU doesn't have a shot blocker in the paint, so I can see a lot of drives to the basket and RU needs to convert their layups, and put backs, which should be available....if PSU decides to defend better and the ball moves, there should also be open 3s most of the night.
It's really a guess on what PSU will shoot from 3 in any game....they do force up a lot of bad shots, so RU wins by double digits if they limit PSUs 2nd shots....
If Mulcahy gets to double figures, I can't see a way RU loses (unless Caleb, Mathis, Young, Baker and Harper all get to double figures, but odds are, one of them won't)........time for Paul to start taking advantage of his 22 to 25 minutes and opportunities.
I have not posted in the predictions threads, but PSU has 4 capable guards who can all get to 15 points if they're hitting shots.....Jones, Dread, Brockington and transfer Sam Sessioms.
The front court is where PSU has rugged defensive guys Harrar and Buttock, who are more offensive rebound guys. If RUs guards (Baker, Mathis, Caleb, Mulcahy and Young outscore the 4 PSU guards, they win....if they don't, it comes down to Harper Jr, Myles and Cliff (I think Reiber might be a better matchup for a few minutes).
This is a game where RU should own both backboards....limit the long rebounds and 2nd shots and I'd rather see a forced up drive by Mathis and Mulcahy, which could be an offensive rebound for Myles and Cliff, instead of a bad pass and turnover leading to a PSU fast break 3 point barrage.
PSU doesn't have a shot blocker in the paint, so I can see a lot of drives to the basket and RU needs to convert their layups, and put backs, which should be available....if PSU decides to defend better and the ball moves, there should also be open 3s most of the night.
It's really a guess on what PSU will shoot from 3 in any game....they do force up a lot of bad shots, so RU wins by double digits if they limit PSUs 2nd shots....
If Mulcahy gets to double figures, I can't see a way RU loses (unless Caleb, Mathis, Young, Baker and Harper all get to double figures, but odds are, one of them won't)........time for Paul to start taking advantage of his 22 to 25 minutes and opportunities.
My prediction is I'll start watching again when we start winning. Otherwise, I'm not wasting another one of my evenings
Yeah, "Swamp People: Serpent Invansion" is on TV at the same time.
Wow, PSU on the year, teams are shooting 57.6% from 2pt range, 339th in the country, but 29.3% from 3, 43rd, and 60.9% from 2pt last in B1G conference games, and 26% from 3, 1st. If we pound it inside, we should win.
Rutgers 81
State Penn 74
Rutgers 81
State Penn 74
Never did buy that "tired" excuse. It's not like they play two games in one day. I'm sure they practice hard on off days anyway and they are 18-21 years old and have been brought up playing 6 games per weekend in AAU tournaments.
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