Guess the score: Purdue @ Rutgers

[toby83]

Seeing opening line Rutgers +12

Anybody in PA? Curious if Fanduel has up yet.

 

[scarletrat]

Purdue will want to exact revenge for past few years, will win by 20. Single digits at half, they pull away.

 

[rubjk]

And along with their bigs, Purdue's 3 point shooters will probably wreak havoc on us too. The current Purdue starting lineup is 56-119 from 3 so far this year. 47%.

7'4" starter Zach Edey hasn't taken a 3 point shot yet, but the other four starters from 3 so far this season are Isaiah Thompson 14-23, 61%, Sasha Stefanovic 23-50, 46%, Caleb Furst 5-11, 45.5%, and Jaden Ivey 14-35, 40%...... 6'10" Trevion Williams had 18 rebounds off the bench the other night against Iowa, and is 2-4 from 3 for the season... Purdue is loaded.

Their bench can shoot too.. Of their primary five bench players who play significant minutes as part of Purdue's normal rotation, four of the five are also shooting over 40% from 3. That makes 8 of their primary 10 players shooting 40% or better from 3.

Weren’t Clemson shooting lights out from 3 before our game too?

 

[toby83]

Can't be worse than the 50 point loss to Purdue few years back at home

I think we had a 6'6" guy guarding their 7'3" Ivan Drago

 

[fluoxetine]

I was waiting for the OFFICIAL PREDICTION THREAD. This is nonstandard and frankly a little disturbing.

Purdue 74, Rutgers 63

13% chance of Rutgers victory

 

[RUsojo]

86-56

 

[toby83]

things are getting wild!

 

[JudgeSmails56]

Purdue 99-37

 

[Scangg]

No athletes to press lmao except our star freshman Miller who is a varsity high school player at best rn

Not sure why you are bashing Miller. He looks like he will be an excellent defender and has been one of the few players who looks like they are playing with intensity and passion

 

[GeneF]

Purdue 99-37

Sad to say that score prediction seems about right

 

[rtabachk]

Too soon for this?

I predict Bac’s postgame will be titled: Pummeled in Piscataway.

Purdue - 103
Rutgers - 58

82-55. Home game so I think we keep them in the 80s.

 

[BillyC80]

A basketball game can be tough to predict sometimes. Both teams will get the same number of possessions but not the same number of shots. Purdue turned it over 17 times against Iowa, and Iowa got 12 more shots. Iowa also fouled Purdue 29 times so Purdue got more shots from the line.

The crazy thing is that the game was relatively close (Purdue won by 7) because Bohannon and the two McCaffreys shot a combined 0-11 from behind the arc. If they make just 3-11 they win that game on the road against the current #1 team.

Purdue won it from the arc and from the charity stripe, but they also needed those 3 guys to take an o-fer on treys to get the victory.

So suppose in their first real road game Purdue is cold from the arc and from the line. If they mainly score on 2-pointers inside on us, and we turn them over a lot, we might have a chance if we also shoot well. That’s why they play the games. Rutgers 74-73.

I don’t normally do this, but I’m gonna shamelessly bump my own post, with pride. So happy right now.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Players do have pride after being embarrassed like that, this game will be close no matter what you predict in this thread.

2016-17 lost by 28 @ MSU, lost by 6 @ Iowa
2017-18 lost by 22 @ (22) Minn, lost by 10 vs (3) MSU
2017-18 lost by 31 @ (13) Purdue, won by 4 vs Wisc
**2017-18 lost by 31 @ UR illinois 60-91, lost by 2 (3) Purdue 76-78**
2018-19 lost by 35 @ Purdue, lost by 8 vs NW
2019-20 worst loss by 12 @ MSU, won vs Wisconsin and vs SHU 68-48

Even when we were an under .500 team the first 3 years, they always responded strong the next game after a blowout.

PS. UMass can legit shoot and will be top team in the A10, beat Harvard 87-77 today, shooting 15-29 from 3, 41% through 9 games (6-3).

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[goru7]

Agree. Should be a pretty easy win for Rutgers.

Most of you Purdue fans are pretty good and fair posters but then there is you, you loser. You would think after beating you 3 straight times you would at least respect us and think maybe it will be a tough game at the RAC tonight. But you reply to my post just like a dick would. Well now it is 4 in a row. Go back into your cave and when you come onto another teams boards show a little respect.

 

[TC4THREE]

Most of you Purdue fans are pretty good and fair posters but then there is you, you loser. You would think after beating you 3 straight times you would at least respect us and think maybe it will be a tough game at the RAC tonight. But you reply to my post just like a dick would. Well now it is 4 in a row. Go back into your cave and when you come onto another teams boards show a little respect.

Congrats on your win!

 

[Yeah Baby]

I don’t normally do this, but I’m gonna shamelessly bump my own post, with pride. So happy right now.

No shame. It was bumpworthy and should be pinned.

 

[BillyC80]

No shame. It was bumpworthy and should be pinned.

Thank you YB, appreciate that, especially coming from a longtime poster.

 

[ScarletDave]

If that prediction is really Billy then this is a hall-of-game post

 

[BillyC80]

If that prediction is really Billy then this is a hall-of-game post

Awesome comment Dave, thank you.

 

[Knights 1212]

This was a wonderful win. Most RU posters had no hope and predicted we would get destroyed. I am glad you all were so wrong.

 

[Yeah Baby]

Before the game I didn’t have a lot of hope based on the Illinois game but I’m a competitive guy so I’ll never admit that before a game and I really don’t like admitting it now either. Once it started I had a pretty good feeling we were going to be in it down to the wire.