Ongoing opponent watch

[kcg88]

I'll keep this thread semi-updated with info on our future opponents.

Tonight our next three are all in action, with Niagara and Drexel facing each other. Meanwhile St. Bonaventure, coming off a disappointing loss to Ohio, faces one of the top low-major teams in the country in Vermont.

There are also some Big Ten games happening:

Illinois at Grand Canyon (GCU lost to a D2 school in their first game)
Iowa vs. SIU-Edwardsville (Should be a romp)
Wisconsin vs. Eastern Illinois
Northwestern vs. Merrimack (Merrimack is new to D1 and lost by 20 to a bad Maine team in their first game)

 

[kcg88]

Niagara up 21-13 at Drexel

Bonnies up 18-14 on Vermont

 

[ddsmugs]

Bonnies lost their young star 6-10 center Osun Osynari out indefinetly with knee injury from Tuesday game vs. Ohio

 

[kcg88]

Bonnies lost their young star 6-10 center Osun Osynari out indefinetly with knee injury from Tuesday game vs. Ohio

They still have some very athletic guys.

 

[kcg88]

They still have some very athletic guys.

Poor shooting today though. 3-18 from three.

 

[bac2therac]

Niagara lost 72-64

they are picked liked 10th in the MAAC losing most of their scoring. They will be one of worst teams we play

 

[kcg88]

Northwestern losing to Merrimack, also an NEC team like Bryant.

 

[kcg88]

Nicholls, who took Illinois to OT, is up 9-1 on Pitt right now.

 

[kcg88]

Pitt showing zone on defense. We're gonna have to make jump shots against them.

 

[kcg88]

We should be able to work Pitt on the glass. Need to contain their slashing guards.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Nicholls St up 10 34-24 about 3 left 1st half

 

[kcg88]

Nicholls is shredding them from 3. Getting an open look pretty much every possession and hitting half of them. We need to shoot well against them.

 

[RUJMM78]

Pitt showing zone on defense. We're gonna have to make jump shots against them.

Most teams will play zone against Rutgers until they start making 3 pointers.

 

[kcg88]

Pitt within 1. Their JUCO guy Ryan Murphy has been their best player.

 

[kcg88]

67-62 Nicholls with 1:25 left. Ryan Murphy is the only reason Pitt is in it. Dude is lethal from 3.

 

[kcg88]

Jay Young and Fairfield up 31-24 on UMass at halftime.

 

[RUEd]

Pitt lost 75-70

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Wow !!!

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Without looking it up, I wonder if people even know where Nicholls State is ?

 

[bac2therac]

bad loss for Pitt

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Louisiana

 

[BigEastPhil]

Jay Young and Fairfield up 31-24 on UMass at halftime.

UMass won by 2. Jay Young has had 2 tough hard fought losses. Umass 2-0

 

[Mikemarc]

SHU down 2 at half to Stony Brook.

Myles Powell out with ankle injury.

 

[kcg88]

SHU down 2 at half to Stony Brook.

Myles Powell out with ankle injury.

Should be okay for the MSU game but that's the kind of thing that's very easy to re-injure.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

bad loss for Pitt

Potentially bad for us too. We need Pitt to be as good as possible with our weak OOC schedule.

 

[kcg88]

 

[bac2therac]

Potentially bad for us too. We need Pitt to be as good as possible with our weak OOC schedule.

Lets face it ooc is trash and the losses mounting..did umass play yet

 

[bac2therac]

Umass barely got by Fairfield

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Nebraska lost @home to Southern Utah 79-78 2OT

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Nebraska lost @home to Southern Utah 79-78 2OT

So do you mean other teams besides RU have some hiccups early in the season? I thought it was just us.

 

[kcg88]

So do you mean other teams besides RU have some hiccups early in the season? I thought it was just us.

I mean Nebraska was not really thought of as a possible bubble team.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Nebraska (0-2), losses @ home to UC-Riverside 47-66 #248 Pomeroy and S. Utah 78-79 2OT, Pomeroy #194 and Northwestern (0-1) to Merrimack @ home 61-71, Pomeroy #288, are the bottom 2 in the B1G. Mich St and Maryland are the top 2. 3-12 is up for grabs. The gap between high, mid and low majors are closing every year, hence the blow out win 1 vs 16 UMBC over Virginia.

 

[bac2therac]

it definitely isnt good for the league overall that Nebby and Northwestern are losing these games...their NET rankings really could be a drag on the conference all year long

 

[BigEastPhil]

Big 10 is down. How many bids does this conference get? Won’t be as much as prior years. Just hope ACC doesn’t kill us especially with northwestern and Nebraska being automatic losses.

 

[kcg88]

Texas-Purdue is one to watch. Purdue was favored by 7 or 8. Currently tied in the 2H.

 

[hoquat63]

OK MN on now also

 

[bac2therac]

Big 10 is down. How many bids does this conference get? Won’t be as much as prior years. Just hope ACC doesn’t kill us especially with northwestern and Nebraska being automatic losses.

Everyone assumes Big 10 will always be like last year but that will not always be the case....must start taking care of business and have to win the majority of our challenge games

 

[kcg88]

Big 10 is down. How many bids does this conference get? Won’t be as much as prior years. Just hope ACC doesn’t kill us especially with northwestern and Nebraska being automatic losses.

Been beating this drum all offseason.

Gavitt Games next week will be big.

 

[BigEastPhil]

Everyone assumes Big 10 will always be like last year but that will not always be the case....must start taking care of business and have to win the majority of our challenge games

Big 10 has good coaches that develop players well but always seems to lag in recruiting rankings. I put Purdue, Iowa, Michigan with Beilein, Holtmann in that category of developing players well. At some point, lagging in recruiting rankings catch up with exceptions being Maryland, Michigan State and possibly Indiana.

 

[kcg88]

Texas up 2 late at Purdue