THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-MERRIMACK PREDICTION THREAD

[bac2therac]

RUTGERS 81 Merrimack 54

 

[miklosru]

RUTGERS 91 Merrimack 56

 

[fatsam98]

Rutgers 80
Merrimack 58

 

[knightru]

78-60 RU

 

[dfr1966]

RU 90-65

 

[BOCA93]

78-63 RU

 

[RUich]

Looking at their stats far, looks like no big 3 shooters.
Hoping to see some real dominance and a 30ish point win.

 

[RUfan1977]

Looking at their stats far, looks like no big 3 shooters.
Hoping to see some real dominance and a 30ish point win.

When Merrimack played Princeton, 30 of the 56 shots they took were 3 pointers. Knowing how tenacious and well coached Princeton usually plays, I doubt very many of them were open 3s. We will need to do a better job contesting 3s or we may find they do have a couple of big 3 point shooters.

 

[Waldo73]

RU 89 Merrimack 63

 

[teafan]

RU 89 - 57

 

[zebnatto]

RU 84
MMACK 65

 

[93RUDoc]

RU 84
Meeeimack 56

 

[fatsam98]

When Merrimack played Princeton, 30 of the 56 shots they took were 3 pointers. Knowing how tenacious and well coached Princeton usually plays, I doubt very many of them were open 3s. We will need to do a better job contesting 3s or we may find they do have a couple of big 3 point shooters.

They are almost dead last in the country for 3pt % through 3 games (23.9%). Their top guy Matt Becht has a career 36% rate at D1 level.

 

[Rutgers56_rivals]

Rutgers 76
Merrimack 58

 

[BillyC80]

Merrimack has scored only 130 points from the field on 170 shots (by comparison RU has scored 193 points from the field on only 163 shots).

Merrimack is also 34-44 from the foul line, so hopefully we play tough D without fouling them.

RU wins 77-48.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Merrimack is seriously terrible on offense, but they play exclusively zone defense, which will probably slow down the tempo of the game. So probably no 90+ point outburst here.

Rutgers 82
Merrimack 49

 

[RUHouston]

RU 92
MER 68

 

[Rufans]

RU 85
MER 69

 

[RUfan1977]

They are almost dead last in the country for 3pt % through 3 games (23.9%). Their top guy Matt Becht has a career 36% rate at D1 level.

Would love to see Merrimack stay cold from 3. Even if they get hot we should still win. But if they do get hot it will really raise concerns about our perimeter defense.

 

[RUDiddy777]

Rutgers 80. Merrimack 45.

 

[Eagleton95.99]

Merrimack is a modest tempo team that shoots roughly 40% of their shots from 3 and hits at roughly 40%. This will be a great test for our perimeter D. I expect us to run and score well, push the tempo, and have good stretches and bad on D.

84-64 Ru

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

RU 107
Merrimack 75

 

[LeapinLou]

Merrimack is seriously terrible on offense, but they play exclusively zone defense, which will probably slow down the tempo of the game. So probably no 90+ point outburst here.

Rutgers 82
Merrimack 49

It sounds like the margin of victory will be a function of how each team performs from the perimeter. It will be interesting to see if we can get a big shooting night from Hayes, Martini, or Acuff. 3 pointers by committee also works.

One final thought - I can see Harper shredding a zone against inferior talent.

 

[RUbytheshore]

Rutgers 85 - Merrimack 60