Indiana hosts UConn in a nationally televised (CBS) matchup. UConn may sit in the middle of Big East standings at 4-3 but they still have a national reputation. A win by the visiting Hoosiers would be a nice scalp to add to their portfolio. Here’s today’s action: Indiana 76 UConn 68 Ohio State 67 Minn [...]
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Game Predictions 01/23/08
Another light Wednesday slate with just two games. I guess we’ll have to get used to that with the Big Ten Network. Tonight’s predictions: Indiana 71 Iowa 54 Penn State 69 Purdue 68
Four Factor Analysis Tool (Pur at PSU)
This comparison is probably the closest one that I have looked at all season. Penn State has a slight edge in effective FG% but they are worse than Purdue in effective FG% defense (the delta between offense and defense is almost identical, +1.1% for PSU, +1.0% for Purdue). PSU protects the ball better than Purdue [...]
Game Predictions 01/19/08
Ohio State travels out of conference to take on the Tennessee Volunteers down in Knoxville in today’s featured Big Ten game. Illinois looks to continue their march back to respectability when they travel to West Lafayette for a game against Purdue. I’ll also toss in a teaser day-early game prediction for PSU at Indiana. Of [...]
Game Predictions 01/16/08
Tonight offers a rarity, a Big Ten team playing a non conference opponent in the middle of conference play. In fact, it’s a double rarity in that’s it’s a Big Ten team taking on a mid major on the mid major’s court. Northwestern travels into the city to take on Chicago State. Here are the [...]
Game Predictions 1/12/08
Look like we’ll have some very competitive action this weekend with three games all predicted to be within a three point margin. Michigan and Northwestern actually predict to a tie but the Wildcats do have a .2 of a point edge – I guess that means I’m calling for a NW victory in overtime. In [...]
Game Predictions 01/08/08
It’s going to take a while to get used to these Tuesday games. We have two on the slate tonight. Indiana 79 Michigan 65 Michigan St 73 Purdue 59
