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719/720 NC Wilmington @ Indiana over 154.5 (1-unit)
Kevin Sampson stated earlier this season that this year’s unit would play faster than last year’s team. So far he was not kidding as Indiana has played a couple of up-tempo games topping 78 possessions in each game. They have toped 100 points in 3 out of 4 games and had 99 in the one that did not top the century mark. They have also been scoring the ball very well this season shooting 57% from the field in two league games.
Last season Benny Moss wanted to go with an up-tempo look and through the non conference portion of the schedule they averaged 74.6 possessions per game. The Seahawks scraped the up-tempo approach once conference play began having lost most of the non conference games and not having adequate depth. The Seahawks return their top four scorers from last season and more importantly get TJ Carter back from who missed all last season.
With Kuljanin shooting 66% from the field last season and hitting 72% from the field this season as with the addition of Carter and a few other scorers this team should be far better offensively than it was last season. Both exhibition opponents shot the ball fairly well against the Hoosiers and Chattanooga shot 46% from the field.
733/734 Richmond @ Rice under 128 (1-unit)
I think Willis Wilson new this season was going to be a tough one as he flirted with job openings at Hawaii and Denver. So far this season the Owls have really struggled to score the ball with out Morris Almond who led the CUSA in scoring last season (26.4 pts) and point guard Lorenzo Williams who lead the CUSA with 5.7 assists per game. The Owls have shot 24.1% from the field in the opener against TCU and a disturbing 32.1% from the field against Duquesne which had the leagues worst FG% defense last season.
Chris Mooney has stated the Spiders would play a little faster this season and they have played slightly faster but not a huge difference. Throwing out the Memphis game the Spiders are holding opponents to shooting 41.9% from the field. The Owls despite getting blown out in both games did hold it’s opponents to 41.1% from the field.
I don’t think we will see a wild pace to this as currently the Spiders are slightly under league pace average and the Owls have played their games at a fast pace but the 25+ losses and opponents had a lot to do with that. This should be a competitive game and I would expect that it would be played much slower than some of the lop sided contests we have seen with these teams.
721/722 Northern Illinois @ Indiana State over 138 (1-unit)
Rodney Patton has taken over the reins at Northern Illinois and installed the same up-tempo offense that was used with Colorado. Through four games the Huskies are averaging slightly under 80 possessions per game. They have had games against two of the leagues best defenses in Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa which has skewed the point production average of 69.5.
The Huskies sucked every opponent into an up-tempo including Southern Illinois which have not score 85+ points in a game since the 2003-04 season. The Sycamores have shown that the will get out and play up-tempo with both exhibition games and the North Texas game on the up-tempo side. They even managed to play a second half game against Butler where both teams combined to score 83 points.
Northern Illinois has basically played no defense this season allowing each and every opponent to shoot better than 50% from the field. I would expect the Huskies to once again push the pace and they should be able to score on this Sycamore team which has allowed opponents to shoot 46% from the field.
4-1 (2-unit)
9-5 (1-unit)
719/720 NC Wilmington @ Indiana over 154.5 (1-unit)
Kevin Sampson stated earlier this season that this year’s unit would play faster than last year’s team. So far he was not kidding as Indiana has played a couple of up-tempo games topping 78 possessions in each game. They have toped 100 points in 3 out of 4 games and had 99 in the one that did not top the century mark. They have also been scoring the ball very well this season shooting 57% from the field in two league games.
Last season Benny Moss wanted to go with an up-tempo look and through the non conference portion of the schedule they averaged 74.6 possessions per game. The Seahawks scraped the up-tempo approach once conference play began having lost most of the non conference games and not having adequate depth. The Seahawks return their top four scorers from last season and more importantly get TJ Carter back from who missed all last season.
With Kuljanin shooting 66% from the field last season and hitting 72% from the field this season as with the addition of Carter and a few other scorers this team should be far better offensively than it was last season. Both exhibition opponents shot the ball fairly well against the Hoosiers and Chattanooga shot 46% from the field.
733/734 Richmond @ Rice under 128 (1-unit)
I think Willis Wilson new this season was going to be a tough one as he flirted with job openings at Hawaii and Denver. So far this season the Owls have really struggled to score the ball with out Morris Almond who led the CUSA in scoring last season (26.4 pts) and point guard Lorenzo Williams who lead the CUSA with 5.7 assists per game. The Owls have shot 24.1% from the field in the opener against TCU and a disturbing 32.1% from the field against Duquesne which had the leagues worst FG% defense last season.
Chris Mooney has stated the Spiders would play a little faster this season and they have played slightly faster but not a huge difference. Throwing out the Memphis game the Spiders are holding opponents to shooting 41.9% from the field. The Owls despite getting blown out in both games did hold it’s opponents to 41.1% from the field.
I don’t think we will see a wild pace to this as currently the Spiders are slightly under league pace average and the Owls have played their games at a fast pace but the 25+ losses and opponents had a lot to do with that. This should be a competitive game and I would expect that it would be played much slower than some of the lop sided contests we have seen with these teams.
721/722 Northern Illinois @ Indiana State over 138 (1-unit)
Rodney Patton has taken over the reins at Northern Illinois and installed the same up-tempo offense that was used with Colorado. Through four games the Huskies are averaging slightly under 80 possessions per game. They have had games against two of the leagues best defenses in Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa which has skewed the point production average of 69.5.
The Huskies sucked every opponent into an up-tempo including Southern Illinois which have not score 85+ points in a game since the 2003-04 season. The Sycamores have shown that the will get out and play up-tempo with both exhibition games and the North Texas game on the up-tempo side. They even managed to play a second half game against Butler where both teams combined to score 83 points.
Northern Illinois has basically played no defense this season allowing each and every opponent to shoot better than 50% from the field. I would expect the Huskies to once again push the pace and they should be able to score on this Sycamore team which has allowed opponents to shoot 46% from the field.
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