Personally I like the Under, got in at 137, but I think it is playable down to about 134.5.
Purdue is leading the NCAA in points allowed (i.e., they are the lowest) - while their schedule has not exactly brought any powerhouses to play, a paltry 41ppg is ridiculous. However, they are an awful rebounding team on both sides of the ball and are an average shooting team, sitting in the top 20% of all teams (remembering this is against weak opposition).
KState are plain straight awful on both sides of the ball. A loss to an average Long Beach team @ 69-60 emphasizes that point.
I expect Purdue to win this game outright, by a decent margin (probably 8-10 points), but I think the slow pace of game, and stifling Purdue defense (coupled with mediocre shooting) will keep the points down. If KState finally wakes up (unlikely) then the total will run higher, but I still think below current totals. Expecting a somewhere between a 60-70 for Purdue and 55-65 for KState.
Personally I considered the Under and Purdue (-2), and felt the Under was the stronger play.
Just my two cents.
Oz
Purdue is leading the NCAA in points allowed (i.e., they are the lowest) - while their schedule has not exactly brought any powerhouses to play, a paltry 41ppg is ridiculous. However, they are an awful rebounding team on both sides of the ball and are an average shooting team, sitting in the top 20% of all teams (remembering this is against weak opposition).
KState are plain straight awful on both sides of the ball. A loss to an average Long Beach team @ 69-60 emphasizes that point.
I expect Purdue to win this game outright, by a decent margin (probably 8-10 points), but I think the slow pace of game, and stifling Purdue defense (coupled with mediocre shooting) will keep the points down. If KState finally wakes up (unlikely) then the total will run higher, but I still think below current totals. Expecting a somewhere between a 60-70 for Purdue and 55-65 for KState.
Personally I considered the Under and Purdue (-2), and felt the Under was the stronger play.
Just my two cents.
Oz
Good point. I live on Maui and I can tell you that barely anyone is up yet lol....The early tip means small crowd for sure, nothing to really drive the teams, jet lag will be an issue (although Pitt who plays later has been on island time for a few days now after playing/losing to Hawaii on Friday - a great game by the way..)...these kids are not used to traveling these kinds of distances.
Earlier games will be a little better for these guys as that is middle of the day mainland time, but I think SFs comment regarding early tip here is very valid, can't believe I didn't make that as I sit here sipping coffee on my lanai watching the sunrise
Earlier games will be a little better for these guys as that is middle of the day mainland time, but I think SFs comment regarding early tip here is very valid, can't believe I didn't make that as I sit here sipping coffee on my lanai watching the sunrise
