Mich/Penn St predictions
Michigan basketball is back in action tonight at Penn St 630 pm BTN. Back to a road game in which we have drop three straight road games. This is a game where we need to take control and leave State College with a win. Lets use Illinois second half and roll with it. Morgan should be getting better is the key down the stretch. I look for Burke to have a great effort and THJ will come out of his shell. Is this road game where GR3 will shine? We start the four game stretch to claim the BIg Ten title.
Michigan 73
Penn St 61
February 27th, 2013 at 10:30 AM ^
Michigan will win by 13 points, then later the Red Wings will beat LA by 2 goals.
February 27th, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
Michigan
February 27th, 2013 at 10:37 AM ^
Michigan 83 Penn State 55
February 27th, 2013 at 10:37 AM ^
Michigan 74
PSU 68
February 27th, 2013 at 10:38 AM ^
Michigan 82 State College 61
February 27th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
Penn State has been making lots of teams look bad lately. I'm not exactly sure how they are doing it, but I could see this one being pretty unenjoyable to watch.
February 27th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
Michigan still wins
Michigan 77
Penn St 63
February 27th, 2013 at 10:44 AM ^
I think we'll get a pretty good feel for the maturity level of the team tonight. This is a game they should win and win fairly comfortably IF they play with intensity from the beginning of the game and not just when they're down 8 points early. PSU, as bad as they clearly are, plays hard and has come "oh so close" in several games recently. And trust me, there is nothing they'd like more than to get B1G win #1 at home against us. And if I was their Head Coach I'd remind the team just how close they came 10 days ago to accomplishing that task at Crisler.
A focused, mature team (even with lots of Freshman) will come out and put their foot to the throat of PSU early and often just like we did at Northwestern, Illinios and Minnesota. While the big games are still coming up - tonight will tell us a lot about the mental make-up of our team.
Michigan 76 - PSU 64
February 27th, 2013 at 11:03 AM ^
We need one of our huge-margin road wins (think Northwestern) to really get out mojo. Would be nice to see a 90+ point effort against the Big Ten's worst team.
February 27th, 2013 at 11:07 AM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 11:07 AM ^
79-57.........MICHIGAN!
February 27th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
MICHIGAN ELEVENTYBILLION
Penn State University: 4
February 27th, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
you let them score?!?!?! UNACCEPTABLE
February 27th, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
Here's the quick summary using stats from conference play:
Offense | Michigan | Penn State |
Points/Game | 72.1 | 57.5 |
Avg Score Margin | 8.3 | -11.6 |
Assists/Game | 13.4 | 9.5 |
Total Rebounds/Gm | 33.8 | 33.7 |
Effective FG % | 54.32% | 41.32% |
Off Rebound % | 30.80% | 29.70% |
Defense | Michigan | Penn State |
Opp Points/Game | 63.9 | 69.1 |
Opp Effective FG % | 49.36% | 49.27% |
Off Rebounds/Gm | 9.9 | 10.9 |
Def Rebounds/Gm | 23.9 | 22.9 |
Blocks/Game | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Steals/Game | 6.2 | 4.6 |
So, I would anticipate something in the 70-60-ish range. Massey is going with a 94% win probability and a 74-58 score based on its algorithm, which is definitely a feasible range too if Morgan continutes to see more minutes and we get some contributions on defense a la the second half of Sunday's game - a few more offensive rebounds like those that Morgan provided in his 17 minutes and that margin gets bigger, I would think.
February 27th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
...but shouldn't PSU be high lighted for the "Opp Effective FG %"?
February 27th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
I think GRIII and Stauskas will have it. 82-73 good guys!
February 27th, 2013 at 1:32 PM ^
I'll take a win, but giving up 73 to these guys would be unsettling. It took a really bad defensive effort for them to reach 71 in Crisler.
I think we'll really step it up on that end, especially with Morgan getting healthy.
M 75
PSU 60
February 27th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
Michigan wins by more than the 8 points they won by in Ann Arbor 10 days ago.
February 27th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
No score prediction. Just a win and some decent play from the freshman. Morgan continues to remind us why we need him down the stretch.
February 27th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
I keep waiting for Michigan to blow somebody out, but mediocre teams keep putting out supreme effort. I'm sure PSU thinks they are going to win this one, considering how close they kept the game in Ann Arbor. The upside to everybody playing their best agianst Michigan is that the Wolverines have already experienced NCAA Tournament intensity in the Big Ten.
Michigan 69, PSU 59.
February 27th, 2013 at 12:01 PM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
90 | Jan. 31 | @ Iowa | L 67-76 |
125 | Feb. 5 | Purdue | L 49-58 |
96 | Feb. 9 | @ Nebraska | L 53-67 |
90 | Feb. 14 | Iowa | L 72-74 |
5 | Feb. 17 | @ Michigan | L 71-79 |
32 | Feb. 21 | @ Illinois | L 59-64 |
They have at least been competitive as of late, but I'm hoping this is the game that Michigan plays a complete game.
Michigan 84 - Penn State 61
February 27th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Michigan 84
PSU 59
February 27th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
Michigan 84
PSU 59
February 27th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
UM. 69
February 27th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
Penn st 59
February 27th, 2013 at 1:37 PM ^
70-63 - Michigan
I want to see the big men continue to up their offensive games.
February 27th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
Michigan- All of the dunks
PSU- All of the pain.
February 27th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
February 27th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
Michigan 80
Penn State 52
February 27th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
Michigan 80 - Penn State 65
February 27th, 2013 at 4:59 PM ^
for their first win (conference) makes me nervous. But after the usual slow start, Burke, THJ and Morgan lead the way in a strong team win.
UM 81
PSU 70
February 27th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
I think we surge out of the gates and are up 20 at halftime- win by 15 or so.
80-65