If I remember correctly, ESPN gave the Runnin’ Utes a 7.4% chance of beating Saint Mary’s so… [explicit] ESPN!
Without Metu who decided not to play in the NIT and prepare for the draft.
Everyone has their opinion which is why there are bettors on both sides. I like to report here where Vegas has the line because it usually gives a relatively objective view of how people (with money) view a game; I didn’t know there was already a line on UU-WKU, thanks for that. I think BPI and RPI are super lame, they are oversimplicifications of the complex dependencies that are in something like Sagarin ratings; its too bad that the committee uses them.
Predicts about a 1.5 pt advantage for Utah over WKU on neutral court.
http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm
FWIW, Sagarin Predictor has the Utah at CU game a pick-em after giving CU 3.18 pts for home court advantage.
I don’t know does Sagarin factor in the long travel time that Bama had to do from New Orleans to Tuscaloosa? I mean we are taking at least an hour on the charter flight and maybe a 20 minute bus ride.
I’m just sayin.
Edit: Also those are interesting stats that BYU win this past year was ugly.
This stuff is kinda cool SOS and RANKING
Just a few I think are eye catchers.
rank sos
1 ALA. 47
35 UTES 56
112 TDS 74
The Utes had a decided size advantage on Butler, yet couldn’t do anything with it. That was disappointing, especially considering we hace an experienced big man and supposedly a coach noted for coaching bigs. That and the desperation effect and home court advantage of TDS have me concerned about this one. One good thing about the USU game is that Coach will have some teaching points for the week coming out of that one.
Key to a win will be finding a hot hand outside, whether it be Bealer, Bibbins and/or Rawson. Bryant, Childs and TJ Haws each contribute about a quarter of the TDS ohfense, so defensive effort should focus on them and hope no other gets a hot hand like Taylor did for the Aggies.
Pure stats, Sagarin Predictor, with the 3.18 home court advantage, favors TDS by 1.4
Strictly objectively Sagarin predictor calls for a 3 pt win by the Utes if you award 3 point home court advantage to UNLV. Crowd will obviously be for UNLV though its not their usual home court (different lighting, sight lines and such).
For the Utes to win Collette will have to stay out of foul trouble and the Utes find some scoring help from the bench, something they’ve been able to to so far. Coach LarryK has them playing in a disciplined fashion which helped them defeat the more athletic Mizzou Tigers.
In the Sagarin Predictor system it is 2.14. With that credited to the Utes, still a 3.5 dog to WSU in Sagarin’s system.
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