Old Dominion (1/31/19)

[Philip Ferguson]

The "experts" aren't giving us much of a chance in this one....

[CMJ]

HUGE road test for the good guys.  The hour earlier game might prevent me from listening, but I hope I can skip out of my gig early.  East coast start times are really tough for west coasters on a weekday!

[CMJ]

Ha, I think we started threads at the same instant.  Sorry about that...the mods can delete mine.

[Philip Ferguson]

Here are the key stats

[Salsa_Verde]

It’s going to be tough but it seems in CUSA any team can lose to anyone. 

[greenminer]

Anyone else see how they lost to UTSA?

[GrandGreen]

5 hours ago, greenminer said:

Anyone else see how they lost to UTSA?

Yes, UTSA was on fire the last minute.

ODU has a good team, but if NT plays like they did early against MTSU they can win.  Aggressive play and not just jacking up threes, won that game despite horrible outside shooting. 

 

[risinggreen]

6 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Yes, UTSA was on fire the last minute.

ODU has a good team, but if NT plays like they did early against MTSU they can win.  Aggressive play and not just jacking up threes, won that game despite horrible outside shooting. 

 

Exactly. Early on this season we became reliant on throwing up the three, but when they're not falling, it should be attack the bucket time. Halfcourt inside game is definitely not our strength.

[Jason Howeth]

This game will really show if the computer rankings are correct. At worst, I think this game is a 50/50 shot for either team to win, but far better than the 2:1 weight given to ODU right now

[southsideguy]

I am still wondering what happened to Marshall vs SO MIss, losing by 51 points is not good.

[UNTLifer]

We win by 10+.

[EagleMBA]

All the "experts" seem to favor Old Dom...my gut tells me we'll find a way to disarm them and deliver a beating.  As you can see, Old Dom will come into the game somewhat overconfident.

Edited January 30, 2019 by EagleMBA

[Salsa_Verde]

Game is on Staduim TV....I don’t remember who was in charge of the Old Dominion football game last year but I really hope it’s not the same crap production 🤨 

[Philip Ferguson]

Stadium broadcast the SMU game at the start of the season and did a great job IMO.  I can't recall who did the ODU football game but it was very bad - GMG

[RiseUNT]

53 minutes ago, Salsa_Verde said:

Game is on Staduim TV....I don’t remember who was in charge of the Old Dominion football game last year but I really hope it’s not the same crap production 🤨 

I thought it is on BEIN

[Salsa_Verde]

16 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

I thought it is on BEIN

According to the mean green sports website it says staduim 🤷🏽‍♂️

[RiseUNT]

24 minutes ago, Salsa_Verde said:

According to the mean green sports website it says staduim 🤷🏽‍♂️

Nope BEIN is utep and Marshall

[BonfireBrian]

56 minutes ago, Salsa_Verde said:

According to the mean green sports website it says staduim 🤷🏽‍♂️

For those in DFW, it is also showing on Ch. 47.

[Philip Ferguson]

https://www.dailypress.com/sports/old-dominion/dp-spt-odu-north-texas-basketball-0131-story.html

Jones also said North Texas is the fastest team ODU has faced, not in tempo or number of possessions, but in sheer speed.

[Philip Ferguson]

Latest prediction...GMG!

https://winnersandwhiners.com/games/ncaab/1-31-2019/north-texas-vs-odu-prediction-9680/

 

[Philip Ferguson]

Another prediction for the big game - at least they have a tighter game.  GMG

https://sportschatplace.com/picks/college-basketball/old-dominion-vs-north-texas-1-31-19-college-basketball-pick-odds-and-prediction

The North Texas Mean Green have been one of the hotter teams in college basketball most people haven't been paying attention to, but they're just 7-11 ATS this season. The Old Dominion Monarchs are winning games despite shooting a poor percentage from the field, and they're outscoring teams by an average of 12.3 points at home this season thanks to allowing just 37 percent shooting. ODU has won each of the last eight meetings against North Texas and has been pretty solid at covering the number at home. If it's not broke, don't fix it. I'll lay the reasonable number with the Old Dominion Monarchs.

 

 

Pick:

Old Dominion -4.5

[greenminer]

15 minutes ago, Philip Ferguson said:

ODU has won each of the last eight meetings against North Texas and has been pretty solid at covering the number at home. If it's not broke, don't fix it. I'll lay the reasonable number with the Old Dominion Monarchs.

 

 

Pick:

Old Dominion -4.5

I need to go back and see how many teams had 4+ game win streaks versus Benford.

 

scratch that. No I don’t. Just leave that crap alone.

[Philip Ferguson]

Game preview for 24/7 - GMG

https://247sports.com/college/north-texas/Article/North-Texas-Mean-Green-Old-Dominion-Monarchs-meet-in-Virginia-128496221/

It will be interesting to see how fast North Texas tries to play and how quickly they shoot open 3-pointers. If they can push the pace and get ODU out of the half court that could get the Monarch’s size out of normal rebounding positions and open up opportunities for Jahmiah Simmons, Zach Simmons and Michael Miller.

[greenminer]

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NORFOLK, Virginia — After a three-game home stand, the North Texas men's basketball team is on the road this week, starting on Thursday at Old Dominion, who is right on North Texas' tail at the top the Conference USA standings.

ODU (16-6, 6-3 C-USA), a big and physical team that is the best in the nation at defending inside the arc, its 41.0 two-point field goal percentage defense is the best nation, has never lost to North Texas (18-3, 6-2) in eight previous meetings.

 

 

Edited January 31, 2019 by greenminer

[greenminer]