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OOC DI Predictions

weberwildcat

weberwildcat

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This is a pretty good schedule for us considering recent years. Good home games that will be tough to win any of them, but its a long wait to get to them. Finally no lame neutral Salt Lake games.

@ Duquesne: W
vs UMass: W
vs Ball State: L
vs Green Bay: W
@ Dixie (1st ever): W (they beat SUU)
@ Washington State Huskies: L
Utah State: W
BYU: L
Fresno State: W

6-3

Last matchups:

Duquesne: 0-0
UMass: 0-0
Ball St: 1-0; We beat them in fairbanks in '03.
Green Bay: 1-1; We beat them in '03 and lost in '04-05.
Dixie St: 0-0 against D1 version of Dixie.
Washington St: 0-1; We lost in '82-83.
USU: 28-44, 17-16 in Ogden, 9-26 in Logan. Have lost last 4. Early in the Stew era, WSU was 24-28 vs the Aggies.
BYU: 11-35, 11-10 in Ogden, 0-22 in Provo. From 2004-17 we lost 15 straight. At one point we were 9-3 or 10-4 at home vs BYU, I think '03.
Fresno: 1-2 all time. W '96, L '18, L '19. According to Fresno site they are 2-1 vs Weber and according to our site we are 4-3 against the Bulldogs.
 
wow good win at Du Kane. i really thot it was likely to be a loss. its early in the season, long travel, hard to know if a team is ready, this normally is the recipe for a loss.
 
Sir Velo said:
wow good win at Du Kane. i really thot it was likely to be a loss. its early in the season, long travel, hard to know if a team is ready, this normally is the recipe for a loss.
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Big win for sure. Also nice to see a win in the final minute of a close game. That will be a good confidence booster for future games. I didn’t see the game, but the stats showed good shooting and defense…rebounds hurt, but the defense made up for it.

Nice job! Big win on a long travel. Go Wildcats! Carry the momentum on into the next game.
 
Sir Velo said:
wow good win at Du Kane. i really thot it was likely to be a loss. its early in the season, long travel, hard to know if a team is ready, this normally is the recipe for a loss.
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I think you are right about Ball State being the toughest out in Florida. U-Mass won't be an easy one either. In fact, all three of the teams we play would be upper tier, if not outright favorites, in the BSC. This is a really good roady for our development.

I'm really liking the toughness of this team.
 
oldrunner said:
Sir Velo said:
wow good win at Du Kane. i really thot it was likely to be a loss. its early in the season, long travel, hard to know if a team is ready, this normally is the recipe for a loss.
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I think you are right about Ball State being the toughest out in Florida. U-Mass won't be an easy one either. In fact, all three of the teams we play would be upper tier, if not outright favorites, in the BSC. This is a really good roady for our development.

I'm really liking the toughness of this team.
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Small sample size, but I am loving the defensive effort! Saw the YouTube highlights, the strip up one point with 14 seconds was huge! The defensive effort has been a big problem in the last few teams…this team already looking gritty and tough.
 
WSUProf said:
Would like to see them both back on the court. Need someone other than Jones to grab rebounds.
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Our 4 spot got 13 RBs in that game, while our 5 spot got 2. Our guards accounted for 9 rebounds. I would say that we must get more out of our centers. Kozak seldom played center in his time here. Bassett did a bit, but he is more of a 4 as well.

We need more rebounding in general, but absolutely more from our 5 men. You could open a dead man's casket under the basket and more than 2 balls would fall in. :coffee:
 
the only thing that stood out to me from the box was offensive boards. The Du Kane's had 17 and just 2 for WSU. Overall being outrebounded and the shooting 43%, the 17 turnovers didn't seem bad considering our first DI opponent and on the east coast. The Dukes actually had 20 turnovers and shot worse than we did, 35.6%. Shooting over 40 at least gives you a chance for a win.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/matchup?gameId=401371072
 
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