GT vs NIU basketball game MEGATHREAD.

[Ramble1885]

TIME TO GET REVENGE FOR LAST YEAR'S FOOTBALL GAME

All discussion about Thursday's game can go in here.

Go Jackets!

 

[tsrich]

222-0 baby!

 

[SCjacket1]

222-0 baby!

Mind is definitely right!

 

[MWBATL]

Are they (NIU) any good?

 

[slugboy]

Just reading by the box scores, they’re 1-2 and got thrashed by Northwestern. However, we’ve watched ACC teams have terrible losses to start the season lately. I would think that a motivated and energetic GT squad playing disciplined basketball should be able to walk out with a safe win, but if we play like BC or Louisville have lately it’ll be embarrassing.

Sagarin seems to say we should be about a 13 point favorite on a neutral site, and 15.5 at home. NIU was a few points closer to Northwestern than that in their game.

I think UNC and Duke might be able to roll a ball out and win, but we can’t sleep on anyone.

G	Date	Time	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon Nov 7 2022	8:00p	REG		Illinois-Springfield			L	77	83		0	1	L 1
2	Fri Nov 11 2022	8:00p	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	30.90	L	46	63		0	2	L 2
3	Mon Nov 14 2022	8:00p	REG		Purdue Northwest			W	99	73		1	2	W 1

Provided by CBB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 11/16/2022.

Sagarin

College Basketball 2022-2023    Div I games only    through games of 2022 November 15 Tuesday                                                
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT 
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  2.83]                                               [  2.83]       [  2.83]       [  2.83]

83  Georgia Tech            =  78.44    1   0   76.55( 137)    0   0  |    0   0  |   78.05   92 |   79.14   84 |   77.34   88  ATLANTIC COAST

296  Northern Illinois       =  66.14    0   1   85.51(  25)    0   0  |    0   1  |   65.57  304 |   64.88  306 |   64.71  289  MAC

KenPom

Rk    Team    Conf    W-L    AdjEM    AdjO    AdjD    AdjT    Luck    AdjEM    OppO    OppD    AdjEM

119    Georgia Tech    ACC    2-0    +5.07    100.2    177    95.2    77    70.1    216    +.000    148    -0.18    192    98.1    247    98.3    151    -0.18    193

292    Northern Illinois    MAC    1-2    -9.93    94.9    291    104.8    277    69.3    263    +.000    148    +17.99    37    107.1    64    89.1    13    +17.99    37

 

[Ramble1885]

Should be an easy win. But we’ve seen what happens when we mess around vs NIU.

 

[orientalnc]

Looking at the NIU schedule, I discovered Illinois Springfield and Purdue Northwest are both DII schools. I certainly hope this is not a close game.

 

[Peacone36]

Despite having played two D2 schools they rank 290th or worse in almost every major offensive metric.

Some of their defensive numbers are bloated (holding opponents to 22.7% from 3) likely due to level of competition.

 

[slugboy]

I'm more interested in NIU staying within 17 of Northwestern than the D2 games. For a team ranked around 290 or so, I'd rather see Northwestern (and us) blow them out by 30. They're D1, though.

 

[Peacone36]

I'm more interested in NIU staying within 17 of Northwestern than the D2 games. For a team ranked around 290 or so, I'd rather see Northwestern (and us) blow them out by 30. They're D1, though.

Simple explanation is that Northwestern isn’t very good despite some nice pieces. They were down to Georgetown at the half last night and the Hoyas might be the worst team in the P6

 

[Ramble1885]

https://ramblinwreck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3_GTMBB_Notes_Northern-Illinois.pdf

 

[LargeFO]

Game is on ACCN @ 8 and will be followed by a show about Lethal Weapon 3 team.

 

[Ramble1885]

Game is on ACCN @ 8 and will be followed by a show about Lethal Weapon 3 team.

Great!

 

[awbuzz]

Wasn't pretty for the first 10 minutes of the second half, but at least we got the W.

 

[orientalnc]

I am happy with the win, but unhappy with the 2nd half. The wheels almost came off before sanity was restored.

(The extra metaphor is free.)

 

[slugboy]

There were bright spots in the second half, but there were more bad minutes than good. Fortunately, we had a 23 point lead at halftime.

So, we actually “lost” the second half by 5 points. Glad to have the win, but the film review is going to be harsh.

 

[MWBATL]

That was some bad basketball the first 10 minutes of the second half.

That was some good basketball in the first half.

Jeckyl and Hyde team?

 

[D-man44]

Solid win. Hope Rodney gets out of this funk. Tech is going to need him to at least be serviceable this year.

 

[Ramblingon]

I was impressed with the energy level that we had most of the game, I believe spearheaded by Smith. I wish Franklin was taller.

 

[AUFC]

It’s really nice to have distributed scoring again. The boards on defense are going to be really frustrating this season - we are getting owned there by bad teams against these small ball lineups.