Well this game is going to be nothing special at all, but with no line, I decided to look at this one.
Division 2 East Central was abused by Oklahoma St. in an exhibition on Tuesday, losing 98-48. East Central had 17 1st half points to go along with 21 1st half turnovers. They played better in the 2nd half, having only 8 turnovers, and scoring 31 points. Most shocking was that they were only out-rebounded 42-38 by the far more athletic and bigger OK State team. East Central was 12-17 last year at the D2 level, playing only 1 game vrs. a D1 opponent in Tulsa losing 78-61 in their opener last season. East Central lost its #1 scorer from last season, who put up 21 ppg.
Denver was completely awful last year as well. They went 4-25 with 3 of their wins coming in conference play. Denver has a positive attitude though, after signing former Princeton head coach Joe Scott to a 5 year deal in March. Denver is going to be a slow paced offense and going to set up a lot of half court plays. They will have a lot of off-ball movement on offense using lots of screens and back cuts. Scott feels that using a slow pace offense and making teams play defense for extended periods of time makes them tire quicker than an up tempo run and gun style of play. Denver is also replacing 4 of its top players from last years team with 4 freshmen.
This is considered an exhibition game for East Central, but this is Denver's 1st regular season game. I would figure that this game be extremely low scoring....I don't see either team putting up more than 60 points.
I assume that since Denver was awful last year, the spread will not be too large in this game...perhaps Denver favored by 6-8 points. If this is the case, I would side with Denver. I think they will show an improvement from last years team with a new Princeton offense, and also be in fantastic shape. As for the total, this game should stay well under 120 points.
Will be interesting to see what the line is on this game
Division 2 East Central was abused by Oklahoma St. in an exhibition on Tuesday, losing 98-48. East Central had 17 1st half points to go along with 21 1st half turnovers. They played better in the 2nd half, having only 8 turnovers, and scoring 31 points. Most shocking was that they were only out-rebounded 42-38 by the far more athletic and bigger OK State team. East Central was 12-17 last year at the D2 level, playing only 1 game vrs. a D1 opponent in Tulsa losing 78-61 in their opener last season. East Central lost its #1 scorer from last season, who put up 21 ppg.
Denver was completely awful last year as well. They went 4-25 with 3 of their wins coming in conference play. Denver has a positive attitude though, after signing former Princeton head coach Joe Scott to a 5 year deal in March. Denver is going to be a slow paced offense and going to set up a lot of half court plays. They will have a lot of off-ball movement on offense using lots of screens and back cuts. Scott feels that using a slow pace offense and making teams play defense for extended periods of time makes them tire quicker than an up tempo run and gun style of play. Denver is also replacing 4 of its top players from last years team with 4 freshmen.
This is considered an exhibition game for East Central, but this is Denver's 1st regular season game. I would figure that this game be extremely low scoring....I don't see either team putting up more than 60 points.
I assume that since Denver was awful last year, the spread will not be too large in this game...perhaps Denver favored by 6-8 points. If this is the case, I would side with Denver. I think they will show an improvement from last years team with a new Princeton offense, and also be in fantastic shape. As for the total, this game should stay well under 120 points.
Will be interesting to see what the line is on this game
