Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Arkansas State pregame

Since we played them last they are 0-3, with two road losses to Ga Southern and Ga State, plus a home loss to Troy. They are now 9-14 for the season and 3-7 in conference.

They likely will start a front line of 6-10, 6-8, 6-5. They do not shoot well (40.6% and 32.9%) and they are -2 on the boards. However, their defense is pretty good at 42% overall and 32.2% from the arc.

This is a game that few will care about other than the two programs involved. Both teams have been awful, and probably the jobs of both coaches are on the line. There still should be a good crowd, however, just because of who is playing. There are a lot of ASU alums who live in central Arkansas, and their fans travel well from Jonesboro, so the Little Rock homecourt advantage will mean virtually nothing.

Sagarin has us  by 5 points. RealtimeRPI has us by 12.

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