OSU Favored by 1

[chuckd4735]

Line for tomorrows game opens at OSU-1. Seems odd that we beat them twice, yet they are favored...

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

 

[Cardinal2001]

Vegas always knows something.

 

[cstrunk]

Guess Vegas thinks it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season.

 

[knowlesjam]

Sounds about right...and I wouldn't be surprised to see the line move 1-2 points further to OSU. This has been the trend all season with ISU...good news is that we have basically covered the last 7 of 8 games. Not sure why the consistent 1-2 point movement...someone smarter than me would have to explain that...

 

[CycloneErik]

Or favored to experience one last Naz buzzer-beater?

 

[CascadeClone]

It IS really hard to beat someone 3 times, and twice in 10 days, unless they are abjectly terrible. Which OSU is not. This will be a really tough game.

I was really hoping to avoid the 4 seed and OSU. Losing your last 2 games is a bad way to go into the NCAAs.

 

[isutrevman]

Guess Vegas thinks it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season.

Its not though. History is on the side of the team that has already won twice. I'm not saying we wont lose, but that is a completely disrespectful line. We swept them and finished 3 games up in the Big 12.

 

[chuckd4735]

Guess Vegas thinks it's hard to beat the same team three times in a season.

It IS really hard to beat someone 3 times, and twice in 10 days, unless they are abjectly terrible. Which OSU is not. This will be a really tough game.

I was really hoping to avoid the 4 seed and OSU. Losing your last 2 games is a bad way to go into the NCAAs.

 

[blizzisu]

I check Kenpom before the Vegas line comes out each game. Interestingly, Vegas has matched Kenpom about every time and does for this game too.

https://gamepredict.us/kenpom?team_a=Iowa St.&team_b=Oklahoma St.&neutral=true

 

[Cardinal2001]

Well, according to just about every media broadcast, OSU is the hottest team in the Big 12.

 

[tim_redd]

There should be some type of qualification about evenly matched teams. Many of these are probably a team like Kansas knocking the 8/9 seed out of the conference tournament or a team like Gonzaga in a lesser conference.

 

[chuckd4735]

Well, according to just about every media broadcast, OSU is the hottest team in the Big 12.

Yeah, and lost their last 2. In their 10 wins in 13 games came, 7 of those wins came against teams playing in KC tonight.

 

[MartyMcCy]

How many of those were against crap teams? I'd treat this more as an independent coin flip or betting on a certain color 3 times in roulette, but that's just me.

 

[madguy30]

Or favored to experience one last Naz buzzer-beater?

Good lord that would be something.

I see it as a toss up. Except for Hammonds (I think) they're eerily similar teams...good guards, a senior sharp shooter who just never goes away, etc.

My main hope is for ISU to come out and play well/for each other, and then if it's a close but fun game to watch and OSU is ahead at the end, so be it.

I just want to cleanse my eyes of that crap show last Friday (refs and, to be fair, ISU's play). I'd like to see this group get at least one NCAA tourney win and them playing well will be encouraging.

On that I hope WV meets up with some refs that call fouls and they get bounced Thursday and their first NCAA tourney game. My need for karma to come back on them is growing to an unhealthy level like wanting folks like Bret Bielema to fail.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

It IS really hard to beat someone 3 times, and twice in 10 days, unless they are abjectly terrible. Which OSU is not. This will be a really tough game.

I was really hoping to avoid the 4 seed and OSU. Losing your last 2 games is a bad way to go into the NCAAs.

I believe they said on one of the last podcasts the odds of beating a team again after winning the first two is 74%. Is it really hard to win three times? Not.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

Vegas always knows something.

They know how to take people's money.

 

[FinalFourCy]

Blum is using too general of a sample in this case. What's the % for evenly matched teams?

 

[WastedTalent]

Well, according to just about every media broadcast, OSU was the hottest team in the Big 12.

Fixed it for them

 

[ClonesFTW]

It's begging for Clone money, no doubt about it.

 

[chuckd4735]

How many of those were against crap teams? I'd treat this more as an independent coin flip or betting on a certain color 3 times in roulette, but that's just me.

Probably a fair point. Since the 1995-96 season, ISU is 3-0 in their attempt to beat a team 3 times in one season. (Missouri and Nebraska in '96, and Texas in '15)