The free part of KenPom has UCLA by about 9.5. The Sagarin and its components take UCLA by 11.07, 10.96, 9.28, and 16.05, with the last one from the Recent component. Therefore the formulas say you should take Hofstra against the spread. UCLA is undefeated, but they're 74th in the Sagarin because their SOS is 270th. They haven't left home, and their 4 wins are against teams with an average NET of 204th last season. Taking out those teams' losses to UCLA that don't go in UCLA's SOS, those teams are 5-8 this season. In harder remaining nonconference games, UCLA plays Brigham Young (BYU) and two other teams possibly including Kansas in Hawaii, goes to Notre Dame, and plays North Carolina in Las Vegas. They play two common opponents with Hofstra, which are San Jose State and Cal State Fullerton.
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=279769 will have statistics. They use the StatBroadcast format that I like much better than SidearmStats. I'll be asleep during the game, but tomorrow morning it will have details that other sites don't have.
If anyone doesn't get Pac-12 Networks and is up at 1:00 A.M., they let you watch 5 minutes per month for free, so you can watch the end if it's close, albeit if it goes overtime you couldn't watch that.
Ah, that would've been a smart strategy. I already used up my five minutes at the start. LOL
11-7 Bruins, at the first media timeout after Hofstra led, 5-3.
Hughes looked awful against NY Tech. He looked like he belonged more at their level than in the CAA. Yet, here he is giving a couple of valuable minutes at UCLA at the end of the half after Schutte picked up his 3rd PF.
Size difference is hurting. Getting beat up badly inside. One and done on offense.
Good ball movement, pretty good perimeter defense. 6 for 11 on 3s. DB and EP both playing like senior co-captains are supposed to play. Its good to see.
Flying Dutchmen wrote:I don't know how we hung in there, but good job Pemba and Buie, carrying us.
Defense and the turnaround in 3s. Couldn't hit those early and UCLA could. Both of those turned around significantly. And Hofstra's defense is forcing turnovers that are hurting UCLA. All any Hofstra could've asked for in that first half. First 5-8 minutes or so of the second half will be huge to try to stay in this the rest of the way.
