On Sunday night, Michigan State basketball will travel to Lincoln in search of its first Big Ten victory of the year.
On Sunday night, the Spartans and Nebraska will play a Big Ten game. With a victory on Sunday, Michigan State and Nebraska, who both lost their conference openers earlier this week, will aim to return to.500 in Big Ten play.
With a 4-4 record so far this season, Michigan State has had a terrible start. The Spartans desperately need a victory on Sunday after suffering a double-digit loss to Wisconsin earlier this week.72
On Sunday, Michigan State will play their first real road game of the season. The team is now in a horrible spot. It’s not a good recipe. Together with the Spartans’ incapacity to get out to a quick start, I worry that Michigan State will find themselves in a hole they can’t escape when playing the Cornhuskers. Although I don’t think Michigan State can win on the road in league play right now, it would still be a disappointing defeat.
The Tigers have been outrebounded in five of their eight SEC games so far, including both of their losses at Alabama and Mississippi State. It was especially bad against the Bulldogs, with the final margin being a 15-rebound advantage for the hosts.
Auburn’s chances of winning at Ole Miss decrease if it can’t handle itself on the glass, especially considering the struggles the Rebels have had in that department. Ole Miss averages 34.7 rebounds per game, which ranks No. 13 in the conference ahead of only Missouri.Looking even deeper: The Rebels have a defensive rebounding percentage of 64.8%, a mark that’s good for last in the SEC and No. 348 nationally. That stat keeps track of the rate in which a team is able to secure defensive rebounds in the opportunities it has to do so.
