Mark Sears and the Alabama Crimson Tide were a terrific road team last year and their lineup boasts more continuity than that of the Purdue Boilermakers. Rohit Ponnaiya will lay the points with the Tide as road chalk.
A pair of National Title contenders face off in NCAA hoops action tonight with the No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers hosting the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide.
Alabama desperately needed a rim protector last season, and the 6-foot-11 Omoruyi fits the bill after averaging 2.9 blocks and 8.3 rebounds per game with Rutgers. The Boilermakers have been giving minutes to 7-foot-4 freshman Daniel Jacobsen and 7-foot-2 sophomore Will Berg, but neither has the mobility or skill to play at this level. That inability to defend has been on display in games against Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Yale.
It's early in the season but the Boilermakers are fourth in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency while the Tide are sixth. Alabama has a lineup filled with talented scorers and Nate Oats' squad plays at a blazing fast-pace, ranking ninth in the country in adjusted tempo. With a background playing soccer, rugby, and boxing, combined with a journalism degree, it's little surprise that Rohit gravitated towards the world of sports betting. He specializes in betting on UFC and college basketball, two sports where the eyeball test can tell you a lot more about matchups than any analytics. Rohit has years of experience handicapping NFL and NBA games as well as niche betting markets such as politics and Oscar odds.
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