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Providence vs Nebraska

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Providence1-0 · Big East
vs
Nebraska1-0 · Big Ten

Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 PM ET · FS1

Neutral site · Mohegan Sun Arena · Uncasville, CT

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Nebraska by 6.9, the book by 2.5: a lean to Nebraska -2.5.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

Providence 27%win chanceNebraska 73%
GordStatsNebraska by 6.973% to win · Providence 74–Nebraska 81
BookNebraska -2.5O/U 156.5
Watch score61

Unit vs Unit

  • Nebraska's free-throw rate (98th) meets Providence's foul rate (350th).
  • Nebraska's foul rate (78th) meets Providence's free-throw rate (252nd).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Providence Offense vs Nebraska Defense

Providence offNebraska def
Adj. efficiency
44th114.613th94.4
Effective FG%
125th52.9%167th48.2%
Turnovers
59th11.4%51st23.2%
Offensive rebounding
53rd40.0%55th19.4%
Free-throw rate
252nd27.9%78th23.2%
3-point %
142nd33.3%235th34.5%

Providence: 73.5 possessions a game (36th fastest) · 44% of shots from three

Nebraska Offense vs Providence Defense

Nebraska offProvidence def
Adj. efficiency
26th116.956th98.4
Effective FG%
17th64.6%108th44.2%
Turnovers
53rd10.9%1st32.8%
Offensive rebounding
101st35.3%74th22.9%
Free-throw rate
98th43.1%350th65.1%
3-point %
18th46.7%243rd34.8%

Nebraska: 70.9 possessions a game (180th fastest) · 46% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

Providence

  • W83–56vs Maine+1

Nebraska

  • W106–64vs Le Moyne+12

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.