Maryland vs Purdue Information

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No. 8 Purdue (7-2, 0-1 in Big Ten) hosts Maryland (8-1, 1-0 in Big Ten) in West Lafayette in the second Big Ten Conference meeting of the season for both teams on Sunday. The Boilermakers head in off a loss at Penn State (81-70) in their conference opener on Friday while the Terrapins won their 5th straight, beating Ohio State in their Big Ten lidlifter on Thursday (83-59). Purdue’s other loss came to Marquette in Milwaukee (76-58). National runners-up Purdue won the Big Ten last year with a 17-3 mark in conference (34-5 overall), going a perfect 16-0 at Home at Mackey Arena. Maryland went just 7-13 in conference play and 16-17 overall and are already looking to have a better season. But everyone in the Big Ten needs to be wary of the new kids on the block from the old Pac-12 Conference, Oregon , UCLA, USC, and Washington.

Maryland Dreaming of Upset in West Lafayette

Maryland (5-4-0 ATS, 5-3-1 O/U) has a quality Starting 5 in C Derik Queen (16.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg), G Ja’Kobi Gillespie (13.7 ppg, 3.1 apg), F Julian Reese (13.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg), G Rodney Rice (12.2 ppg), and G Selton Miguel (9.5 ppg) and the Terrapins (+150 Moneyline, Purdue -180) come in here averaging 86.3 ppg (#17) and allowing just 58.7 ppg with 40.1 Rebounds Per Game (#55). The 27.6 Scoring margin for Maryland is the No. 1 in the land and few schools improved as much in the offseason as the Terrapins adding Five-star Montverde Academy Queen; Belmont Transfer Gillespie, Virginia Tech Transfer Rice, Georgia Tech Transfer Tafara Gapare (6.2 ppg). Memphis Transfer Jay Young, and Three-star Mt. Zion Prep G Malachi Palmer. Well done Kevin Willard.

Maryland Betting Trends

• Maryland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
• The Terrapins have been Favorites in their last 9 games
• Maryland has played 9 straight games at Home or a Neutral Site
• The Over is 5-1 in the Terrapins last 6 game
• Marland has won in a range of 1 Point (VIL) to 71 points (CANISIUS)

No. 8 Purdue Faces Tough Test with Terrapins

Purdue (4-5-0 ATS, 4-4-1 O/U) fell lost to now two-time defending national champions Connecticut in the 2024 National Championship Game back in April (75-60), but this team saw superstar big man Zach Edey leave for the NBA (Grizzlies) as well as the Big Ten Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year Mason Gillis (6.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg) heading to Duke and Ethan Morton heading to Colorado State in the Transfer Portal. The Boilermakers are now led by F Trey Kaufman-Renn (18.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg), G Fletcher Loyer (13.9 ppg), G Braden Smith (12.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 8.7 apg), G Myles Colvin (7.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg), Daniel Jacobsen (6.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg), and F Cameron Heide (6.5 ppg, 3.5 ppg). Losing such quality players will catch up with Purdue eventually and it should enjoy this period in the Top 10. If Penn State can knock off the Boilermakers, then Maryland certainly can also.

Purdue Betting Trends

• Purdue’s last loss at Home was to Indiana on February 23, 2022 
• The Over was 23-16-0 in Purdue games last season (59%) 
• The Boilermakers went 21-16-2 ATS in 2023-24
• The Under is 5-0-0 in the last 5 in this series, 9-1-0 last 10
• Purdue is 342-327-18 ATS since 2003 (51.1%)

Maryland vs Purdue Prediction

Looking at the series Trends between these two, we see that Maryland is 4-6 SU in the last 10 series meetings but the Terrapins are a profitable 8-2-0 ATS and a perfect 5-0-0 ATS at West Lafayette. The Total market is just as lopsided, with the Under 9-1-0 over that same span with 5 straight Unders and a 5-0-0 Under mark at Mackey Arena. These Maryland vs Purdue NCAAB picks will back the serious Totals market Trend as well as the solid ATS Trend with thoughts that Purdue lost so much (Edey, Gillis, Morton) and Maryland gained an awful lot of talent. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This one is also must-watch Hoops TV.

Kevin’s Picks: Maryland +5 (DraftKings), Under 144.5 (FanDuel)