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Two teams that are mired in the lower half of the Big Ten standings look to make a move toward a higher tier when Maryland travels to Penn State for a Friday night game. The Terrapins are coming off an upset of No. 24 Purdue, winning 61-60 in College Park on Tuesday. The win ended a string of two losses in three games and improved Maryland to 10-8, 4-7 in the Big Ten, good for a tie for ninth in basketball’s toughest conference. Let’s see their NCAAB odds.

Maryland Terrapins vs. Penn State Nittany Lions

Thursday, February 5, 2021 – 7:00 PM ET at the Bryce Jordan Center

Penn State lost by 16 at Wisconsin on Tuesday, the second loss in three outings for the Nittany Lions. Penn State also had a five-game losing streak earlier in the year with a two and a half week COVID shutdown sandwiched in the middle. The Nittany Lions sit at 6-8 on the year, 3-7 in the Big Ten, a half game behind Maryland in 11th place.

The game starts a string of three straight winnable outings for the Nits. Following Maryland, they play Michigan State and Nebraska. So a chance to get back to .500 by Valentine’s Day is on the table.

Building on Big Game Momentum

Maryland’s win over Purdue was its fourth over a ranked team this season.

“I think guys are gaining confidence because of it,” coach Mark Turgeon said of the upsets, “and I think they’re enjoying it a little bit more because they’re having fun playing.”

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Like Penn State’s, the Maryland schedule is making a turn toward the favorable with this game. Maryland has played eight ranked teams in its last 10 games, but No. 7 Ohio State is the only ranked foe remaining on the regular season schedule.

The Big Ten is a big man league this year, as just about every team Maryland plays has had a significant size advantage. The Terps don’t have anyone over 6-foot-9 who plays significant minutes in the rotation and frequently goes with five perimeter players to try to move the game outside, away from their disadvantage in the post.

This game will give the Terps the rare chance to go toe-to-toe with a conference opponent. Penn State also doesn’t have a regular taller than 6-foot-9 on the roster.

The Terps are led by 6-foot-6 wing Aaron Wiggins and 6-foot-7 Donta Scott. Wiggins is scoring 12.8 ppg with 5.4 rebounds, while Scott is at 12.7 ppg and 6.6 rebounds. Scott is also lighting it out from outside, hitting on 45.7 percent of threes to lead Maryland. Jairus Hamilton is also hitting over 40 percent on threes.

Size Advantage for Penn State

Instead of trying to figure out how to compensate for a size disadvantage, the Nittany Lions are in the unusual position of trying to take advantage of it. At 6-foot-9, 240 pounds, John Harrar will look to establish himself in the post, while also trying to guard Maryland’s wing forwards.

Harrar has flirted with double-doubles all season, averaging 8.6 ppg and 8.1 rebounds. He’s scored in double figures in his last three games, averaging 14.0 ppg, and he has three double-digit rebounding outings in his last five.

Penn State’s guards will keep Maryland from collapsing on Harrar. Myreon Jones and Izaiah Brockington, both juniors, are each in the top 12 in the Big Ten in scoring. Jones is at 15.6 ppg and has scored in double figures in all but one game. Brockington is at 14.7 ppg.

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The Pick

The game could be decided at the three-point arc. With Penn State having at least some type of inside threat in Harrar, it will help keep Maryland honest on defense. In other Big Ten games, the Terps have struggled at defending the three. Maryland ranks No. 251 in the nation in opponent’s three-point percentage, at 35.5. That plays right into the hands of Penn State, who hits 35.8 percent.

The Nittany Lions have struggled to defend the two, but, without a Luka Garza or Kofi Cockburn to defend inside, Penn State should find that task significantly easier on Friday night. For your best bets, look for the Nits to pull away at home.

NCAAB Pick: Penn State -3.5 (-110) with BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)

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There was plenty of positive testimony on Maryland sports betting Thursday, but those looking to get involved want more opportunities.

House Speaker Adrienne Jones introduced HB 940 to the Ways and Means Committee with three main objectives:

  • Creating a fair framework
  • Increasing education funding
  • Maximizing meaningful opportunities for everyone, including minority-owned businesses

While many were pleased with the inclusivity of the bill, local businessowners were left wondering if there’s enough room for them.

Voters approved MD sports betting through a referendum in November, so the focus now turns toward how the market will look.

More online licenses in Maryland sports betting bill?

HB 940 sets aside retail licenses for gaming and non-gaming entities, but the mobile licenses are a bit different.

There are a total of 13retail licenses available. Eight Class A licenses are reserved for the state’s six casinos and two racetrack operators. The other five Class B licenses are reserved for a competitive bidding process.

There are just 10 mobile licenses, though, and they’re all up for competitive bid. That rubbed some local minority-owned business entities the wrong way.

Tony Jones, chief strategy officer at Delmock Technologies which operates off-track betting facility Riverboat on the Potomac, said more mobile licenses are needed to ensure the kind of inclusion the state wants to achieve:

“We believe the number of mobile licenses has to really climb up. Our major concern is with six casinos and two or three horse tracks, if there’s only 10 mobile licenses one would have to believe that those casinos will get a mobile license, one would have to believe two or three racetracks would get a mobile license.

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“Then you’d have the minority firms fighting amongst one another for a very small piece of the pie, and that’s not what I think the state wants to have happen.”

Others echo call for more licenses

The Maryland State Fair isn’t guaranteed a license and wants a better shot at one.

“We really have a great location, a great facility here,” said Andy Cashman, GM of the Maryland State Fair. “It’s 140 years old and we’ve kept up with a lot of great things but there’s a lot of capital improvements and things we could certainly use the sports betting money to help us to survive and to improve our facility and grounds.”

Jack Lavoie of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs minor league baseball team also lamented the number of available licenses.

The team would be interested in both a retail and mobile sports betting license. The revenue would help keep minor league baseball viable in the state and help with stadium repairs, he said.

“In reading the original bill, we were disappointed that it seemed that between the six casinos and three racetracks it would be very difficult for small operators such as ours or Mr. Jones, or the fairground or others to have inclusion in this,” Lavoie said.

Financial details of HB 940

What an operator pays for their license will depend on what kind of license they get:

Maryland Sportsbook Rules

  • Casinos and tracks will pay a $250,000 application fee for their Class A license with an annual $50,000 license fee.
  • It will cost $50,000 to apply for one of the five Class B competitively bid retail licenses. Those operators will pay $10,000 annually for their license.
  • Hopeful mobile operators will pay $500,000 to apply and $100,000 annually for the license.

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All licensees will have to pay a license renewal fee every five years that’s equal to 1% of the operator’s average annual gross sports betting revenue over the past five years.

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Both retail and online sports betting revenue will be taxed at 15% with an escalator for mobile operators. Once a mobile sportsbook’s annual revenue hits $5 million, any additional revenue will be taxed at 17.5%.

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