You can't always get it
When you really want it
You can't always get it at all
Just because there's space
In your life it's a waste
To spend your time why don't you wait for the call?
Just gotta get used to it
We all get it in the end
Just gotta get used to it
We go down and we come up again
Just gotta get used to it
It is going to be a long season. We just gotta get used to it. We go down and we come up again. Nothing today really surprised me given our body of work this year. Wash rinse repeat and brevity will be your friend with recaps and trying to explain the situation. Ad nauseum...poorly contructed team, limited offensive talent, complimentary players, poor coaching, recruiting misses, bad luck, not committed to defense, no leadership, lack of communication, poor body language. Just take your pick.
If you still held out hope and hadnt accepted what Rutgers basketball is yet...I urge you to open your eyes. Iowa is a bottom tier Big 10 team coming in struggling. One of their best players McCaffery was out today and they did not miss a beat. Rutgers was the right tonic to get them their first Big 10 win. On paper just a bad matchup because here you have a team that likes to score alot albeit with a shaky defense going up against a Rutgers team with very little offensive prowess. Rutgers could only win by committing to working hard and playing defense and keeping Iowa under 70. Right from the get go that went down the tubes. Iowa got any shot they want early and went up 22-5 while RU shot 1-15 ftg and made just one fg in 8 minutes. Do not be fooled by getting it to 7 at half riding fools gold shooting by Mag who by the way was terrific along with Austin Williams/J Mike. The only three bright spots amongst a dreadful effort. The most disappointing though was Rutgers really did not compete in this game. RU challenged Ohio State in the 2nd half and thats why they made it a game and thats why you can take positives. Today, Iowa did what they want time and time again. RU never slowed them down or bothered them. Getting it down to a final margin does not change that.
Derek is woefully waifish on the court. Noah is a big portal mistake. J Mike is too young and green and its unfair that he has to be put in this position to play such a great role. Cliff got outplayed on both ends by a freshmen. Gavin looks like a freshmen high school and not college player. Hyatt somehow was elevated to best player on the team but today really shows you he is exactly th 7th/8th man many of us thought he was. As said before Mag with 24 points and 10 boards showing some fire. Austin Williams is earning more time....great defense last game and now pretty solid offensive game with some versatile shots 6-8 fg 14 points, 4 boards. J Mike rough shooting at 4-12 fg , 10 points, 5 boards. Overall a step forward for him. Those 3 are the positive to take away. Yet who knows, the inconsistecy of players from game to game is a constant and you see that with Noah and other.
One constant is the awful RU starts leaving them in huge holes and extended periods of scoring droughts. Pikiell is doing a poor job at getting his team ready to compete but its almost an impossible job if you do not have the jimmys and the joes. I do not have the answers on how to make this team better. Where to even start. Pike does a good job getting teams to overacheive but is it even possible for this particular bunch. Rutgers is a bottom 4 Big team and might very well find itself in the bottom spot. Perhaps with the pressure of making the NCAA tourney now a distant possibility he can effectively tinker with what will make next years returning players better for what will be an intense season with an expectation to WIN now.
Onto Indiana at the RAC on a rainy windy flood prone night which could impact attendance. Indiana isnt very good but will RU be up to the challenge and pick themselves off the floor. If not there, then when RU could easily find itself 0-7 in league play by mid January.
When you really want it
You can't always get it at all
Just because there's space
In your life it's a waste
To spend your time why don't you wait for the call?
Just gotta get used to it
We all get it in the end
Just gotta get used to it
We go down and we come up again
Just gotta get used to it
It is going to be a long season. We just gotta get used to it. We go down and we come up again. Nothing today really surprised me given our body of work this year. Wash rinse repeat and brevity will be your friend with recaps and trying to explain the situation. Ad nauseum...poorly contructed team, limited offensive talent, complimentary players, poor coaching, recruiting misses, bad luck, not committed to defense, no leadership, lack of communication, poor body language. Just take your pick.
If you still held out hope and hadnt accepted what Rutgers basketball is yet...I urge you to open your eyes. Iowa is a bottom tier Big 10 team coming in struggling. One of their best players McCaffery was out today and they did not miss a beat. Rutgers was the right tonic to get them their first Big 10 win. On paper just a bad matchup because here you have a team that likes to score alot albeit with a shaky defense going up against a Rutgers team with very little offensive prowess. Rutgers could only win by committing to working hard and playing defense and keeping Iowa under 70. Right from the get go that went down the tubes. Iowa got any shot they want early and went up 22-5 while RU shot 1-15 ftg and made just one fg in 8 minutes. Do not be fooled by getting it to 7 at half riding fools gold shooting by Mag who by the way was terrific along with Austin Williams/J Mike. The only three bright spots amongst a dreadful effort. The most disappointing though was Rutgers really did not compete in this game. RU challenged Ohio State in the 2nd half and thats why they made it a game and thats why you can take positives. Today, Iowa did what they want time and time again. RU never slowed them down or bothered them. Getting it down to a final margin does not change that.
Derek is woefully waifish on the court. Noah is a big portal mistake. J Mike is too young and green and its unfair that he has to be put in this position to play such a great role. Cliff got outplayed on both ends by a freshmen. Gavin looks like a freshmen high school and not college player. Hyatt somehow was elevated to best player on the team but today really shows you he is exactly th 7th/8th man many of us thought he was. As said before Mag with 24 points and 10 boards showing some fire. Austin Williams is earning more time....great defense last game and now pretty solid offensive game with some versatile shots 6-8 fg 14 points, 4 boards. J Mike rough shooting at 4-12 fg , 10 points, 5 boards. Overall a step forward for him. Those 3 are the positive to take away. Yet who knows, the inconsistecy of players from game to game is a constant and you see that with Noah and other.
One constant is the awful RU starts leaving them in huge holes and extended periods of scoring droughts. Pikiell is doing a poor job at getting his team ready to compete but its almost an impossible job if you do not have the jimmys and the joes. I do not have the answers on how to make this team better. Where to even start. Pike does a good job getting teams to overacheive but is it even possible for this particular bunch. Rutgers is a bottom 4 Big team and might very well find itself in the bottom spot. Perhaps with the pressure of making the NCAA tourney now a distant possibility he can effectively tinker with what will make next years returning players better for what will be an intense season with an expectation to WIN now.
Onto Indiana at the RAC on a rainy windy flood prone night which could impact attendance. Indiana isnt very good but will RU be up to the challenge and pick themselves off the floor. If not there, then when RU could easily find itself 0-7 in league play by mid January.