Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers Hoops vs. Houston

[Richie O]

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Rutgers' Jacob Young to play against his dad's alma mater, Houston, in second round of NCAA Tourney

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Rutgers Basketball is all set to tip off against Houston and TKR has all your pregame needs right here!

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[RUBlackout]

I have been anxiously waiting all day for this!!!!! Let’s fasten the seatbelts and curb stomp some cougars

 

[read option]

-No stretches of 3 min or more without a FG
-Less than 10 turnovers
-70% or better FTs

The winning formula.

 

[RUJMM78]

-No stretches of 3 min or more without a FG
-Less than 10 turnovers
-70% or better FTs

The winning formula.

Rutgers can still win this game without achieving any of the 3 keys cited as the winning formula.

 

[Scangg]

Rutgers can still win this game without achieving any of the 3 keys cited as the winning formula.

True but let's make it easier on ourselves

 

[Scangg]

2 of 3 out of Geo Ron and Young need to score. When our main scorers can't score everyone else presses and our role players can't just play their roles.

Looking for JY to live up to the moment of playing against Houston and channel that energy I'm the right way. If he gets going it opens it up for Ron who finallyyyy gets going from 3

Caleb showed some offensive life and Paul hitting those 3's are big for confidence

Let's do this

 

[SBP]

Gotta watch backdoor cuts because of our aggressive defense... been burned a lot.

 

[bac2therac]

Win the boards
Win the turnover battle

 

[Degaz-RU]

LFG!!!!!!

 

[RuBird]

Sounding a little like Captain Obvious, but to me the keys are this

1. bELieve in yourself. Not many outside of RU did.
2. Have some fun, play loose ( not so much that you turn the ball over)
3. Trust your team mates.


Bottom line RU Nation is extremely proud of you.

 

[Knight Owl]

Rutgers can still win this game without achieving any of the 3 keys cited as the winning formula.

True. They did cleanup the turnover problem against Clemson. They had 10 TO’s at halftime and only 4 more the rest of the way.

 

[Richie O]

 

[RUONTHERISE]

Come on rutgers. let's get a win!

 

[CranfordKnight]

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[bac2therac]

looks like Daily refs SEC and Brill Pac 12

 

[FIJI'83]

looks like Daily refs SEC and Brill Pac 12

Green’s been a bit rough on us in the past

 

[JFK20]

Sounding a little like Captain Obvious, but to me the keys are this

1. bELieve in yourself. Not many outside of RU did.
2. Have some fun, play loose ( not so much that you turn the ball over)
3. Trust your team mates.


Bottom line RU Nation is extremely proud of you.

4. Box out and rebound lol.

 

[SpartanJD]

Good luck boys. You and Maryland only big ten teams Im rooting for!

 

[BOCA93]

Crash the boards

 

[CranfordKnight]

Green’s been a bit rough on us in the past

He was on the whistle for last week's win vs. Indiana.

 

[RUJMM78]

Make the first basket of the game.

 

[bac2therac]

Strangely at ease right now

 

[FIJI'83]

Win the boards
Win the turnover battle

Make 70% of our FTs. Houston fouls a lot

 

[tfio]

For a trip to the sweet 16. Let’s do this.

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

Just play hard, thats all I care about

 

[JFK20]

Make 70% of our FTs. Houston fouls a lot

I may regret saying this later but a tight whistle may actually benefit us this game. They are so aggressive on the glass. An over the back or two early could set the tone for the rest of the game.

 

[hbbsm713]

Strangely at ease right now

I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this anxious

 

[bac2therac]

And away we go

 

[Mr Magoo]

Damn it pike. Just kidding

 

[bac2therac]

Terrible shots thus far

 

[Spare130]

I like that we’re playing slow but we’re getting horrible shots

 

[MulletCork]

Where is the camera for this game? The moon?

 

[bac2therac]

Dont like the camera angle

 

[MS-RU]

Shot selection has been awful thus far

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Poor offense

 

[Night Man]

Ball movement is pretty bad. Myles always free rolling off the high screen and while that's no guaranteed bucket, it's a lot better than what we're getting

 

[Mr Magoo]

Mulcahy has to shoot that

 

[bac2therac]

3 uglies and a turnover

 

[bac2therac]

Mulchay poor defense

 

[Night Man]

We might not score before the under 12