Minnesota looks worse than is right now too. We’ll Probably split with Nebraska
Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. DePaul
- Thread starter Richie O
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this team is 0-4 as far as quality of concerned. Sure they beat the first 3 horrible teams they played but then lost to the 4th horrible team.
the reaction is based on the SUM of what we are seeing so far (all 4 games)
And all signs point to… this is gonna be a looooong and disappointing season.
that is what you’re seeing here
not it wasnt, they were 16-29 and it was one and one...most coaches want to lengthen the game, Pike apparently doesnt because instead of going for an easy 2, his team had no clue and wasted 10 seconds before calling timeout
huh>
i WANT THE KID TO PLAY MORE THAN 5 OR 6 MINUTES while virtually the entire team is doing nothing on offense
Sorry lol. I put myself on ignore now and again. I'm honored I offended you so I promise to have a thicker Northeast pa skin going forward.
My son's in Hellertown and I love the area so it was a hard decision 😁
good point....its not one loss, its one loss plus the way they looked the first 3 games
writing is on the wall
Agee is not a Big 10 player no we dont have to wait to learn it
we have very little bench that can contribute...Hyatt, Jones and maybe Mag. Palm and Miller dont play and Reiber is overmatched.
Caleb is awful right now. Cliff cant play D without fouling. Geo has been in and out. Ron is the only one coming to play every night. Paul shaking slump off but he is not someone you can ride to bring you to a win.
most disappointing to me is the teams mindset and lack of leadership
Still needs some individual growth.
Geo: Body language always is questionable at times. Needs to loosen up a little. Played more confidently when he was behind Sanders and just was having fun with it.
Ron: Solid, but he has some lapses. That And 1 foul was terrible.
Cliff: Solid, but needs to be even more aggressive than he is on rebounding without the fouls. He has a higher ceiling than Myles, but from sheer size, he is behind from a rebounding perspective.
Paul: Starting to get it together somewhat offensively. But needs to be a bigger scoring threat to open up the passing opportunities.
Caleb: Value is in ball handling and defense. Lost some of his mojo on offense. Used to use a baseline turnaround fadeaway. Should go back to that or a floater.
Hyatt: Needs more minutes. Pretty consistent without much glaring criticisms.
Jaden: Needs to be that sixth man scoring threat when Geo and Ron are out.
Agee: For a person that was hyped for his offense, so frustrating seeing him dribble instead of go straight up. Needs work. Put Reiber or Mag in until then.
Mag/Reiber: Serviceable on defense. Probably doesn’t get any offensive looks for a reason. But if they work for rebounds, I’m okay with that.
Geo: Body language always is questionable at times. Needs to loosen up a little. Played more confidently when he was behind Sanders and just was having fun with it.
Ron: Solid, but he has some lapses. That And 1 foul was terrible.
Cliff: Solid, but needs to be even more aggressive than he is on rebounding without the fouls. He has a higher ceiling than Myles, but from sheer size, he is behind from a rebounding perspective.
Paul: Starting to get it together somewhat offensively. But needs to be a bigger scoring threat to open up the passing opportunities.
Caleb: Value is in ball handling and defense. Lost some of his mojo on offense. Used to use a baseline turnaround fadeaway. Should go back to that or a floater.
Hyatt: Needs more minutes. Pretty consistent without much glaring criticisms.
Jaden: Needs to be that sixth man scoring threat when Geo and Ron are out.
Agee: For a person that was hyped for his offense, so frustrating seeing him dribble instead of go straight up. Needs work. Put Reiber or Mag in until then.
Mag/Reiber: Serviceable on defense. Probably doesn’t get any offensive looks for a reason. But if they work for rebounds, I’m okay with that.
No I hate to be negative but I actually think we would’ve been blown out in embarrassing fashion if he played more. DePaul would’ve scored closer to their 90+ point average. Geo’s defense as a frosh was much much better than what we’ve seen from Jones so far, unfortunately.
If you see any of those trash cans that have the PSU logos painted on them with a R magnetic sticker overlayed on them I'm your huckleberry.
Teams don’t make/miss the tournament because of horrible losses. It’s the biggest myth.
Teams make/miss the tournament because of quality wins or a lack thereof. If this team plays well during conference play, they will get in.
The conference stinks that’s not good for Rutgers given the OOC.
Really needed SHU at home but our AD botched that.
That's limp dick Hobbs for you. At least he fooled jersey Mike's into wasting their money
lol I do analysis on this every year, yes they do. when schools give the committee a reason to leave them out
not sure what evidence you are using, no one is saying play him 30 plus minutes, but he obviously needs time and touches, when he was out there, he doesnt even have his teammates looking to him to pass and I would rather lose trying than putting Caleb out there
He's been the coach here for 5 years and 4 games. If you are basing your assessment off of 4 games then he is justified in calling you an idiot.
The evidence is in the film tape of Jones on defense so far - especially the times he’s gone in without Caleb on the floor (it’s worst when he plays alongside Paul on the perimeter who also loses his man a lot).
The bottom line is, we should’ve been able to hold DePaul under 70 pretty easily to win this game even with Caleb’s air balls.
In my view, the decision that cost us the game was the 21 minutes given to Agee and Reiber at the 5. That served no good purpose other than weakening our defense from what it would’ve been with a line up that included all 3 of Caleb, RHJ and Hyatt at 3-5. Reiber and Agee combined for 1 defensive rebound. When Cliff got a breather and we were up 23-16, that was the time to hold them with a strong defensive line up - instead Agee went in and he’s a non-factor on defense in the paint. So DePaul made some baskets and gained confidence. Went on to take the lead into the half.
Well is that case I'm justified for calling you an idiot for thinking that's what I'm doing.
weren't we sweating the St. Bonnies game for a bit until we won those last couple of road games?
Feels like this year he went too extreme. This is a very mediocre team. They lack speed, creativity, intensity and, most of all, an identity. Maybe it will change, but other than Harper, Omeruyi, Baker and Hyatt, not much else on this team. The poor recruiting is showing.
