TRU2RU said:

In April the NCAA will be approving a 5 to play 5 rule, thus doing away with red shirts

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mikemarc1 said:

Certainly deserves another year or so to right the ship.

As I’ve suggested many times - get back to how he built the program. Blue collar workers - under appreciated guys that wanna be here, that’s how pike built the program and when he’s had his most success

If that doesn’t work - that’s when we have this conversation

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Mr Magoo said:

Nah. Izzo would have coached differently since the game was never in doubt and the RAC isn’t what it used to be. The fans’ passion just doesn’t seem to be there with this group…and I get that. I think we still lose.

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darkcheck said:

Poor kid. Burned a red shirt for 3 mins.

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rpiseman said:

Because he’s Steve Pikiell and he’s proven he’s incapable of roster management via the portal. He has like a 10% success rate.

Like you said, he’s an old school coach trying to adapt to a new game. In my view he’s incapable of doing that. My guess is that because this is the first real money he’s made in his career, he’s going to pull a C-Viv and hold us hostage till we pay him out.

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mikemarc1 said:

Why can’t he?

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zappaa said:

So what Rich, he’s a non contributor in his current form.
Win enough at home to make the B1G tournament and sit him until he’s a time bomb of energy.

His body language and standing around is an enormous distraction

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Tango Two said:

In my opinion if this game was at the RAC where it should have been Rutgers wins…

NO more conference home games on a neutral floor!!

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ScarletteK80 said:

Dylan, and Ace were hanging out at the RAC watching the women play the other night, they looked fine.

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NJHoops17 said:

It can work if you have more NIL and a coach that maximizes talent. Pike has tried to build teams in the past that resemble Houston’s roster construction and play style (great defense, decent-to-good offense, great rebounding, etc.), but he’s just not as good of a coach as Kelvin Sampson.

It may be at hot take but the two tournament years for RU we would have easily been a single digit seed with a better coach in both of those years

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Tango Two said:

In my opinion if this game was at the RAC where it should have been Rutgers wins…

NO more conference home games on a neutral floor!!

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rpiseman said:

auburn may be an exception…let’s use Rutgers as a base case.

Ace and Dylan- NBA
Acuff, Martini, Hayes, Williams- no eligibility.

Let’s then assume that the other 6 with eligibility choose to return and you have four freshman. If he can’t recruit two ridiculous scorers from the portal this years team will feel like 1976.

In short, if Pike can’t make the portal work he can’t be successful.

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mikemarc1 said:

Not really - no 1 team in America Auburn.. only 3 transfers. 7 kids returned.

It’s not all about transfers and one and dones.

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