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As soon as you admit other reasons its no longer WHY you lost.
Wrong. There you go with your contrarian post crap. You can acknowledge the first 30 minutes of offense up 12 with 10 minutes left but you won’t because it doesn’t fit your narrative. Nor will you acknowledge the 2 absolute bullshit cylinder calls , by the way in case you didn’t notice that was good defense , which you will ignore , or the 6 to 1 foul differential with 14 minutes left and that affected our defense . Or the 2 not 1 missed travel calls and the double dribble call , that you think didn’t make a major difference , and you will ignore because guess what it doesn’t fit your narrative.

Teams go on droughts all the time. If you didn’t watch Michigan/ Nebraska just their last game that 49-46 slugfest , both teams went on 8 and 10 minutes draughts not once but twice and both couldn’t hit the right side of a barn even when left wide open.
But those teams that go on draughts are tough when the take the lead in the last minute not once but twice and then the refs take it from them . That was Rutgers. Michigan had no right to win that game. But you cannot admit that because it doesn’t fit the narrative.

OT: WOW… Pete Rose has died at the age of 83

They do a really good job with the exhibits but there’s not too much else around the area. The town itself was nice with some good places to eat. Wineries and Omegang Brewery nearby. Lake Placid close too.
When I went to Cooperstown and visited the Hall of Fame, there was an employee on their staff who I knew from the staff of the Alexander LIbary at Rutgers. Nice surprise that he went from Rutgers to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

By the way, if anybody does go, you can cover the entire Hall provided you start in the morning.
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I get all that. But ultimately, none of it actually matters in the big picture. We (Pike) dug our own grave this year. Refs had no tangible impact on that IMO.
Your opinion is trash. You cannot even bring yourself to admit that 2 cylinder calls and 2 missed travels and a double dribble had no impact on the game.

Now how you cannot see beating the # 13 ranked team at their place , then riding a 3 game winning streak and every team and commentator saying you don’t want to play Rutgers because your mouth is full of Pike hate is disgusting. We also would have wrapped up the BIG tourney today . And according to BAC, the bracketology guru , and your new buddy who likes every stupid shit you post , we would have been on the outer fridges of the bubble and 2 more wins get us there.
Not to mention the criticism of offense and ignoring we were up 74-62 with 10 minutes to go. But you shut your trap about that because it doesn’t fit your narrative . Yes, then Pike made some mistakes leaving Dylan out too long and keeping Manny in too long , who couldn’t finish the dunk and another with a great pass from ACE , which would have broken the 0-12 draught and probably enough to withstand the shitty reffing in the second half.

Everyone is disappointed in the way the year has turned out but every shitty thread about you wanting Pike gone has made you a shittty fan , rooting for us to lose , not seeing anything positive. You can take your fandom elsewhere because your repetitive narratives do nothing positive to these threads not the team you supposedly root for.
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OT: WOW… Pete Rose has died at the age of 83

I was at the Phillies game a few years ago where they brought him back on the field with the world series team for the first time since he was on the team, and the 14 year old news came out that morning. He was questioned on the accusation by a female news reporter that morning before the game, responding “it was 55 years ago, babe”.

Word spread quickly around the stadium and people were PISSED, on top of already hating him. People threw beer cans at the field in my section, it was wild.
His time in the booth that game was awful. Embarrassing.
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OT: WOW… Pete Rose has died at the age of 83

And here we go again. You know, some presidents don’t file at all or evade them altogether. Can we lock this already or move it? You’re not Your - in the spirit of being helpful.

Who didn't file at all? And after you said "and here we go again". But I guess if you named one who held office before 1916 you would be right.

OT: WOW… Pete Rose has died at the age of 83

Really ? Do you live in some fantasy land about baseball or the lowlife sports writers who get appointed to this responsibility and don’t even watch the games ? Ok Peter Pan.
I follow more than you know. Just don’t give two shits about HOF stuff. Find it funny that all of our trumpster fires on this board suddenly found passionate opinions about baseball.
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Losing Cliff cost us the NCAA Tournament

Sommerville can get better defensively - those are skills that can be taught. If he stays and works the offseason with Pike's staff, he'll be an improved interior defender next season, and will continue to get better as an upperclassman.

He's not going to be a shot-blocker like Omoruyi - but you can be a good interior defender without being a shot-blocker.

I see him as a key building block for next year's squad, and one of our priorities to retain going into next season.

This shot chart is a total indictment of steve pikiells lack of an offense

Except a 14 or 15 foot 2 point shot that goes in 50% to 60% with Dylan and ACE shooting them , lots of them with occasional kick out 3’s and wide open 3’s on penetration will beat a team that relays on a 3 point shot too much. The 2 point shot is not dead just watch Brunson on the Knicks , Shai on the Thunder , Cade Cunningham on Detroit. If we had a rim protector that strategy would have won a lot more games and I mean more than 2

Harper's 2P% away from the rim is 32.4% (he's 34.1% from the arc).
Bailey's 2P% away from the rim is 47.0% (he's 36.3% from the arc).

Neither are hitting 14-15 footers at 50-60% (though I don't have an issue with Bailey at that distance... only every other guy on the team).

The midrange shot is not "dead" - but it should be a last resort for the vast, vast majority of college players. And "just inside the arc" should be drilled out of everyone.
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Men’s Lacrosse Welcomes St. Joe’s Saturday

2 NCAA appearances in now his 14th year and very much the trending down. What other Big Ten or ACC program would tolerate that?
People can rip (insert whatever head coach here) but we are so so so far behind in the arms race, it’s not even funny. It’s no surprise Michigan took the jump they did in lacrosse once they got serious with funding. It ain’t happening at RU. One of the issues with lacrosse is we play in a conference with UMD, Umich, OSU, Hopkins, and Umich. Those are all schools that are way superior than us when it comes to support and will out raise/out spend us when it comes to NIL.
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