Sorry to hear this.

Scarlet Shack said:

I like grant on the ball defense a LOT. He really alters shots and positionally plans man defense really well. He has his ups and downs on Rotations as a frosh usually has …but I think he can be a real good defender

Sommwrville …his on the ball defense is also pretty good. He is never going to be a shot blocker ….he is starting to at least learn how to
Use his size some. The team defensive concepts have been a massive struggle for him and how fast he figures that out …will say how effective he will or won’t be

Dortch …shows signs but way too little sample size to know

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Lathan guarding the opposite center on the block has become a shot blocker. Not a rim protector that guards have a hard time getting shots off but his one on one defense has resulted in a number of blocks . His pick and roll defense is weak and needs a lot of work.

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rucoe89 said:

Just keeping it real. They had a chance to finish strong and they fate was their to control. They blew it so they left it in someone else's hand. That's the harsh reality of subjective selections for post season play in college sports. And we are not a blueblood so we don' have the luxury of "the benefit of the doubt." It sucks but reality does bite when you are in our situation. Control what you can control and the rest sorts itself out.

In 2022-23 we lost 6 of our last 8 and split the Big Ten Tourney games. That includes losses to Minnesota and Nebraska, who finished just behind us, and to Michigan and Illinois, who just finished ahead of us. Other loses were to Northwestern, who were decent that year and Indiana (No. 18). The control as to just take any two of those and it was clear they were in. But that's not how it ended so they were at the mercy of the odds that they lost.

And no need to call anyone a tool if they don't agree with you.

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Yeah we also beat Purdue and Wisconsin and Penn State on the road , all tourney teams , and avenged the Michigan loss in the first round of the Tourney , another tourney team . We finished 10-10 in the Big 10 . Yes we lost some games down the stretch including Northwestern another tourney team but it was almost consensus that Rutgers still did enough to get it at about 97% of the bracketologists and after beating Michigan in the tourney , it went to 99% of them. You must have been a big part of that 1% of the crowd that yelled “ No Rutgers this year.
No one that was picked deserved to be in ahead of us and all had losing streaks or flaws and didn’t have the wins we had nor the screw job at Ohio State that the committee had a chance to consider and correct the improper ref move but did not. Leaving it in the hands of the committee doesn’t mean you expect them to leave their common sense at home.
Sorry didn’t mean to call you a tool but found it incredulous that you are in the 1% versus the consensus 99% who thought Rutgers was in , and you only looked at negatives and never considered the positives.

bac2therac said:

Am i wrong but do you post incessant critiques against Pikiell

And then you post that

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ScarletNut said:

Why don't you just bac off bac. Your endless feud is childish and ridiculous. Stick to game summaries.

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Can’t like Scarlet Nut’s post enough! Bac’s behavior on these types of threads is juvenile, petulant, and nasty, the only joy he gets is in bursting someone else’s bubble. Got nothing better to do? Infantile.

NickRU714 said:

How do you already know we need to retain the 4 incoming freshman for their sophomore year?

What if it turns out they aren't Big Ten caliber players?
Im a broken record but did we need to retain Jalen Miller and Chol until they were seniors?

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There is an assumption there that because they are reasonable ranked recruits …they are wanted to be retained

Of course , if two or more of the four are not big ten level players …then we are quickly returning to the issue we had with the classes of 2021,2022
And 2023…talent evaluation issues

If that’s the case …and we again took multiple players that are not at the big ten lebel
….then there is no hope that pike will rebuild this here .

Let’s hope that’s not the case.
Pike has a big contract that won’t be swallowed ….

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Postman_1 said:

Onto next winter.

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Next winter?
Don’t jump ahead too far.

Are you forgetting the annual “Summer is Hot” thread with hour by hour reports of the temperature increasing and decreasing.
Riveting stuff.

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So no more At-Large (since it’s guaranteed to ND)?

What if the 5th best Big Ten team is better than the 2nd best ACC?

How about a 2nd G5 team better than the 2nd Big 12 team?

Also - no more committee?
How are they judging the teams - conference record?
What about the G5 teams?
We’re back to the AP Poll deciding?

Local Shill said:

Fell off the face of the earth. Moved to Pa. last I heard. That was awhile ago.

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So much 4fan4life

Destiny Adams is not real bright. Picks up foul #4 at the start of the 3rd. Done we are.

fluoxetine said:

Are you this insecure in your personal life lol

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Are college hoops fans laughing at Rutgers

You said no one cares...are you saying they have no opinion..what about analysts

Yes or no

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Scarlet Shack said:

I have had serveral …but my reality is Charles Barkley was stalking me in 1994, as I ran into a Marino’s bar and grill in coconut grove , rhe rock ridge saloon in New York City on a rock street and a high end steak house (I forget which one ) in Phoenix , all in a 5 week period in the winter of 1994

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Story about Charles Barkley. We were staying at the Dunes in Vegas. It was to be Barkley’s rookie season. Dr. J was sitting at a roped off unlimited black Jack table. Barkley was sitting at a 2 dollar table.