RUsojo said:

Big Ten
Somerville (RU) - 7.4/4.2 efg .507 20.7mins
Isvic (Illinois) - 12.7/8.5 efg .587 27mins
Queen (Maryland) - 16/8.8 .553 29.4 mins
Crowl (Wisconsin) - 9/5.6 .578 24.3 mins
*Jacobsen (Purdue - 6.5/3.5 .667 13mins *2G

SEC
Cyril (Arkansas) - 4.5/4.2 efg .632 14.5mins
Newill (Arkansas) - 15.3/6.8 efg .586 28.6min
Bol (Ole Miss) - 1.1/.7 efg .636 3.9 mins
Marshall (Mizzou) - 1.0/1.1 efg .467 4.5 mins

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RU848789 said:

Jost and Che are great, especially when the annual episode where they write the jokes for each other to say. I still like the show, even though it's hit or miss.

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NickRU714 said:

Well if you are recruiting guys to play ahead of them - aren’t the “returnees” likely to leave then?
And then you end up in the same situation anyway.

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krup said:

One thing I have not seen the sports media dig into is the possibility of certain politics bleeding into college sports revenue.

The US and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct to consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies. The new admin has talked about ending that, and if it came to pass it would be a $15 billion+ annual advertising customer disappearing from the media companies that pay the college sports revenue.

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Mr Magoo said:

Hope you are right. You have a lot more confidence in Pike as a coach than I do.

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NickRU714 said:

How is a 7:30pm local tip off a disgrace btw?

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29PAS said:

Breaker

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ancienthooper said:

Not at all. In the midst of a hugely disappointing season some criticism is certainly expected and warranted.

What I object to is the absolute over-the-top rhetoric “Pike sucks, Pike blows, Fire him now, He’s done, It’s over” yadda, yadda, yadda. Thread after thread after thread, from the same cast of characters. But you know what, even if he’s not completely oblivious to it, Pikes is a big boy, he can take it.

I also think it sucks that the overly obnoxious criticism has been directed at virtually every player. Plenty of constructive commentary, but also tons of absolute mean-spirited shyte. And I know the new thing is “Well, they’re getting paid now so they’re fair game.” Just the latest excuse for poor behavior by supposed adults.

Example: in a recently posted thread citing Carino saying the Washington start time is a disgrace, one poster said “Rutgers basketball is a disgrace.” The program is a disgrace? I think that’s uncalled for. But right there with a big 👍 is our own Grantland Rice (aka bac2therac).

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NJHoops17 said:

Disagree. I think that team can be good given the two transfers can be solid starters and one of the freshman can be a decent Big 10 contributor. To have a competing team in the Big Ten, I'd say you need 8-10 players that will be effective in conference play, with 2-3 of those players being true impact players.

I think Grant has already started to prove he can be an impact player, and Lathan has had some moments as well. I think one of the freshmen can hopefully be a solid contributor right away, and JMike, Ogbole and Dortch will improve. The key is Pike being able to get two good transfers that can be viable to solid starters. They don't have to be elite, just have to be Big 10-caliber.

It's too early to say where RU will compare to other Big 10 teams for next season before transfer portal departures/additions, but if Pike can retain the right guys and get a couple nice portal additions, it can be a solid team.

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