Stoller and Jungerkes are reading each other's minds on those clears

great shot by #10. Another freshman lefty attack.

Always a great job . I'm not quite into as much this year because my team is out of it but always thought you did such a good job. What I like is your explanation on each team's chances. Really don't see that anywhere else.

bethlehemfan said:

Reality is no one knows what would have happened if we were healthy all year but objectively it’s not a stretch to say it would have been better. How much is certainly debatable.

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Most people who remotely follow college hoops would say we should be at 16 wins now.

Don’t look to good to me can’t even get off a decent shot

I’ve seen enough of our 10 man ride today

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RAC93 said:

Genuinely curious and pose this to all that view others as being too negative, beating up on the hoops program or Pike too much, etc.., what are the positives that you see with the current state of Rutgers basketball? The rest of us must just be glass half empty kind of guys, what makes your glass half full when it comes to the current trajectory of Rutgers basketball? Would love to know others thoughts as I just don’t see it.

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you'll never get a real answer to this. Just like when I call out two other long time posters to back up their challenges with real wagers . They just ignore because it's easier than manning up.

RUChoppin said:

Derkack's DRating at Merrimack was 91.3 across two years, and 108.8 at Rutgers. He was the NEC defensive player of the year last year as well as the NEC leading scorer. Can't necessarily trust advanced stats from lower conferences, either.

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I’ve explained my position on Jordan in other posts. He’s the one transfer pick up that made sense to me. He’s not having a good year defensively and you could argue that Pike should’ve realized that being a good zone defender doesn’t always translate to man schemes or at least a learning curve should be expected. That said - Jordan played for a D first system and is a kid who culturally fits the mold in focusing on D even if his execution hasn’t been good.

So I stand by what I said. Good D efficiency numbers should be a prerequisite. We’ve struck out enough times with the PJ, Acuff and Agee types. If you don’t focus on D you don’t work out in a Pike coached system. That’s not to say every kid with good D efficiency numbers will come into RU and excel on that end. But on the flip side - I don’t recall any transfer with poor D efficiency numbers ever working out for us. Those types should be avoided from here on in.

MulletCork said:

The links provide a lot of information that casuals might not know otherwise, hence them being here.

Of course there a litany of Mets fan sites to use like most people, rather than a college football board. Will gladly share if anyone wants.

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Three posters seem a bit unpleased...

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ru66 said:

If you are astute, you'll notice I rarely comment about my expectations, good or bad, about RU s performance. So defending RU has nothing to do with the glass being half full or half empty.. personally bitching ,complaining etc about the team or coaches from those that really don't have real info about what's going on is a waste of time and doesn't help RU.. Biitching may be fun to some but to me it's not constructive.

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LOL.... say's the guy who now finally admits he NEVER adds ANYTHING to the conversation that isn't HIS OWN bitching about other posters.

Looks like they decided to go old school on offense. I think I’ve seen move off ball cuts, picks and two man games in the first quarter than the first 3 games combined.

BTW. Cornell 10 - Denver 1 at the half

Stoller prevented a fast start by Loyola which may turn out to be key

Shelby65 said:

You mean the brilliant ‘win the OT toss and want the ball first” game proving our coach is astoundingly incompetent? Fast forward to last year and his ‘ice the kicker on a 58 yarder into a 30+ mph wind’ masterpiece. Compared to him, Flood is the Bobby Fischer of football. Schiano could wear size 40 shoes, a multi-colored wig and a red rubber nose and most people still wouldn’t recognize he’s a clown.

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Shelby be at it again!

Daytons loss at Loyola Chicago not a good sign for their at large chances. Flyers down to 17-9 and while that only counts as a Q2 loss it drops them to 4-8 in Q1/2 games. I do not think wins over Marquette and UConn in non conference play are enough to legit put them in the discussion.

PSAL_Hoops said:

2) along the same theme - the advanced stats matter for portal recruits. Nobody with bad numbers on def efficiency should be considered. I don’t care how good they shoot - in Pike’s system, nobody who doesn’t defend has success.

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Derkack's DRating at Merrimack was 91.3 across two years, and 108.8 at Rutgers. He was the NEC defensive player of the year last year as well as the NEC leading scorer. Can't necessarily trust advanced stats from lower conferences, either.