• They shot WAY too many contested mid-range shots which seems to be something they're trying to limit this year. Against Monmouth, they only took 8 mid-range shots and last night they shot 19. Bailey was 4-7 and the rest of the team was 0-12.
• They also shot 58.3% at the rim which is well below their average of 70.9%. I chalk that up to the wrong guys getting too many looks there. Derkack, Ogbole, and Hayes shot 7 times at the rim and only made 2.

• They once again shot well from three at 41.2%. For the most part, all the right players took those shots with Ace, Harper, Martini, Hayes, and Acuff taking 14 of the 17. Derkack shooting 3 can't happen again.
• Two weeks in a row with a good offensive rebound rate around 40%. We'll see how that translates to better competition but at least the Wagner disaster can probably be counted as an extreme outlier.
• Outside of Ogbole, this team is much better at the FT line. The last two games, everyone else is shooting 80%.

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Greene Rice FIG said:

Right now Ace is almost only as good as his shot is falling. He may continue to make the shots he is taking. He is a shooting slump away from a guy that doesn't help us on the floor.

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S_Janowski said:

Some cops may be pulling in $200K total in North Jersey or select towns.. but I doubt that’s the norm, or average across the state.

The average is probably closer to $150K.

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NotInRHouse said:

First off, there is A LOT of land to build in that area. Secondly, people will make decisions, no doubt, but it will make a lot of decisions that overlap with the complainers on affordable housing. More young people will want to work remotely. They will not return to their hometowns. They will visit their parents less and less.

I really struggle with the idea that building condos, making them an affordable price, and putting a deed restriction like "public employee" or "grew up in town" will be ruinous. But not my issue. I could afford to move back where I'm from...but wouldn't barring an exigent circumstance. And, a kid where I live has teachers and public servants that have options on where to live. I was heartened though that the mayor realized it's a problem. Eventually more will.

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RU-05 said:

What's the coin?

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NotInRHouse said:

No doubt...my point is nowhere even remotely proximate. Also, even say 150. Typically it's recommended you spend 3x income on a home. That is 450k, which is maybe a small 2 bedroom condo if you are lucky.

I am talking if people want to start a family (which young folks are told they need to take more seriously). If you want to move to Hoboken or JC and have a roommate, it's doable, and fun. I am also responding to the idea that people cannot move back where they came from. To me, that seems bad. Also seems bad to be a cop or teacher in a community but then be essentially shut out of it.

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G- RUnit said:

No debate at all. Irony and hypocrisy compared to last year. Fair topic and was in a game thread where Pike quickly pulled player and many fans making exact same comments. SMH.

Team didn’t look bad at all? We play like last night in the B1G or in Vegas, we are not going to win and may get blown out.

Some positive signs, Ace showed his enormous talent. Dylan in an off game was still pretty darn good. O had his best game. Derkack nice all around game.

Some negative signs, While Sommerville has some nice moves he is becoming a black hole and no D whatsoever. Might want to nip that now. JMac was horrible defensively. No sugar coating that. Derkack can’t go 2-6. We’ve been burned defensively by Monmouth and Merrimack. I shudder what might have happened had Merrimack hit its threes.

I’ll give Acuff and Williams a pass as not sure healthy yet. Martini and Hayes need more shooting touches.

A W is a W and we will only get better but yesterday was a rough watch save for Ace and some Dylan. Nobody is panicking.

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NewJerseyHawk said:

Would you as an opponents coach, leave PJ Hayes open, leave Martini open OR prefer to have Sommerville go one on one in the post......he literally fouled out a Merrimack player with 16 minutes left in the game.

You have to take what opponents provide you as options to score and take advantage.

I am pretty certain that I explained that there's a way to defend shooters who do not prove as offensive players that they can also score off the dribble. And if that player is NOT a plus defender, there will be games where Hayes and Martini are taken away.

The Merrimack game plan was to stay attached to shooters and make RU beat them off the dribble and in the post.....RU essentially did that, without much fanfare, especially when I'm fairly certain that if Sommerville plays 26 to 27 minutes, he finishes with 16 and 10 rebounds.

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RUich said:

I see where this has been stated by the talking heads. Have to think a performance like last night would certainly help to lead to that assessment.
We play a team that is 4-1 on Sunday at their place. I think this will be a watershed kind of game for us. We better show up with a lot more fire in our bellies if we want to win this one.

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Knight Shift said:

On the flip side, as I noted above, the odors (and sometimes overflow) from SMRSA stink too.

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G- RUnit said:

And paradoxically with Lathan shooting so much, it’s not only away taking shots away from Acuff, Hayes and Martini it’s taking away shots from Dylan and Ace.

BTW The big O was a plus +15 yesterday.
David was -2. Food for thought.

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Geo_Baker_1 said:

I think we need to wait and see once we play against the big boys. It’s really hard to win in college basketball. Clark is a high major point guard. No way he stays at Merrimack. That was one of the best games I’ve seen from a point guard in terms of balancing when to get to your shots/when it’s time to pass to a teammate. I’d argue he’d be a starter on pretty much any team in the country right now. It wasn’t bad defense it was tough shot making. I also don’t think he cooled off, they started having J Mike just face guard him 94 feet lol. Ultimate sign of respect. You don’t see that very often in college.

st Peter’s had a great game plan coming in of iso basketball on any mismatches. Worked well til Rutgers adjusted and guards fought over guard to guard screens instead of switching.

Monmouth kid was good I don’t think he was 38 points good but he had it going.

Biggest takeaway for me is these guys have shown that they are capable of making in game adjustments. 2nd halves have all looked better. That’s not usually the case for a young team. It’s really easy to fold to adversity when you haven’t been in that situation before. You cannot teach what ace and Dylan can do offensively but defense will only improve as they all get more games under their belt. In the past it’s been the other way around where we literally had to play defense because we couldn’t do what this team is doing offensively.

It’s also just a different style now. This team is going to play faster, there will be more possessions, which means there will be more chances to be scored on.

If bigs can be solid on defense then this team is really good. We have athletic guards that will go help rebound.

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Geo_Baker_1 said:

I think we need to wait and see once we play against the big boys. It’s really hard to win in college basketball. Clark is a high major point guard. No way he stays at Merrimack. That was one of the best games I’ve seen from a point guard in terms of balancing when to get to your shots/when it’s time to pass to a teammate. I’d argue he’d be a starter on pretty much any team in the country right now. It wasn’t bad defense it was tough shot making. I also don’t think he cooled off, they started having J Mike just face guard him 94 feet lol. Ultimate sign of respect. You don’t see that very often in college.

st Peter’s had a great game plan coming in of iso basketball on any mismatches. Worked well til Rutgers adjusted and guards fought over guard to guard screens instead of switching.

Monmouth kid was good I don’t think he was 38 points good but he had it going.

Biggest takeaway for me is these guys have shown that they are capable of making in game adjustments. 2nd halves have all looked better. That’s not usually the case for a young team. It’s really easy to fold to adversity when you haven’t been in that situation before. You cannot teach what ace and Dylan can do offensively but defense will only improve as they all get more games under their belt. In the past it’s been the other way around where we literally had to play defense because we couldn’t do what this team is doing offensively.

It’s also just a different style now. This team is going to play faster, there will be more possessions, which means there will be more chances to be scored on.

If bigs can be solid on defense then this team is really good. We have athletic guards that will go help rebound.

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Geo_Baker_1 said:

If bigs can be solid on defense then this team is really good. We have athletic guards that will go help rebound.

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RUAldo said:

My son started a crypto club at school a few weeks ago and he and his buddy already created their own coin. This industry is a joke. What could possibly go wrong…?

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