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Outscored by TWENTY at home, 2nd half, by a team WITH ZERO ROAD WINS coming in!!!

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I don't even know where to begin....I really don't....so I'm gonna keep most of my thoughts to myself until after the season BUT I'll throw a few out there:

- it's 23 games into the season. The "youth" and "lots of new moving parts" thing is long over. Iowa was without TWO STARTERS tonight!!!

- our on-court basketball IQ is seriously lacking; some of the decisions or lack thereof, down the stretch, were just mind-boggling

- We have LOST any home court advantage in B1G play, WHATSOEVER, that we had for a few years with the Geo/RJH/McConnell era....The "Trapezoid of Terror," the past 3 seasons, has become "The Trapezoid of Tameness." Here we go:

2022-23 we go 0-3 at home to close out the season
2023-24 we go 5-6 in B1G play @ home
2024-2025 3-4 with SC/Minny left

THAT'S 8-13 in our last 21 B1G games in Piscataway which, IMHO, is pathetic.

...also the crowds, for the most part, have been blah. Big, yes, but "BLAH." (again...more thoughts on this after the season)
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RAPID REACTION - Iowa

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letitrip2 said:
Pike lost this season when he brought in portal guys who simply lack the talent to play at level. Hate to write about players but they are all so limited on both sides of the ball. Can’t believe he wasted NIL on some of these players.
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Kevin Willard surrounded his 5-star freshman center with three OUTSTANDING two-way guards who can both score and defend. Maryland will be a 6 seed.

Pike surrounded his two 5-star freshmen with a bunch of unathletic players who all have severe flaws. Rutgers will be watching March Madness from home and won’t even make the other tournaments.

This season has been an utter abomination, and Pike won’t survive it ultimately.
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Pike outcoached. Again. Disgusted.

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Caliknight said:
Maybe. Basketball, especially with two lottery picks, is players game. Pike sucked no doubt. But the players on the court giving half ass effort is on them.

Ace and Dylan are gone mentally. They are already wherever the draft is.

I never bet on Rutgers sports but I am very tempted to put some real money on Oregon. That's going to be a bloodbath.
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Agree overall. But it's on all of them I would say.
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Basketball Rutgers falls at home to Iowa, ends at-large hopes with poor second half

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ClassOf02 said:
No interior defense whatsoever — on Pike.

Two of the most dynamic players in the country slowed down in a plodding offense — Pike.

In the bonus with 12 minutes to go in the second half — how many FTs the rest of the game? On Pike.

We’re gonna give up close to 50 in the second half.

I’m getting really close to being done with Pike.

Can we hire a friggin President & AD already????
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Dylan plays slow and deliberate, its not the offenses fault
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Dylan injured!!

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richthedentist said:
He had nothing tonight and he came out out of locker room wearing some contraption on his knee has not had any of the quickness he had against Alabama he can’t get by anybody anymore
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Wait , Aren’t you the guy that said Mag’s injury was not an ACL because you were a dentist and played pick up basketball ?

Maybe Harper has a loose filling ? Or flu of the knee, seems to be going around
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Pike outcoached. Again. Disgusted.

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zappaa said:
Can’t lose what you never had.
This team has no identity, culture or system to fall back on
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How could it. It's virtually a completely new roster this year and likely will be again next year as well. It's on Pike for failing to build any level of continuity going into this season around Ace and Dylan. Totally unacceptable. Imagine them playing with the likes of Geo and Caleb as veterans around them to set the culture and carry some load. Instead we got a bunch of nothing. What a total failure this season has been. Due to non existent leadership and apathy, Pike will keep going for a few more years. But wow, it's not good on so many levels. Unfortunately Pike is just not cut out for this new world it seems.
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Pike outcoached. Again. Disgusted.

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Caliknight said:
Maybe. Basketball, especially with two lottery picks, is players game. Pike sucked no doubt. But the players on the court giving half ass effort is on them.

Ace and Dylan are gone mentally. They are already wherever the draft is.

I never bet on Rutgers sports but I am very tempted to put some real money on Oregon. That's going to be a bloodbath.
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If you can't get your players to at least play hard then you're not much of a coach.
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