Plum Street said:

6-6…but maybe this is the year we pull a major upset and get to 7-5
Can we go back to the pinstripe bowl this year ?

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RAC93 said:

Most poorly officiated game IMO was Texas A&M in Vegas. I was at the MGM and we could not buy a foul when we had the ball. Total fouls were 29 for RU and 19 for A&M. And I had the pleasure of watching a ref, I think it was Jeffrey Anderson, help one of A&M’s players off the floor during the middle of the action, not a play stopped by a whistle, but during the middle of game action so the player could get up and hustle down the other end to get back in the play. A&M shot 42 free throws to Rutgers 17 free throws. I know @Scangg was quite vocal about how bad the officiating was at the time, he might agree.

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seansherm said:

We didn't play them in a way, we played our normal switch most everything, chase help D, that allows open 3's if the other team moves the ball. Luckily Illinois is prone to getting caught up taking them despite not being good at it. They did the same thing vs OSU last game out, start out firing three's and Underwood then reigns them in and they focus on getting inside.

I agree, Acuff isn't going to guard true 3's while JWill could, but I in no way consider JWill a 3, it's more we go 3 guard lineups. JWill just takes the tougher guard as we want Dylan for the offensive end. Riley killed us for awhile last night as their "3". JWill def has his moments, but skillset wise, a healthy Acuff is a better fit in a backcourt w Dylan and Ace at the 3 he plays. Check out their offensive ratings, Acuff crushes JWill this year, because of his ability to hit the 3. There's a reason we've still been outscored on the year w JWill on the floor and are plus w Acuff. We really haven't used Acuff next to Dylan and Ace enough this year to see it's benefits, maybe because Acuff not completely right, maybe because we need scoring when they aren't on.
Yeah, Davis is really a PG and only guarding them and smaller off guards, we agree. Honestly, most of our successful lineups lately include JMike, Dylan, Ace, w two of the bigs.

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RU_UniWatch said:

Its almost as if… he is a good coach who has had to deal with the best player in the country not playing due to injury or illness for a significant portion of the year

**ducks for cover**

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Greene Rice FIG said:

Segment 1 up 23-6 9:15 left (10:45 elapsed)
Segment 2 down 50-53 10:48 left 2nd half (18:57 elapsed lost 27-47)
Segment 3 up 82-73 (10:48 elapsed won 32-20)

Almost a carbon copy of St John's scrimmage.

Also in all 5 of our wins we won with very high offensive efficiency.

MY TAKEAWAY...Vey happy with the W, but would really like to see us step on Illinois when they were down. We can't have stretched where we are outscored by 20 and expect to win. A blowout win would have made me feel a little better about our longshot chances. The thought of grinding another 6+ wins is going to be tough. We could use some easy ones.

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KidDagger said:

Team

My prediction for how the 2025 NCAA team race will finish.

www.flowrestling.org

Rn on flo, we are predicted to get 0 AA, 2 r12, good for a proj score of 7pts which will result in a 31st place team finish…

I always hated how the scoring is done, essentially, one champ is worth the same as 10 r12 wrestlers…. That’s puts too much weight on being a top wrestler and not enough on the “team” aspect of it…

This makes the value of top 10 p4p recruits skyrocket and essentially it’s a game of the top programs gathering the most “chess pieces.”

Basically we are better then the 31st team but based on how the scoring is done we will be around there if no AA…

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ScarletteK80 said:

Petticord goes down, lot of pain. Another ankle injury. Carried off to locker room.

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ScarletDave said:

Rutgers is the big loser in this case, as we’re going to have a giant stinky Q4 landmine game every year that we’ll have to avoid to not destroy our season/seed lines. In a rivalry game which in college sports are always close no matter the records. We don’t want to be their super bowl every year … need to seriously consider this series

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PSAL_Hoops said:

Sorry but that’s off base. Illinois isn’t a good 3 point shooting team. We played them in a way that dared them to shoot those shots intentionally and they missed. That changed when J Will picked up his second foul because with Lathan in foul trouble too we flat out could not stop them in the post. They didn’t need to take outside shots because they started to score every time they penetrated. Acuff cannot slide over to defend a 3. At least not well. He’s not physical enough. Even with the starting line up, the strategy we’re going for is physicality and length to compensate for a lack of a true 5. J Will is just a better fit than Acuff who is a very soft defender. Davis is to small to defend small forwards or lengthy wings.

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toby83 said:

What a business for those AAU organizers... On top of the $1k per team fee, the college coaches that want to attend (get the packet with rosters etc) pay also.. D1 school pays about $1k, D2 school $750, even D3 school coach has to pay about $500.

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