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RAC 93 should be the coach. I was ok with the lottery pick ACE with the game in his hands.
Disappointed he didn’t want it.

Knight Shift said:

Tried that, and the St Johns game is playing over the Rutgers game for me.

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If only there was a way for games to be broadcast and not have to worry about this issue......😉

I actually didn't get to see the game at all.
Going to assume I don't need to bother watching it tonight?

Rutgers is going to have a hard time in remaining games because more opponents will play zone defense making it more difficult for Bailey and Harper to dribble drive to the basket.What is the purpose of having Hayes on the court when Rutgers half court offense lacks plays for him to get open 3 pointers?Derdack missing 3 foul shots at crunch time tells me a replacement is needed .After watching five games against perceived mediocre competition,this team with two elite freshmen looks unprepared in executing basic fundamentals on offense and defense.

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I’m personally leaning JWill, DH, Ace, PJ, Center

bac2therac said:

to a team who was 12-16 last year at 261 net now picked 9th in cusa when we have 2 of the top 3 nba projected picks, yeah its a disaster

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Meh..disagree.

FIJI'83 said:

Pike says he does not change the starting 5 until there is a loss. Therefore, here is my new stating 5: PG - Harper: SG - Hayes; SF -Bailey; PF - Martini; C - Somerville.

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Somerville is nice offensively but he is such a HUGE negative in the +/- defensively and if you don’t see that on the tv then idk

Williams needs to start probably instead of Hayes

Hayes just needs to take dercack minutes and be closer to 20-23 min a game versus the 15-17 he’s been getting

djrc89 said:

BAC
and anyone with an opinion because I don’t know the answer. I agree with you vis a vis scheduling. This never seems to work in our favor. We open with sisters of the poor and then go on the road to empty arena and lose or game like this. Seems like it happens all the time. However I remember at bonaventure. Last year we opened in that hole and the team wasn’t ready either. How would you draw up the schedule because I’m not sure what would work.

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The arena was sold out today.

PiscatawayMike said:

The offense will look much better when Acuff shakes off his rust and gets more minutes.

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Mike…offense right now is not the issue. We can’t rebound nor defend the interior. Flaws and hopefully not fatal ones.

bac2therac said:

I see that today Nova and Maryland played in the Pru Center...to me that was the game RU should have been in playing Nova. A down Nova but a solid program nonetheless. That kind of game and test would be perfect going into Vegas. Neutral site game but in state against an upgrade in competition. Pike thought scheduling the Vegas tourney took care of our schedule but there is a real chance we beat ND and then lose the next 2 to tough opponents and our ooc schedule even with a win over SHU doesnt show one quality win. Also who says the SHU game has to be in December, why not schedule it in November

Right now we go to the wolves coming off a loss to a lesser mid major

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Completely agree and have been wondering why we have played Villanova zero times especially since Jay wright left

I DO understand part of the “NIL deal” for ace might’ve been to promise a game at home for him and I’m okay with that

I think the timing of the game was terrible and still think the game easily could’ve been scheduled where the Columbia or Princeton games were as stand alone games with nothing significant in the pipeline coming

This game would’ve probably been much more manageable if we had a lot of holdovers with experience and continuity leading into Vegas and Ace was the outlier on the roster without experience. Could’ve satisfied him and leaned on everyone else to get through the game unscathed

RUforJERSEY said:

Watching at the game was trying to figure out what value Dercack brings. Looks like a mid-major they're trying to make useful at the B1G level.

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He brings better odds for his brother coming. That is all. He’s not a BiG10 starting player. Either is Martini.

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GORU2014 said:

Looks bad “now”?

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It was bad in the offseason but so many were in denial and just made excuses which led to the fictional legend of Emmanuel Ogbole once practices started again to double down on it was the right call.

rutgersdave said:

Fire him and you will 15 more years of a Flood/Ash type and no one on the board will be following Rutgers football because 1-3 wins will be the norm.

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Please. Greg is not the only person on the planet who can coach Rutgers football. This argument that he is the only one is absurd. He has had enough time to prove what type of coach he is, and that is a mediocre coach who no one else wants as head coach. Of course, Rutgers does not have the $$$ to buy him out, so we are stuck with several more years of mediocre football. And at this point, with no AD and no President, he can coast with no accountability.

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NY AGENTMAN said:

I don’t think any team in the top half of the BIG would lose to this team

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Now? You may be right.

It's not about now, though. It's about how we play during the B1G season. I'm certain this team will look and play much differently when 2025 rolls around.

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Same happened last year to open vs Princeton in dreaded Newark. Now you go on the road after 4 cupcakes playing in a bandbox.