Scarlet Shack said:

The tale of this 10 losses ??

Gave up an average of 82.4 points per game with 9 of the 10 games giving up over 80….and only one giving up less than 70.

We continue to excessively talk about how we have offensive issues …and plenty of that is legit

That’s not the reality of this year

We have plenty and enough scoring to be a solid ncaa team

Our issue is we are a BAD BAD and even more BAD defensive basketball team

If we were even a mediocre defensive basketball team …we would have won at least 5 of those 10 games and be looking at not worse than a 7/8 seed……

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A little quantification of how bad our defense is this year

There is 78 “power 5” programs …I didn’t go crazy, but it looks like our kenpom is in the mid 60s out of the 78 programs ….

I'm thinking some triggered cabal from the deep state.

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Scarlet Blind said:

Tales of 10 losses,
1 pt 82-83
2 pts 77-79, 82-84
3 pts 63-66
4 pts 77-81
5 pts 90-95

6 losses by 17 pts, with 3 freshmen in rotation, 5 in total.
9 new players this year, only 3 1 yr at Rutgers players back.

7 pts 74-81
8 pts 72-80
9 pt 81-90
10 pts 74-84

other 5 losses 11, 12, 14, and 18 twice.
The chemistry and rotations just never came together for an extended part of the season.

Very reminiscent of the 2018-19 season, Geo and EO returning(JWill/JMike), with Doucoure/Doorson(Ogbole), 4 freshman(Tez, RHJ, Caleb, Myles-redshirt), a couple transfer Martini, Acuff, Hayes, Derkack(Kiss, Shaq Carter-JUCO)


7-3 OOC, started 1-6 B1G, 6-5 stretch, lost last 2.
7-3 OOC, started 1-4, B1G 6-6, lost Thurs, 2 left

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The tale of this 10 losses ??

Gave up an average of 82.4 points per game with 9 of the 10 games giving up over 80….and only one giving up less than 70.

We continue to excessively talk about how we have offensive issues …and plenty of that is legit

That’s not the reality of this year

We have plenty and enough scoring to be a solid ncaa team

Our issue is we are a BAD BAD and even more BAD defensive basketball team

If we were even a mediocre defensive basketball team …we would have won at least 5 of those 10 games and be looking at not worse than a 7/8 seed……

Agree BAC, my Mom just died and was 99. I called her like every 3 days and sister was 10 miles away.

RUJMM78 said:

From the start of the season to the very end the team lacked a half court offense with player/ball movement and a defense that could stop uncontested layups and wide open 3 point shots.The coaching staff failed to show improvement in correcting the obvious flaws in areas like defensive positioning for rebounds and knowing how to inbound the ball against defensive pressure.The biggest disappointment for me is having two elite freshmen and the team might not even achieve a winning season.

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It does not appear they will have a winning regular season, we seem to be a lock to go 15-16 and we’ll see if BTT can change that. Same regular season record as last season.
My most disappointing losses:
Kennesaw - resume crushing
Princeton - resume crushing
Texas A&M - we were in control in 2nd half, had 9 point lead with 10 minutes left and let it slip away and would have been a huge addition to the resume
Michigan- brutal buzzer beater where we led for long stretch of the game
Penn State - winnable road game played at a library for an environment that was there for the taking

If we win three of these games, let’s say Kennesaw, Princeton, and the resume building Texas A&M game then I assume we are an NCAA tourney team right now at 17-12 with improved Q1-Q3 record, improved OOC record, no bad Q3 or Q4 losses and maybe slightly better NET.

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I liked cliff a lot. But remember Mississipi State game last year? He had 3 points and kid for them had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Record would be better but he had a lot of bad games also.

Scarlet Blind said:

Tales of 10 losses,
1 pt 82-83
2 pts 77-79, 82-84
3 pts 63-66
4 pts 77-81
5 pts 90-95

6 losses by 17 pts, with 3 freshmen in rotation, 5 in total.
9 new players this year, only 3 1 yr at Rutgers players back.

7 pts 74-81
8 pts 72-80
9 pt 81-90
10 pts 74-84

other 5 losses 11, 12, 14, and 18 twice.
The chemistry and rotations just never came together for an extended part of the season.

Very reminiscent of the 2018-19 season, Geo and EO returning(JWill/JMike), with Doucoure/Doorson(Ogbole), 4 freshman(Tez, RHJ, Caleb, Myles-redshirt), a couple transfer Martini, Acuff, Hayes, Derkack(Kiss, Shaq Carter-JUCO)


7-3 OOC, started 1-6 B1G, 6-5 stretch, lost last 2.
7-3 OOC, started 1-4, B1G 6-6, lost Thurs, 2 left

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So again when taking a step back its coaching

SCNJ said:

No, the only thing the courts are determining is whether or not the NJSIAA has the authority to ban him from the tournaments.

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So if going up in the stands and throwing punches doesn’t get you DQ then what does it take?

Harper was no where near anyone. He should have closed out

T2Kplus20 said:

And more amazingly it accomplished that launch with "old" tech (which is why it was closed). It had a hydraulic pulley launch system vs. the more modern LSM launch.

Great video:

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I thought it worked off of North-North magnets propelling it? Maybe that was the old Batman & Robin chiller ride?

The one rule on those sorts of rides was to keep your head back against the headrest before launch or you are gonna have a sore neck.

tm_nj said:

that was painful to watch and definitely a walk. we got screwed in the end.

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You saw him drag his foot from that video? I screen shot it, blew it up and watched as slow as possible and don't see it.

CollegeFBfan said:

Did Knox Jr throw punches? Was that ever confirmed? Only videos I saw showed father, not sure about son.

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If you meant Jr - Witnesses said yes however the phone video out there is very inconclusive. Blurry and can't even see that's its actually him.

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RUSCFORMERLYRULOU said:

Thinking outside the box a little…
Baty will never develop on the bench, and he’s swinging a hit bat in spring training. His value is higher now than it was. Thus…
1. Trade Baty and maybe a prospect for pitching help - Cease?
2. Let acuna go to AAA and continue to develop;
3. Sign OMG.
Not the craziest idea in the world…

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agree with all of this but I’m just not so crazy about Cease. I wish there was a different pitching target but I’m not sure who that would be.

mugrat86 said:

If Cliff accepted his role he has on Bama, the team would have definitely been better, however if he wanted the ball in the post like we used to feed him, team would have probably been worse. He was the worst post player for a big man I ever seen

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He left for the bag but it is striking what a small role he has at Bama. I’m sure he thought he’d play more. This year has done nothing to improve his profile.

Scarlet1984 said:

The wife was 65 and he was 95 and frail. I think they were dead for like 10 days, so it would seem that the dogs would not have access to food.

Maybe a little more realistic theory than “the cartels did it” is: his wife had some sort of medical event (heart attack, aneurism, etc.); she was his sole caretaker; and he was too ill/feeble to get help.

All just theories.

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Why was there no contact with children for over a week. You would think there would be check ins every few days

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