S_Janowski said:

The old spelling mistake point out when your points suck @ss.

congrats!

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rutgershoopsinsider said:

I pointed out the same stuff you summarized in these paragraphs on my social media account.

Pikiell absolutely waited way too long to call a timeout to halt Michigan's 6-0 spurt. That's when you could sense things were going south for Rutgers.

Fans wanted to blame the refs instead.

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HPNJRUfan said:

Of course there is St. Johns, OSU, and now this game on the Mens side, but the other one that comes to mind is the women playing @Tennessee back in 2008 where the clock stopped/paused for about 2 seconds at the end of the game, and UT wins it with 0.2 to go when the game should have been over already: https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3243053

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PatrickRU92 said:

and despite that if the ref called either the walk or double dribble correctly we would have won.

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bac2therac said:

Its write up not right up

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bac2therac said:

Wins and losses and seasonal trends yup that matters

I certainly don't need to justify my recap process to you

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bac2therac said:

We have all seen these games as RU fans. This year all too often. A ridiculous fools gold performance in the first half and the complete opposite in the 2nd half and then done in by a dagger at the buzzer that just guts any feeling in your body. Again this team is every bit of its 14-15. Its s an accurate reflection. The collapse in the 2nd half scoring only 8 points in 11 plus minutes with just 3 fg and going 9-36 in the 2nd half is not surprising because we have seen these stretches before in Pikes tenure and this season as well.

I talked about the blueprint was to just outscore the opponents and that is clearly what RU was going for. Are you kidding me? RU was 12-14 and dead in the water after listless performances at the RAC vs Iowa and on the road at Oregon. Sure beating the likes of Washington and USC in track meets felt good but was that sustainable. I do not think even the most optimistic Rutgers fan could have imagined the offensive tidal wave that hit Ann Arbor tonight. A scintillating first half offensive explosion that I am not sure any of us have ever seen. A barrage of 3s 8-15 in the first half and shooting nearly 70%. 57 freaking points in a half vs a team that only gave up 46 in their previous game. Its not even as if you could pinpoint what Michigan did wrong. I mean they were shooting over 50% themselves. It was as if everything RU threw up was going in after J Will banked a 3 in. In the end as I questioned...is this sustainable...you can win certain games like this you cannot win them all. You cannot win when you go cold and you cannot make stops and in the end RU could not make stops

Look at some eeriely similar type close games

Kennesaw LOSS 79-77
Notre Dame WIN 85-84 OT
Penn State WIN 80-76
Seton Hall WIN 66-63
Princeton LOSS 83-82
Nebraska WIN 85-82
Washington WIN 89-85 OT
Michigan LOSS 84-82

5-3 in games that went down to the absolute wire. There was nothing appreciably in the closing minutes that we didnt see in Vegas vs Notre Dame or vs Princeton or at Washington. All games played with total focus on outscoring the opponent and little on defense. You live by the sword you die by the sword. You win some close games. You lose some close games. The one constant is that Rutgers just isnt good enough to win enough close games to make them a tourney team. Michigan is now 9-0 in close games. Somehow having a knack....some coaching, some individual play making, some instinct, some grit and most of all confidence. Credit Michigan, they easily could have been frustrated by failing to slow down RUs offense. They became patient in the 2nd half and did it little by little

I do not think RU was confident in the last few minutes. The offense way out of wack. The wrong people shooting even before that and in the end we had J Will and Acuff taking our shots. How is it not Dylan or Ace....yes Acuff got fouled on the 3 and he had an incredble game but you want Dylan or Ace taking all your shots late. Unfortunately they didnt have great games that we need for RU to win. 13-25 fg shooting for 30 points is nothing to sneeze at but we needed more from them fair or not. Neither was good from 3...1-4 and Dylan was just 2-5 ft. They had 22 in the first half but just 8 in the 2nd. Yes guys like Summerville with 17 and fantastic at the line 7-7 stepped up and Acuff 4-8 from 3 for 16 points. The reality is RU did not deserve this game based on their play in the 2nd half. You cant just try to hang on. RU missed 11 straight shots over about 6 minutes and let the lead wittle from 12 to 4. In fact RU missed 3 shots up 74-62 and 3 chances to give RU a new biggest lead. Utter futility with Ace/Dylan pulling a disappearing act and guys like EO and Zak and Lathan taking the shots. Pike was powerless to stop the boulder rolling down the mountain and he likely waited too long once again to call a timeout. Rutgers didnt value their possessions and they got tight and lost any confidence. The so called stars wilted went it counted. Its not being harsh, these guys will be getting millions in the NBA next year.

A shame because RU was a missed shot away from being in the fringes of the bubble discussion and that would have been unbelievable but at least something to hope for. Instead the loss and how it happened is pretty fitting for this season. A reminder to never get too high on this team even when it does some nice things. A reminder that groundhogs are real and this season was not just meant to be. Rutgers was never truly going to get out the moment they were stuck in and there they are...14-15 and the what could have should have been comments are just meaningless at this point. This team never was and its bitterly disappointing for all of us.

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S_Janowski said:

Wait…you had an entirely different recap ready to go if the refs didn’t screw us twice in the last 6 seconds.

That’s absurd.

The right up shouldn’t be entirely different!

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Ridge 22 said:

Here is what you are missing. 1-3 are such significant season-long issues that your 4th complaint doesn't even register as a factor to most normal observers. The alternate reality excuse making is pathetic. We are just not good.

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S_Janowski said:

I’m not creating anything. I asked a simple question and you couldn’t answer it.

You keep harping on 3 fg in 11 minutes but are totally disregarding how we shot 18-20 in a stretch of the first half and 68% fg in the half.

A massive reason why we were up by 1 with seconds to go was because of our great first half. You can’t just disregard that.

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bac2therac said:

The time for F bombs was after Princeton. Did Pike know the team was 14-15

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S_Janowski said:

You said you had an “entirely different recap ready to go” if they won.

So essentially you’re admitting (without admitting) that the last 6 seconds of the game where the refs missed TWO blatant calls had a MASSIVE impact on the game.

Why?

Because if they made either one of those calls your game summary would have been “entirely different”.

Lol you literally make zero sense dude.

Your recap shouldn’t have been entirely different and so highly based on 6 seconds of play.

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bac2therac said:

If? Why are you creating scenarios. Rutgers put up 3 fg in 11 minutes

If the shot missed and the team won they would get praise for surviving and advancing. That didn't happen. Wins and losses matter at this juncture of the season when you are sub 500

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ScarletGrapfan said:

I get what you are saying because of having 7 bids, but the numbers are not against him, 141 is the weakest weight in the Big10. Here are the wrestlers who earned a bid for the conference..... Big Ten (7): Danny Pucino (Illinois), Sergio Lemley (Michigan), Vance Vombaur (Minnesota), Brock Hardy (Nebraska), Jesse Mendez (Ohio State), Beau Bartlett (Penn State), Joesph Oliveri (Rutgers). In most cases guys that earn a bid for their conference and do not get an auto bid, will earn an at large bid.

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rutgershoopsinsider said:

Can't blame this loss on the refs

Yes the officiating was piss poor but the refs didn't shoot 2 of 17 for a long stretch of the 2nd Half

The shot selection in the 2nd Half was terrible (Lathan & J-Will shouldn't be shooting from beyond mid-range)

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PhillyRU said:

Yea but that kid is Nimari Burnett, one of the best shooters in the B1G. Just baffled at Dylan’s decision to help off him with like two seconds left

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bac2therac said:

A draft of thoughts um yeah..its late at night and I want to get thoughts down. I usually do that for road games

Yes winning and losing changes that

Scoring 3fg over 11 minutes changes write-ups

Winning matters.

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