Last night obviously sucks after watching it over again but this team has shown it can stand in there with the "class" of the conference. Finish strong and go on a run, not one team truly is scary besides MSU in my opinion.

To be upset......??

To be angry......???

To feel despondent.....???

To take the next steps towards improving and have earned the right to compete going forward???

Here is the bigger picture, which takes a piece of Michigan last night, MSU at MSG without Dylan Harper......the debacles of Kennesaw and Princeton......and further back in the football season with a 3-0 start, resulted into a Friday night lights showcase vs Washington, where RU got outgained and outplayed, but won anyway to go to 4-0.....,only to see it unravel with 4 of the most hideous and ugly 4 losses, that derailed a potential 9+ win football season....the ups and downs of sports.....

Why is a B1G picture being used this AM.....?? Because RU has positioned itself for the "rights", to earn heartbreak.....to feel thr pain and the joy when RU wins games.

RU is still an unknown in both sports and for the 1st time in its sports history.....it is no longer handcuffed with a partial revenue stream with a partial payment based on getting into the league 10+ years ago........

RU doesn't find itself outside of 1 of the 2 (or maybe 3 top conferences, SEC, B1G and maybe Big 12.....), where there's no revenue sharing.....which in the B1G picture, is "cost of doing business".....

I'm not going to tell fans that the Ohio State robbery a few years ago didn't hurt....or that the blatant non-call or double dribble that cost RU last night isn't highway robbery.....it is exactly that and more.....

At the same time, RU has to now capitalize on things and understand that there will be more games like Illinois in football and Illinois in basketball in a season....the league has now created must see TV content or something to discuss weekly, all year round.....RU just has to level up and get right back into it....one or 2 games in our favor or against us, won't stop this progress.....

With 20M in revenue sharing at our doorstep for the future, RU is on its way up and has a path towards being more competitive and more successful....it's now up to Schiano and Pike to close the gaps in recruiting and not just find star players but to build rosters to get back into position to experience more Washington Friday night football moments, more hopefully we can avoid some of the Illinois football debacles.....all I know is being in the B1G provides this highest levels of competition and I'm all for it.....

Time to close these enormous gaps on recruiting, these levels of competition make for very close games and games that actually matter. In the B1G picture, this is all you can ask for, the opportunity to play and compete on a more level playing field.

Why in the second half of every game does Pikell start Grant in the second half and then he takes him out at the 3 minute mark to never see the floor again in the second half?? He has been playing very well and I just don't understand it we could use his size to help with the rebounding and except obviously for his 3 point shooting he has been pretty good offensively??

After the game Jerry Recko interviewed Pike and he dropped 3 f bombs in 6 seconds in a very short post game interview, Said they did everything they coud to win , wasn't happy with the refs and just heartbreaking.