It’s Bball IQ. These guys just don’t have it. The team captain Williams has the lowest.

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I’ve said since the first week - Ace and Dylan don’t care.

Just interested in their draft stock. Good riddance to them

His guys dug down hard and pulled the game out. Probably a big relief for Fran. The odds were against him and his team.

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how about the inbounding? 😂😂😂

Hail Mary to the other team.

They are ****ing awful at everything related to basketball. Zero coaching the entire season.

Pike and staff have to go. Two dreadful years in a row, with zero improvement. Players throwing the ball all over the ****ing court to the other team, or slipping on banana peels, or pump faking until they get blocked or stolen, or whatever jailhouse rules Derkack plays by.

Whole program is an embarassment. A good coach would call that out right away. Is he afraid of hurting their feelings?

Caliknight said:

No question. Air came out of the game on those shots. That's the PG leader making really bad decisions.

Hero ball from a guy with one foot out the door. Tough for college basketball when some of these guys are only here because they have to be.

NBA needs to allow kids from hs to go straight to the league if they can.

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Not the NBA’s fault …no one says you have to recruit these guys

Rutgers25 said:

effort has generally not been an issue for Pike teams. Lots of other problems but not effort. This is on our star freshmen not giving a F and infecting the rest of the team.

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Well, its an issue now. Do whatever you need to do to get him outa here.

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RUDeac said:

It's Steve's job to motivate and lead. Greg would never allow this to happen.

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Agree..unless it was his QB

Forgot to add that it took 35 min to figure out we need to clear out for Dylan. So frustrating

ClassOf02 said:

Biggest loser in all this might be Brandin Knight…will he still be a hot head coach candidate after the team’s showing this year?

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When was he a hot candidate?

To all the doom and gloomers and naysayers...

You were, apparently, correct.

I don't know if I saw "QUIT" or "INCOMPETENCE" in that game.. perhaps both... including Pike.

If that were the first game of teh season I might complain about how they did not use the preseason properly.. but it is the middle of February.

To not know how to inbound the ball? 3 turnovers at least.. including the 5-second call which seemed a little bogus.. but still.

Our O seemed to call on 1 on 1 drives but the stars were incapable, mostly. Both seem hurt in one way or another.. so why keep calling on them as if they are 100%?

A better Rutgers team must show up or they may as well write off the Big Ten Tourney.. never mind any kind of postseason. And if that happens.. how can Pike keep his job with 2 NBA lottery picks on the roster? That is a complete reversal of opinion on my part because this game was just that bad.

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Sadly the ceiling with Pike seems to be the occasional above average bubble team. Without a senior laden defensive minded team to gut out 18-19 wins, this seems to be what we should expect from him. Which is really pathetic with 2 lottery picks.

cubuffsdoug said:

Anything coming out of Indiana has issue with Rutgers/NJ because we own the entire state. So take it with a grain of salt.

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Salt and pepper

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RAC93 said:

Ace’s defense was as bad as Dylan’s effort tonight. The Others combined to score 49 points and more than did their jobs, Ace and Dylan did not do their jobs.

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And could not care less.

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RAC93 said:

Harper was outplayed by that little Harding dude, don’t let the NBA scouts see that tape. I am sure we’ll get a report that he was injured, or he was sick…..not buying it, he was out there and played so he does not get an excuse or a pass. He has been great this year, but this loss is largely on him. Why didn’t he drive more against these smaller and less athletic defenders?

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Not just drive, he needs to just start backing down smaller less athletic guards and power up bunnies and lay-ups.

Arizona Knight said:

Not a loaded question, but can you cite a few other recent 5 stars who have done the same? Specifically asking about a minor injury because I don’t see that as a strategy which would boost one’s draft prospects.

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It happened ! Unfortunately

Coming out of that timeout at the end and turning it over is all you need to know. Jarper taking 3s when he got to the basket with ease. Bailey not touching the ball. 5 sec calls on inbound and having inbound ball stolen. The list goes on and on.

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