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goru7 said:

I didn’t say a poster was a Rutgers hater because they have a different opinion than me. It was they had an opinion that was contrary to the 99% of the people that do that for a living . Almost no one had his opinion and only a poster with a history of anti Pike posts on this board would come to that conclusion . Guess what you and him have a lot in common.

in 2022/2023 yes we certainly should have made the NCAA tourney .

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You know I used to feel like you. I was pissed we didn’t make it. But then as I took my RU blinders off, looked at it objectively, we sucked down the stretch for more than a few games. Including and especially that loss in Minne. That team that played those last 8 games wasn’t a tournament team. Now I see the problems we have today and I see that Feb mar 2023 was really the beginning of our demise.

Kbee3 said:

Reports are that Stanton is already hurt....elbows.
Perhaps we should start a pool as to how many games he plays this season.WIthout

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Without him in the line-up, the team batting average should go up 20 points ; )

goru7 said:

Go look at the stats of freshman centers around the country and come back and discuss. I am sure that will convince you.

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Stats? What does that even mean. His points this year generally meaningless in terms of producing wins

His decision making awful along with his defense

He takes step back 3s

loyalson66 said:

One word: NIL.

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While NIL is a challenge this is somewhat of a red herring as we have offensive talent currently on the roster that is not being utilized to it's potential due to scheme.

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RU84 said:

Got to believe Pitino probably squeezes another few wins out of our roster.

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More than a few. Off top of my head he gets us Kennesaw, Princeton, Iowa, Penn State

Probably finds a way to get us Indiana on the road and the Michigan game too

So anywhere from 4-6 wins minimum you’re looking at 16-18 wins and solidly in the field rn

And those are just the close losses we had

Appears some are confusing FUTURE potential with current who was the best player on the court during RU games this season. They are two distinct issues.

For ex, the Princeton game, Ace and Dylan had the most FUTURE potential on the court But they were not the best player(s) on the court that day.

In the Alabama game, Dylan was the best player, and arguably as good as anyone in cbb at that level.

It has been much surprise I think to the RU faithful that Ace and Dylan have not been the best player on the court in a number of games. The expectations of the number of wins were related to the belief that they would be the best player night in and out. This is not blaming the two, as arguably the expectations that freshman would be the best every game is unrealistic in the B10. But it does explain the team results when the season appears predicated on the best on court status.

goru7 said:

Go look at the stats of freshman centers around the country and come back and discuss. I am sure that will convince you.

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Big Ten
Somerville (RU) - 7.4/4.2 efg .507 20.7mins
Isvic (Illinois) - 12.7/8.5 efg .587 27mins
Queen (Maryland) - 16/8.8 .553 29.4 mins
*Jacobsen (Purdue - 6.5/3.5 .667 13mins *2G

SEC
Cyril (Arkansas) - 4.5/4.2 efg .632 14.5mins
Newill (Arkansas) - 15.3/6.8 efg .586 28.6min
Bol (Ole Miss) - 1.1/.7 efg .636 3.9 mins
Marshall (Mizzou) - 1.0/1.1 efg .467 4.5 mins

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NickRU714 said:

It's both honestly.

Short term: Rutgers, even with our limited resources (comparatively) should be able to compete more. Especially when our resources are more than nearly every other program.
How many programs are ahead of us? 40? 50 in total?

Long term: It's fairly obvious (and has been for decades) that the funding model of college athletics allowing fans to impact spending levels is a problem for Rutgers competing against the teams above us.

OSU or Bama can out spend their mistakes and minimize their down times.
Rutgers can't.

OSU or Bama will never have a NY Giants type downturn. They can spend (via their fans) for a new coaches, replace players and instantly snap back.
See Michigan Basketball.

Unless Rutgers is going to hit 100% on coaches and players, money will always be a problem.
Even 100% wouldn't fully overcome the money gap though.

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And if even there were 40-50 programs only with a bigger budget … there are 10-20 more beneath us in lesser conferences that can overcome their lack of spending because they are in a league that will forgive shortcomings a little more

You can be the 40th biggest budget but if you’re 17th in the B10 you’re screwed

Example… this roster would be more successful in the Big East because the big east is less competitive

Nebraska wasn't selected in a recent season with over 20 wins.Yes,ignoring that Rutgers really won the Ohio State game on the road will be cause for fans to question NCAA selection committee decision making.

Ronnie_B said:

Team USA going into Thursday's game pretty beaten up, arguably their top three forwards are all dealing with injuries and now Charlie McAvoy is out. Not good.

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Maybe a certain Devil will be able to score a goal or two.