Was just terrible. 40-20 Iowa run after we were up 53-44. That should never happen. Did anyone notice that we build the 9 point halftime lead with DH/AB on the bench?

Shelby65 said:

Not lack of effort. It’s iso or two man game by design because our players are all piss poor passers. Pike doesn’t recruit the same skill set as Purdue and Iowa does.

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Not true on the ball movement. Our best games this year we had good ball movement.

KK1827 said:

At MINIMUM 2 more years. But I do wonder if Fran McCaffrey would wanna get back towards home. Fun brand of bball and yes, I do not care that hes a hot head

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No fran would not come here lol. Another losing season next year I think would be the last.

Caliknight said:

There isn't 5 guys on that team with any balls. Something is broken in that locker room. It's on Pike, but the players aren't helping at all.

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That's what I can't figure out. Roster construction, recruiting and NIL aside, does the blame lay more with the coaching or the players?

Put it another way, could another staff get more out of this roster? I can't decide.

RU84 said:

You forgot not making adjustments on defense and making inbounding the ball an adventure.

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FIJI'83 said:

Did it work last year ? What about 2 years ago? What about 3 years ago when they lost in the play-in? Old Pike was just as bad as he is now even the good teams he had under performed

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2 and 3 years ago weren't bad seasons. We've just raised our expectations. Last year and this year are bad rosters. We loss Cam, Paul, and Nodongo. This yr the whole team was made from scratch. Pike just hasn't figured out how to maneuver through this new era yet

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jerzeyguy said:

I hear you. But when he has a roster of guys that fits his image, it works. Nwuli and Mark - are going back to the old Pike

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Even with those guys our two best finishes in the Big 10 were tied for fifth with two other teams, and seventh, and if Geo never developed a step back jumper we may never have finished in the top half.

RUPete said:

Still on the ground in No. Plfd. and NB areas. Hoping it all gets washed away tomorrow.

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Some will, but not all, especially the 0.6" worth of liquid that fell as snow/sleet/rain (the equivalent of 6" of snow) that became one congealed dense frozen mass from Saturday - some of that should survive tonight's rain.

Ridge 22 said:

What coaching is he really doing? The roster sucks. So fail on player evaluation. We don't run an offense. It's playground basketball. So fail on x's and o's. And the same issues come up every game with no team or player improvement. This team is as bad now as game 1. So failure on player development. I don't get the love.

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You forgot not making adjustments on defense and making inbounding the ball an adventure.

RUGiddy777 said:

Think we played our best basketball at the end of the first half with Hayes, Acuff, Martini out there.

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Grant too and then he sat the bench the whole second half.

rubjk said:

Iowa never stands still on offense. We stand still on offense almost all the time. Total lack of effort.

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Not lack of effort. It’s iso or two man game by design because our players are all piss poor passers. Pike doesn’t recruit the same skill set as Purdue and Iowa does.

WhiteBus said:

Not a big storm unless you were Atlantic or Cape May Counties.
Everything that was on the ground this morning is gone already!

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That's odd for 3+" of snow to all melt in one day - we got 2" yesterday and more than half of it is still here, on top of the 1" or so of dense frozen concrete from Saturday - or are you just talking about paved surfaces, which makes more sense (same here for that).

rume said:

Next year is a pivotal year for Pike at Rutgers. Another year like this year, and his seat will be hot.

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His seat is already hot. Unfortunately we're stuck with it burning.
Wait till season Tix renewals and all the Tix available for game day sale next year.

I was just thinking about our team we put on the field with comments

Lindor - elite defense legit 30/30 MVP type player
Soto - elite hitter MVP type player
Nimmo- elite on base guy with 20+ HR pop
Alonso - elite power/RBI 40/115
Vientos - 30+ HR guy
Marte/Winker- combined .270 20 HR clutch
Alvarez- possibility of 25+ HR and funny to say- elite behind the plate
McNeil- should be .290 with 30 doubles 10-15 HR
Siri- misses the ball more than he hits it but for 70% of years we have been around, he would have been our 4 or 5 hitter with 20-25HR - elite in the field.

That is really a hell of a batting order

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dconifer said:

Like any OT game, the Terps were fortunate to get the "W". Don't forget, Maryland had a nice run at the end last season, but the season overall was not stellar. Maybe a tight game against Maryland doesn't mean Loyola is a juggernaut...

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Easily the game of the week at home against Cuse this weekend. And tbh I have no clue what to expect. MD is a 3 goal dog at home with a great goalie! That screams insanity…until u look at their common opponent in Loyola. Cuse trashed them but the unknown variable is “can Cuse win away from the dome against a top team?” So many great games this weekend.

Rokodesh said:

That only leaves Derkack, who can't dribble the ball twice without turning it over.

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I will say this: DerHack is a great dribbler, passer and defender for someone who plays on both ends with his eyes closed.

Best on the team at doing that.

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We not only lost/gave terrible efforts but also our young guys Grant, Sommerville and Dortch barely played. I just don't get it

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