Just saw on x coach Hewitt thanking Greg and signing out Richie you know what happens there

Good lord was anyone else getting serious flashbacks last night to 2021? That game felt like a mirror to ours down the stretch). Could not get a rebound. Could not get a clean look from the field. Houston just playing so damn hard it doesn't even matter if you are as well (which Duke and RU both were).

That program would be so fun to root for. Sampson can sure coach his a$$ off.

I'm certainly not betting against them on Monday.

I know there were some recent threads out there, but I looked and could not find them.

So I'm starting one up fresh.

There’s not enough talent and there’s not enough money to turn things around in one year, unless our freshmen come in and set the world on fire which is unlikely, and we get impact transfers the level of Cam Spencer, which is also unlikely.

If it was so important for basketball to win, people should have given more to NIL, but since they didn’t, we play with the hand we’re dealt. The story of Rutgers Athletics. Meanwhile, UConn just landed one of the best guards in the portal, and will make a run for #1.

Pikiell turned things around once. He can do it again. We’re not firing a competent Coach with multiple years to go on his deal. He’s gradually fixing the lack of talent on the roster under adverse circumstances. (Ie not enough money). We are just going to have to be patient. This is a multiple year rebuild. The objective this year, is to simply build the foundation. Angelino Mark and Chris Nwuli are a start. There will be more to come.

Well, we're 4+ days out from the start of the likely storm late Wednesday evening and we're seeing some shifting around in the models, as usual, but the signal for at least a significant (4-8" is my definition of "significant") to major storm (8-14" is my definition of major) has increased, while the signal for an historic storm (14-24" is my definition of historic; we've had 24 such storms in 155 years in NYC, for example and similar numbers for NB) has decreased a bit, i.e., we might be looking at a higher floor, but a lower ceiling. Note I'm using the Kuchera snowfall estimates as this is likely going to be a pretty cold storm with temps in the 20s, so >10:1 ratios are very likely.

This is because the two outliers showing just a coastal scraper (significant snow only for SENJ really with minor to moderate snow for 95 and NW), the GFS and the Euro-AIFS (AI model), came NW significantly and now show a significant storm (AIFS) to a major storm (GFS) for just about the whole Philly-NJ-NYC region. On the other hand, the Euro which has been showing historic snowstorms for the region for a few days has backed off significantly showing only 3-6" for 95 and NW and 6-10" towards the coast; no idea if that's a blip or not. On the other other hand, the CMC continues to show a major snowstorm, while the UK is showing an historic snowstorm, as is the ICON. The fact that all of the models are at least showing a significant storm and most are showing at least a major storm with a couple of those showing historic storms tells me that the floor has been raised, but the ceiling has come down some. Also, the ensemble means continue to indicate at least a significant snowstorm.

None of this means that there can't still be major changes, since we're still 4+ days out, but the chances of a complete out to sea miss or a snow to mostly rain cutter are both very low now, whereas there is still a decent chance of a coastal scraper (minor snow for 95 and significant snow only towards the coast) or an inland runner that puts down 6"+ for most, but then turns the precip to mostly sleet/rain for 95 and SE of 95, while hammering areas well to the NW of 95 with a major snowstorm.

I'm not going to microanalyze the global models other than to say numerical weather prediction is still chaotic, meaning uncertainties 4 days out are still moderately high and the difference between a coastal scraper and inland runner is only about 100-150 miles in the track forecast, which isn't bad, actually since the "storm" won't even be on the map for 3 days (the pieces that form it are all pretty far away still and have to come together just right for a major snowstorm. Also keep in mind that if we get a major to historic (still on the table) snowstorm, which becomes quite powerful, blizzard conditions or close to it would be possible with gusty winds, plus minor coastal flooding could be an issue for a powerful coastal storm (this looks like a "Miller A" that skirts across the Gulf states then heads NE up the east coast). All of the relevant maps and deeper discussion are in the AmericanWx thread below and I included a link to Tomer Burg's nice explanation of the meteorology and some potential outcomes.

https://www.americanwx.com/bb/topic...time-between-18z-wed-219-12z-fri-221/page/16/

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2/16: Changed thread title from "OT: Significant to Major Snowstorm Possible for Thursday 2/20" to current thread title
2/17: Changed thread title from "Winter Storm Thursday 2/20: Could range from a miss (most likely) to a minor event (possible) to a moderate event (unlikely)" to current thread title

It's that time of year again, PORTAL SZN! Similar to what @mb5789 does for football, we wanted to make a dedicated thread to actual happenings in the portal. This first post of the thread will be updated with the running list of notable names in the portal along with guys that Rutgers is showing interest in and each player will have their Rivals Transfer profiles linked as well.


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Let's everyone play RU hoops GM ... what would be your strategy. Obviously, some assumptions have to be made. Let us assume, for this discussion, that RU has $4.5 million in NIL + Revenue sharing - which does NOT include the Vegas showcase ($1 million - but spread amongst the players on the roster at the time): $3 million in revenue sharing and $1.5 million in NIL.

After retention and frosh $$ spent (and how much can that really be given the players they are trying to retain and the 4 frosh? Gotta be less than $1 million total, no?), RU should have at least $3 million, maybe $3.5 million.

1) You have 4 retained players, 4 frosh coming in, for 8 players as a start of the roster.

2) Spend $3 million on 3 players: 1 rim-protecting/defensive/rebounding center, 1 2G who can score, shoot the 3 and defend and one WF with length who can score, shoot from 3 and defend.

3) Then spend $250K to $500K (if that is what is left) on 1-2 12-15 minute reserve players, specialists - maybe 1 defensive specialist and 1 off-the-bench scoring spark specialist.

Gee ... maybe I should be the GM?

So, over the years I have got my balls broken over me saying Cooperman was leaving...he left.Then I said Campolattano was coming here and got laughed at
...I was right.The I predicted my shitliner Suriano was leaving Penn State and coming to Rutgers,got hammered for that...he came here. Just got off the phone with my insider info buddy.Apparently one of Slingblade Sandersons top dogs on the team is jumping ship and coming here.I also heard that a top dawg at head bigger than torso Brands Iowa shithole is done there and coming here.These guys are the top of the heap ladies and gentlemen and you are gonna shit a sextuplet size bomb in your pants when they come here. Just sit tight.

The crappy Super Bowl is over and football season has ended. However, the timing is great. Pitchers and Catchers report tomorrow with their first workout Tuesday. Apparently a good numbers of players are already there.

A good off-season. Not signing Soto hurt a bit but the reality was the Yankees needed a lot more then just another future DH in the roster.

Many good signings but still need a 3rd baseman. DJ was mentioned by Cashman and Boone as in the mix for 3rd. Please no!!

Looking forward to the news cycle and the games starting on February 21st.

Let's Go Yankees!

The idea is you can only post word. We try to keep a continuous thought going. You get one word and one word only.

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Schiano

Would think he would announce by now 🤷🏻‍♂️

The new Flo high school rankings are out.
Hamilton a senior - unlimited ranked # 3. Can he do both or will it be footbal?
White a senior 145lb ranked # 15
Chletsos a junior 132lb ranked 13th
Soldano a junior 182 ranked 4th

No other recruits ranked by Flo

It seems that our recruiting has fallen off. Are we saving money for Shane Griffith? What do you think?

Watching the first game between Utah and Butler. Neither team is playing defense and players are just throwing up wild shots. It's like watching a pickup game at the local park. This is what college basketball is becoming

After several years where the event wasn't held, Women's Golf hosts the tournament at the Rutgers Golf Course for the 2nd year in a row. The field has been expanded from 9 to 17 teams to I assume bring more teams from Pa and the tri state area. Technically there's 18 if you count Lafayette who have 1 player entered as an Individual

Last year, the #89 at the time Knights ran away with the championship, winning by 26 strokes against, being honest, a weak field. This is more of the same although at #118 RU hasn't performed as well as last year. After RU, the highest ranked is Dartmouth at #143, followed by #175 Seton Hall, #186 Quinnipiac, and #196 St Johns. The rest of the 17 team field such as Monmouth, FDU, LIU, and Lehigh are ranked over 200.

Rutgers returns 4 members who competed last year. Soph Lorena Rossettin finished 5th and Sr Lucrezia Rossettin finished 12th. Playing as Individuals, So Emily James finished T6 and So Krystal Li T21. Lost to graduation are last year's tourney champion Rikki Nordvik, Leigha Devine T6, and Cathi Graf 8th.

Rutgers Lineup will be Sr Lucrezia Rossettin, So Lorena Rossettin, RSSo Grace Lu, Fr Joline Truong, and So Emily James. The rest of the roster, Grad Kayla Diaz, So Krystal Li, and Fr Judy Amano will compete as individuals.

Like last year, this year's edition could be affected by weather with, last I checked, rain predicted on and off all weekend.