Yes, that was me, lol. During a timeout in the 2nd half, one of the group of three ~10 year old kids sitting in the first row on the floor in 118 threw a t-shirt he had been given at our area in 102. I "outreached" my buddy and caught the t-shirt, but then, rather than keeping it, I caught his eye and threw it right back to him and he caught it. He then made another throw, this time really trying to get it to me and he did. So I then decided to try a moonshot return throw way up in the air and got lucky and it came down right to him and he caught it. The usher than stopped the shenanigans as play was about to resume, but we got a little ovation from our corner of the RAC. That was in addition to being on the jumbotron at least twice, as the camera guy likes us, since we stand up a lot and cheer. I'd say we're having a lot of fun this season...

I don't have much hope for a successful dual season, so I've decided to concentrate my fandom (is that a word?) on those individuals who have a chance to wrestle in the NCAA tournament.

I may evaporate into the universe

Coach Pikiell attended a private Knights Of The Raritan educational event after his big on-court and recruiting wins today.

The message?

Retaining #Rutgers student athletes by giving them opportunities is critical.

Getting the five stars are critical but you hvae to give them opportunities to retain them.

Join KTR now to make that happen, the Million Dollar Match continuing this week. https://knightsoftheraritan.com/join/

Thanks, Jon

Big shot !!

How can anyone not like this team? They play so hard for themselves and for each other, especially on defense, with the incredible double teams and quick rotations if the ball gets past those double teams, but also on offense, as we're a significantly better passing team this year than any year I can recall, with a high level of unselfish play and making that extra pass (Pike commented on both the team defense and offense in his post-game remarks). So much fun to watch. Just look at these team stats.

• 16 assists on 21 FGs - and it would've been a lot more if we had shot better.
• 16 assists to only 10 TOs, as we valued the ball.
• 13 forced TOs and 8 steals and 8 blocks.
• Rebounding was just about even, 46 to 44 in their favor.
• Playing connected was also a big reason why we did so well with fouls (22-15 in fouls and 27-12 in FTs, both in our favor), as we weren't reaching on D as much as we do sometimes; plus, of course, I think Pike's T helped and maybe the refs subconsciously knew we got hosed against them in the first game and that helped us get a favorable whistle.
• Finally, we won with only 2 bench points, which obviously is not a great thing on one hand, but on the other hand the bench guys all showed up seriously on defense, especially Hyatt.
• And last, but not least, we held them to their least amount of points scored all season, even with 5 extra minutes! And only 34% from the field, which is superb.

Lots of great individual stats, too, but I'm sure others will cover those...

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Currently a UGA commit. This time we steal one from him

It's the way it should be!

Way to go guys

And have we been welcoming, as a conference?

Exciting time to be a Rutgers fan!

Have we been able to confirm the Ace Bailey commit??? HUGE !!!

MO

We sit near the OSU bench and we’re yelling at the OSU coach to stop talking to the refs cause “they already gifted you a game coach!!”

That mother f$&ker actually turned to us and said “we won that shit”

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I made this post in the game thread - I rarely post original threads - but thought this was worthy ;)

What a ridiculous response. Does he REALLY believe that?!?

I started a post proclaiming Wisconsin as the biggest winners in coaching hires and here is a perfect example. https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/li...hem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook

We have not addressed our QB room in portal and Wisconsin brings in 3 4 stars

its 15 now with the addition of Loyola Chicago who is struggling this season and not sure this was the right move from them from their geographic brethren in the Missouri Valley

Currently rated 12th best conference in the NET, at its peak it was around 7, its fallen below even the WAC and CUSA this year


Looking like one bid league, Dayton played a tough schedule but lost them all and VCU has a win over Pitt to its credit but thats basically it for the conference. Its straight up trash.


In the past schools like have been good enough to land in the top 25 and have some one off seasons in the top 10 and even though Dayton did it a few years its clear this league is in a decline. Last year Richmond had that run late to get a 2nd bid from the league and then bounced Iowa in the tourney. I would say having 15 schools is part of the reason.



George Washington and St Joe's should go to Colonial
Saint Bonaventure and Fordham to MAAC
La Salle to NEC

That gets you back down to 10. Honestly schools like Georgetown, Seton Hall, and St Johns belong more in the A 10 than they do in the Big East

Best game of Mag’s career he was outstanding (just after I was down on him the other day). Let’s hope he can keep that up. Grinded out W today, came out flat but got the W. We deserve to be in the polls tomorrow!! Now let’s go Giants!

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again guys, this is just the beginning. @Geo_Baker_1

update: $2,000,000!!!!
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Like woolfolk but dean deserves minutes too. Would help get ready for b 10

Including 7 or 8 in the bottom ten of the Top 25.

This is a golden opportunity for RU to crack the rankings. Get it done, guys!

Not sure which way he is leaning just yet, but 2023 forward Baye Ndongo has informed me that he will decide either Monday or Tuesday. Should know more very soon.

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Mish up 18-6

NW has a hangover losing the heartbreaker to RU