He said that in an on-court post-game interview right after the win. Great statement. Shows why he’s such a good coach.

Coach knows that you focus on what you can control versus whining about what you cannot.

The MBB program is in excellent hands.

We grew up tall and we grew up right with them Indiana boys on an Indiana night…

Rutgers men's basketball owns the state of Indiana!

• RU has beaten Indiana six straight and 8 of last 9.
• RU has beaten Purdue 6 of last 7.

(Let's not mention that team from South Bend.)

Rest of the big ten ….and country

Take note

Reminds of the great defensive shortstops who can’t hit 200 but if there was a stat for the runs they save they’d have over 100 RBI’s.
You can’t calculate it and it’s a team game, but Mag saves a ton of runs against…😊
Just don’t let him dribble 🤣

He has done a marvelous job and all you guys can send crow to Santa Fe and I'll be happy to eat it. He has built his team to be a bunch of junkyard dogs... The epitome of 'Jersey Tough'.

Hire a new offensive coordinator in the offseason. Completely turns the O around and the team goes from 2-10 to 11-2. Same “Jimmy’s and Joe’s” for the most part.

(well aware of the difference in our conferences.)

How do you expect the OC hire to go?

They have Rutgers winning 15 of 17! Even one of the two losses (@ Iowa and @indiana) they give us a 48% chance of winning (@Iowa).

I’m not sure anyone on this board is even that optimistic! Could you imagine?

Huge fan of Pike! That said, I’ve been critical of him multiple times and he’s proven me wrong each time. I’ve only got one criticism left (although a few years ago it was a compliment).

With his X’s & O’s, the great defense, and way he recruits players for his system, he can coach a very limited roster to a double-digit seed in the NCAA’s. My criticism after the SHU loss: with his scheduling philosophy, problems winning on the road, and the scoring droughts, he will coach a very good roster to a double-digit seed in the NCAA’s.

Get a 6-seed and prove me wrong again coach!

Thanks for bringing joy back to Rutgers Basketball that has been missing for decades. Thanks for making us belong in the B1G. Thanks for getting the best out of a team and not just having one single "my way or the highway" approach. Thanks for being honorable, hard working, and carrying the Rutgers banner with class. Thanks for taking time to look over the over looked. Thanks for being a great coach and thanks for being here.

He has the pedigree for sure and worked under Leach at both Washington and Miss State. Maybe he's ready? His offense would sure be fun

My pick is Paul to turn in 15–7-7 numbers.

-TCU last bowl game prior to last night was 2018.
TCU plays in a smaller stadium than us and have had attendance issues for years.
-There recruiting classes in 2021 and 2022 look similar to ours at best.
-Local writers believe they have only averaged 30k a game since joining the big 12 despite claims of 44k
-They have a student body a fraction of the size of us.
-They don't have tons of NIL money either like Texas, Texas Am ect...
-Local kids didn't grow up dreaming of playing for TCU.
- They don't have a storied history. They were after all playing in the mountain west just a decade ago.

Yet here they are playing for a national championship.

So I guess it can be done without tons of NIL or 100k stadiums or 100 years of tradition.

Did anyone else think this was a really bad tactical decision by Painter? We were out of timeouts and he basically gave us a free one to set up our last play. Very curious decision.

For stepping up as a leader and getting the team an amazing win. Looking forward to the rest of the year.

via Zach Smart

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Maryland at Michigan.....MARYLAND
Iowa at Penn State.....PENN STATE
Ohio State at Northwestern.....OHIO STATE

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Rutgers at Purdue.....PURDUE


Thursday: 0-1
Season to Date: 5-8