Hoping that none of our recruits will flinch or will take on the challenge (i,e, "when I'm there we MAKE IT").

And do Hobbs / Pike see eye to eye on scheduling? Who makes the schedules, the AD, the HC or combo?

Thanks

MO

You beat Purdue, a 1 seed. 40 NET. And you're passed up by Nevada, ASU, or Pitt? Bulls*** of the highest degree. You deserved a 10 or 11. Hell I didn't even think you'd be down to the play in game but I am just shocked. Give them hell in the NIT I guess but it still is not right.

If the team actually feels insulted they need to go out and win the whole thing. Spit in the face of the committee and dominate to a championship.

If we don't do that, the chatter about us being screwed means nothing.

Seems like snow will be done, it will be windy and dark out. So shouldn’t be a problem getting there

Hello all

I posted a month ago or so about my son being accepted into Rutgers. Yesterday he found out he was chosen for the Honors College.

I’m afraid I’m not too familiar with the Honors College (I’m just a dummy who got my MBA at Rutgers). I did some reading online, but I’d really love to get some information from people here who have experience with the Honors College.

Would anyone please be able to give me some thoughts on the Honors College?

When you're applying for a job, or a promotion, or tenure, multiple factors are taken into consideration. Let's say the number of factors is six. Maybe the committee has a bias against one of the candidates (race, age, gender: too many whites, too many older folks, too many men). In looking at the considered factors, the selection committee can, consciously or unconsciously, over-value the one factor in which that biased-against candidate is weakest.

In the case of Rutgers and the NCAA Tournament, there were many of these factors: early season, late season, Q3 losses, W over Purdue at Purdue, screw job at OSU, loss of Mag, late season swoon, sweep of PSU, solid B1G Tourney. Similar up and down resume for any Bubble Team. That's why they're on the buddle.

So what is the bias (preconceived intention) with which the Selection Committe entered their decision making. In my opinion, the Committe simply, after underwhelming recent performances, did not want to invite (a bit stronger: had no intention of inviting) nine B1G teams. We were that team and in searching through the many factors to consider, again, quite possibly unspoken or even unconscious, they were looking for reasons to exclude RU (B1G #9) and found enough.

As I like to tinker with computer rating systems, I have built something extremely similar to Microsoft TrueSkill ratings (the ranking system used for games like Halo etc.). Here are preseason ratings:

Win/Loss Only Version
Top 25

Big Ten

Rutgers OOC Opponents

MOV Version
Top 25

Big Ten

Rutgers OOC Opponents

Maybe we need players who "look better"- whatever floats the committee's boats.? Listened to Podcasts (galore) e.g. Politic et al suggested Mag coming back slowly in Nov. doesn't matter when,
because he'll be ready when it counts.

NO!

THEY ALL COUNT. We didn't pass the eye test and we had WARTS.

No Quad 3 loses. No taking your foot off the pedal . No giving away 10 points in 65 seconds to lose to the worst team in the league. No more excuses.

Maybe we should schedule UCLA, USC on a West Coast Trip or invite the So Cals to enjoy the Garden State / NY (RU you listening Jimmy V tourney?).

Smash your phones now...just do it. Or Pa Bell Pike will.

Now go out and win the NIT!!

MO

If I were forced to pick the tournament winner (other than dear old RU), I'd have to go with Clemson. What say you?

It's about that time where the high school recruits kick off their march towards individual state championships. NJ has there regional tournament this upcoming weekend, and PA & OH are about a week or so behind district/sectionals championships start this weekend.

NJ
Nini: District 21 champ @ 138
Henrich: District 25 champ @ 150
Zaleski: District 20 champ @ 126

PA
Packer: District 4 AAA sectional champ @ 189 (wrestled the season at 215+, but coming down to 189 for the postseason)

OH
Hermes: sectional tournament (D3 - Plymouth) kicks off this weekend as Max goes for his 3rd D3 state championship

OOC SOS is like saying “December SOS”. It is a small slice of the season, and means nothing without the larger picture.

Overall SOS is and should be the only “strength of schedule” metric. We play 20 league games in a gauntlet conference.

Upgrading the OOC is for teams in lower tier leagues that NEED to improve their overall SOS because they do not have that opportunity in league.

It is the difference between a 30-3 Gonzaga and 30-3 FAU.

Kekich/Peterson Swap.
As Vaccaro says in the article you can only imagine what the internet would be like if this happened today.

• Nov. 7 Columbia
• Nov. 10 Sacred Heart
• Nov. 12 UMass-Lowell
• Nov. 18 vs. Temple at Mohegan Sun Arena, Conn.
• Nov. 22 Rider
• Nov. 26 Central Connecticut State
• Nov. 30 at Miami (Big Ten-ACC Challenge)
• Dec. 3. Indiana
• Dec. 8 at Ohio State
• Dec. 11 Seton Hall
• Dec. 17 Wake Forest
• Dec. 23 Bucknell
• Dec. 30 Coppin State
• Jan. 2 at Purdue
• Jan. 5 Maryland
• Jan. 8 Iowa
• Jan. 11 at Northwestern
• Jan. 15 Ohio State
• Jan. 19 at Michigan State
• Jan. 24 Penn State
• Jan. 29 at Iowa
• Feb. 1 Minnesota
• Feb. 4 vs. Michigan State at Madison Square Garden
• Feb. 7 at Indiana
• Feb. 11 at Illinois
• Feb. 14 Nebraska
• Feb. 18 at Wisconsin
• Feb. 23 Michigan
• Feb. 26 at Penn State
• March 2 at Minnesota
• March 5 Northwestern

HAVE AT IT!

Keep climbing

Or does the Committee all have to die?

Throughout the year I saw lots of people that sit in the 200s throwing shade at the people in 100s saying they don’t stand or cheer enough (or is my perception skewed because of typical board complaining by 1-2 incessant posters?).
Anyway… Welcome to 100 level seats people.
Be loud and stand often!

Are the any bracket pools set up for us RU forum posters on ESPN, Fox , CBS etc? Might be fun to see everyone’s bracket and have a little “friendly” competition.

Interview with Max Hermes after his state semifinal win. He would go on to win his final so 3x Ohio D3 champ (this year at 120). Kid is tough, no nonsense and confident. He wrestled 55 matches this year. In the finals he was very stingy. Got out from bottom in the 2nd. The other kid took neutral in the 3rd (Hermes must be strong on top). In the 3rd period he threw the kid on his back from a body lock. That was the match. Hermes will need to develop physically and grow into the 125 weight class. When you listen to the interview he has the right attitude. Jersey fans will like his grit and bluntness.

Login to view embedded media

Is it just money at this point?

The committee obviously ignored our results to cop out about an injury (when Nevada lost several games to end the season) without one.

They even ignored the Cult going to the final when you look at their seed.

Since it's obvious the NCAA is capping B1G teams it almost would make more sense for the teams locked in to rest their starters and let Nebraska or Minnesota run the table and force the committee's hand to keep out a precious midmajor.

I used to think breaking off from the NCAA was a deluded fantasy but we're to the point where the big boy table should leave this nonsense behind.

Do this every year so......

Which school got snubbed this year by the selection committee?