I didn't really think twice about the pass , it seemed routine. But from this angle it was threading a needle. Also, Caleb helped with a little pick:

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...John Chaney's Temple teams from the late 80's and early 90's. While they didn't usually have the super star offensive players, you just knew every night they were going to out-tough you and steal your lunch money. (And I say that lovingly...)

For the past couple years we've always heard, "Sure Rutgers is tough at home but where's that quality road win?"
Taken care of.

I have been involved in basketball for nearly 60 years and I don't think that I've seen that call more than 2 or 3 times in all those years.
In my nearly four decades as an official I don't think that I've ever made that call.
At that point in the game that's an official who just wants to show everyone that he knows one of the most obscure rules.

Ya gotta feel for the guy. But he contributed- two clutch free throws on the road.

For College Gameday to come to a Piscataway next Sunday for the OSU rematch?

In any other situation ESPN wouldn’t select a BIG game. Ironically, this one would /could be spun to serve their interest. They were first to report the ref error and contributed to it becoming a national story. Thoughts?

When I rewatched the final .4 seconds it appeared to me that Reiber tried to call a timeout (which we didn’t have) after we got the ball under the basket. I don’t have a clip to share but I watched it a few times on my tv.

Did anyone else see that?

The question isn’t whether to start our third string center to avoid Cliff getting in foul trouble, but whether to employ the “no doubling” strategy we employed last year against Edey and Trevion Williams.

The rationale for this strategy is to “allow” Purdue to score 2s while guarding the perimeter and not allowing them to “go off” from 3-Pt range. It worked pretty well last year in the game at the RAC, as Edey/Williams scored 34 of Purdue’s 68 points but the Boilermakers only shot 7-26 from 3-Pt range.

But Purdue is only shooting about 30 percent from deep this year, and Edey is absolutely dominating their offense. So perhaps we mix up the strategy a bit.

The first thing is utilizing a full court press from time to time, and even when not full court pressing, utilizing a 3/4 court press just to burn 10-12 seconds and delay their half court sets.

The second thing is to guard their ballhandlers up tight to make it more difficult to make entry passes to the post. Combined with this, I’d like to see Cliff FRONT Edey. With our tight perimeter on-ball defense and Cliff fronting Edey, it will be difficult for Purdue to make lob passes to him.

But if Edey gets the ball on the block with Cliff behind him, to double or not to double?

Last year at the RAC, we almost exclusively did NOT double. I think this year, at Mackey (where you’d think Purdue could get more comfortable shooting from deep), we should continue this strategy, but with how much Edey dominates, I think we need to mix it up.

Our guards are very good at sagging and digging down without fouling, but our rotations will need to be quick and aggressive so that we don’t give too many open threes.

So, what say you?

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Thanks,

Jon

Via Zach Smart.

For those who are still out of sorts,this nightmare won't surface again until 2033-2034.

2-0 in Football against Purdue
2-0 against #1 Purdue in regular season last 2 years.
Beat Indiana in football and hoops this season.

F" the "it's not reviewable" rule. .


If Rutgers had 6 players on the court and scored the winning basket, R U telling me that the refs who made no call wouldn't be sanctioned...and reversed?

If Rutgers sank the winning basket 1 second after official time had expired R U telling me that the refs,, opposing coach / fans wouldn't be clamoring for an intervention and be recersed....during real time or after the fact?

We live in a era of NIL $$$$ and sports betting. The B!G is trying to land UCLA with its 10+ Basketball championships: WAKE UP AND CORRECT THE F" UP!

It was the last play that decided the outcome. Given that there may not have been any tijme to make the final basket and even if there was time, there was a clear rule violation....CORRECTthe filnal sore : .
RUTGERS 66 OSU 64.

MO
PS Who is the director of NCAA referee's? Whoever made the no call should be shown the tape and asked why? Wes there a NIL deal or bet on OSU?
OSU: home of Out Standing Underhandedness

Scarlet Knights giving #1 Purdue all they can handle. 2H RU up by 7. Might not want to miss.

I wish I knew how to post a screen grab, but for those of you who haven't rewatched the game 10 times so far, check out Cam in the huddle after he hit the shot and Purdue called timeout. Looked like a psycho killer yelling "One more stop!!" while Pikiell was actually still talking. Great.

Joining a team with guys like Caleb and Paul who have been through the wars at RU and are strong personalities, I thought Cam had been hesitant to fully unleash himself offensively so far this year. He has taken what he has been given but also passed up some shots that I'd like a sharpshooter to take. This was his coming out party and he proved to everyone what he can do. This is a great development - for an offensively challenged team, he is hugely important to take care of business the rest of the way.

Today's Axios news letter summarizes some recent stories about trends in college applications. While none of it is Rutgers-specific, many of the items can be expected to affect Rutgers: For any who don't know, HBCUs are historically black colleges and universities.

Early last season I had a LOT of doubts. Others did too, but I was more vocal than a lot of them.

I was wrong.

After last season, we had a thread ranking the top 5 plays of the season, with Harper's buzzer beater being the clear #1. Thought I might start the thread during this season so some of the best are fresh in our minds.

Cam Spencer's three is #1 right now, right?

Anything else stand out for the early rankings?

Purdue 66 RUTGERS 62

After speaking with two of the Scarlet Knights most recent offers, TKR has confirmed that 2023 Virginia TE/OL Nader Chichi and OT Nick Oliveira will both be taking an official visit to Rutgers on the weekend of Dec. 16th, this would count as the last official visit weekend before National Signing Day on Dec. 21st.

Login to view embedded media Now Chirchi is the more likely of the two as he is very high on the Scarlet Knights and recently stopped by campus for the Penn State game, where he earned the offer from Schiano and staff in person. I'm very close to putting in a futurecast in favor of the Scarlet Knights.

Login to view embedded media As for Oliveira, he is a long time Cincuinatti commit out of Clearview Regional out of South Jersey. He committed to Cincy back in June, but Rutgers just offered the other day and he immediately scheduled an official visit. Other programs that have offered him since Fickell leaving for Wisconsin include Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia. I'm quietly liking Rutgers chances more and more here for flip, but not enough for a futurecast just yet.

They do a lot of the gameplanning and in game adjustments.

Time to acknowledge and pay them too.