Call your shot now. Will we be IN or OUT
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It's shocking with all the "sweet 16" predictions LOL that we're now mostly out. This team was ranked 24 to start the season so it wasn't just on here. The over-hype of players and coaching .. we haven't even hit the Conf. play yet.
18-16 / 19-16 would the NCAA want the young guns in? THAT'S with 500 conf. play.
we're OUT.
18-16 / 19-16 would the NCAA want the young guns in? THAT'S with 500 conf. play.
we're OUT.
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Sadly right now the answer is out because a 7-5 record leaves no margin for error.Rutgers has nine league road games where they will be the underdog in most of those games.Even if Rutgers wins all nine home games at the RAC and the one game at MSG the win total is only 17 .The flaws on defense and offense make it unlikely the team will go on a long winning streak.
I try. We gotta enjoy this special run while it lasts. It only gets worse next season.
The best lineup I've seen is Ace and Dylan along with jwill, jMike, dercak because of the ability to switch everything and pressure the ball. But we saw pierce take advantage at the end of the game and take dercak down low for an easy game winner. Maybe work on those rotations and help defense, double team even the way pierce was having his way. But more small ball because the bigs are a liability and getting out on the break is an advantage with Ace and Dylan. Maybe get grant up to speed, dortch...I'm gonna say they do all that and make the tourney..
The Grant love is typical. Hype up the only guy not good enough to see the floor on a bad team simply because he is the only guy left standing we haven't seen play yet + blind hope he can't be any worse (he likely is or he would be playing)
This is the type of roster that may have a different starting 5 every 3 games because you have to play guys based on the roster and playing style of the other team. The only real starters are ace, Dylan and jwill...I think dercak has earned that as well.
One thing about the Internet is it shows you how negative our population is. Holy 💩 lol hopefully when you guys played sports you weren't like this after a couple of losses. Or even in life, everything is always better when you believe in the best outcome.
Yeah we just haven't found our match ups yet. It's coming. I just know it is.
This isn't the craziest thought
I have little doubt that we will be playing much better late
But too many losses for the tourney
Good times, good times……what a Rutgers way to end a season back in ‘91 when they win a regular season championship to then finish the season with 2 straight losses in conf. tourney and NCAA tourney. The Mizzou game that year was a blast! An in-season turn around has been done by RU again as we also saw Geo, Ron and Caleb team turn things around and make the tourney. The problem for this group is those other RU teams were veteran teams that had either played together for years and/or had better supporting casts (‘91 team). Somehow this group has to make an immediate pivot like these other RU teams have done, having to predict it today I just don’t see it happening with this group just because of the defense they play (and lack of). Hope I am 100% wrong. RIP Keith Hughes.
Who said it was a caveat? I have us as out. What about the statement "out, barring a miracle" makes you feel like the person making the statement is on the fence?
I have about as much expectation right now of us making the ncaa tournament as I have of winning mega millions. That won't stop me from buying a ticket, though
Players will likely opt out. But we can still dare to dream
I think it was pretty easy to see this teams major issues going into the seasonIt's shocking with all the "sweet 16" predictions LOL that we're now mostly out. This team was ranked 24 to start the season so it wasn't just on here. The over-hype of players and coaching .. we haven't even hit the Conf. play yet.
18-16 / 19-16 would the NCAA want the young guns in? THAT'S with 500 conf. play.
we're OUT.
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