Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers Hoops vs. Penn State
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Agreed. Long offensive rebounds are our only source of offense ... because it's not like we have any chance of a 3 point shot actually going in.
Just made 3 posts in the coronavirus thread by accident, lol. Noticed there were no other posts being made and figured everyone had stopped watching the game.
42-24 at the half. Worst half of the season. JY our best player tonight by far. Everyone else has sucked balls.
42-24 at the half. Worst half of the season. JY our best player tonight by far. Everyone else has sucked balls.
He clearly doesn’t know how his players mesh offensively. I’ve been saying it for over a month. Since geo has returned to full time he’s mismanaged the roster and we’ve been much worse as he’s been playing more.
Even today the announcer said coach wants to use Mulcahy more to get geo off the ball. He doesn’t know his players on offense at all
At least it is not a 20 point lead by them pedofiles......how is this happening.......uggghhhh
They know they won't make it so they don't. 0-5 with 2 airballs. The hoop looks like a thimble to the whole team.
We need shooters. It's that simple. The only way this gets fixed is via recruiting. You don't develop shooters at this level. You already are one.
None of them have a done a damn thing. None of them. All that will do is get Yeboah and Harper in foul trouble. We are terrible.
I actually proposed that as a plan for the game against Wisky who doesn't like to run
We keep turning down open 3s to end up with trash inside.. we have drawn a few fouls that way.. but miss FTs and what we need are POINTS
Great half by RU! Pike experimenting with the lineup today will pay huge dividends in the tournament. Can't wait to see what we do in the second half!
Getting coronavirus might be more fun then watching this.
He's the only one who's not content to do the three man weave (or just dribble the ball for 20 seconds) at the top of the key.
Sadly the refrain that fans will hear is just wait until next year when the team will be more experienced with the same players that have difficulty scoring.I'm happy for the winning season because my preseason prediction was a 17-14 record which might be close to the final record.
he’s one guy I don’t mind at anytime and pike seems to pull the trigger fast on benching him. He plays his ass off and defends. He isn’t one I’m worried.
rhj looking like he’s gonna cry on the bench and geo being non factor as a junior are more of my worry.
How is it that every team we are playing lately is shooting lights out from 3????
wtf is going on? That is the complete difference in all these games. Oh and we can’t hit a single shot from 3
wtf is going on? That is the complete difference in all these games. Oh and we can’t hit a single shot from 3
Imagine being a coach in year four, not having recruited any shooters, and not bringing in any guard for year 5, and getting two contract extensions
It’s actually not a big deal because we don’t take that many 3s. When you don’t take any 3s by principle (dumb) and go 0-5 you’re only 4.5 pts under expected value. And when you limit your upside variance by keeping the attempts low.
Just dumb strategy
Im only one game behind right now on prediction
.had them at 17-11 not 18-10 and had them folding by losing these last 4 to finish 17-14..and my thoughts were the team could not handle the ncaa talk..unfortunately i think im going to be right
Said this before - the less talent you have the more disciplined your offense has to be. We're not that talented but the fact that we don't run anything makes our players look less talented than they really are.
RU looks deflated. Opponents' hot starts recently appear to be getting to them. RU's inability to score is affecting them defensively. It is difficult to play top-notch D when you are not having any success offensively.
He's the best coach we've had. But he has to fix this so obvious glaring issue.
There is only one way out of this. It isn't coaching. It is recruiting shooters. Kids that come here as known shooting commodities. I don't give af if they can play D. They can be taught that. You can't coach shooting at this point. They either have it or they don't by the time they get here.
So, do we have any known shooters coming?
These guys look completely "shook". They just look like they don't wanna be there. I've been quiet about it during our recent funk, but I'm starting to think this is what we're gonna get the rest of the way. I hate seeing our guys get punked like this. This is where coach has to figure out the mental part of this thing.
The offense is one thing, but what happened to our defense? This is an ongoing trend. We don’t fight through screens, don’t close out on three point shooters and don’t play aggressive. How did we lose that intensity?
His ego looks hurt. If he is truly hurt, stop playing him and let him heal. He's doing jack out there as currently constituted.
Play Doucure.
At this point the hope for another win and a possible NCAA birth is basically looking like just cross your fingers and hope we play a team who has their worst shooting game of the year
