GAME THREAD: Rutgers Men’s Basketball Heads to East Lansing to Take on Michigan State Thursday Night

[TheKidFromRahway]

Hyatt is an absolute zero if he isn’t scoring

 

[AdventureHasAName]

He is in a tough spot as no one is really standing out and deserving of more shots. You just have to keep trying to get good shots and hope they start going in.

We started the game with Cliff dunking every possession. Why can't we just do that until they take it away? The only reason I can think of is Pike believes these kids will check out of playing good defense if they don't each get to throw up a brick every 5 minutes. There is zero reason for anyone but Spencer to be shooting threes - NONE.

 

[njxchange]

Cliff getting abused by Freshman

 

[FrankZ]

Cliff you just have to finish those shots

 

[robjknight]

Killarney in the paint for 12 seconds

 

[bac2therac]

Weird how 3 point d seems to swing so wildly. It’s. Almost. Like. You. Can’t. Really. Control. It. That. Much.

Lol wrong

 

[RutgersNo1]

Cliff is not ready for NBA

 

[KingOfTheEast]

Get ranked...get humbled right away.

Classic

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

zero touch ouch

 

[Rokodesh]

This is a terrible terrible loss

 

[kt124]

we are not capable of playing as the “hunted”

 

[RU848789]

good night

 

[njxchange]

good night

 

[rufeelinit]

Cliff is going nowhere without some type of low post game. His touch just has not improved.

 

[koleszar]

That was a half assed attempt on D by Caleb, team has given up.

 

[bac2therac]

Blown out after getting to 6 points

 

[FrankZ]

And goodnight

 

[RUforJERSEY]

We're slow to the shooter 100% of the time. We always do that, just other teams usually miss. Iowa killed us for it and MSU is too

Yep. I definitely think the RU defensive scheme is heavily reliant on teams missing from the outside. They cheat into the paint and passing lanes so much that they do surrender a lot of open looks.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

turn out the lights

 

[fluoxetine]

Lol it doesn't matter. We're ****ing terrible tonight

Yeah to be clear I’m not even saying it was against us. Just dumb/bad as usual

 

[Rokodesh]

zero touch ouch

Cliff needs to learn how to use the backboard. He's not going to beer pong every shot

 

[RU848789]

This is a terrible terrible loss

Losses to MSU on the road are never "terrible"

 

[robjknight]

Killarney in the paint for 12 seconds

Kollar

 

[Scangg]

Just not our night. It happens. We really couldn't have shot worse and we were right in the game until a minute ago

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

Koler is 10x better than Cliff, lmao. Just like Rebracca on Iowa

 

[RUDiddy777]

Can’t win them all. Ouch.

 

[RUSeaGirtMA]

Never clicked tonight - like the Iowa game.

 

[bac2therac]

Turn the page and make sure you beat Penn State

 

[tfio]

Not gunna win any games shooting like this from 3. But once again, this team has to start learning how to play with momentum. Whether it be getting ranked and immediately losing or getting a 10 point lead and immediately giving up that lead…this team has to start figuring out how to play with confidence when things are going well and not shoot themselves in the foot. We lose games we should win because of it and make games that we win wayyyyy closer than they should be

 

[miketd1]

Give credit to MSU.

They have the shooters to make us pay for collapsing the lane with help defenders.

 

[RW90]

I think it’s been pretty bad. O rebounding has kind of kept us in it, I think. I also really want to know why we haven’t played full court D. There must be a reason, just want to know what it is.

Could have tried it for a spark. Maybe Pike opted for conserving energy for offense, plus you need convert to set it.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

I think Izzo just gets in Pikes head. No he's not playing but another team and place he hadn't figured out. Why I hate we gave them MSg.

 

[RUTrack94]

Well … great start but then the curse of being ranked kicked in … finish up injury free, get some rest, and still aim for a top 4 finish.

 

[Scangg]

I was joking before but really could have tried Oskar tonight

 

[bac2therac]

59-37 run

Beat like a drum

 

[scarletknight077]

Wasted opportunity. So many missed shots

 

[bac2therac]

No fg last 6 minutes

 

[bac2therac]

Lol at our defense

 

[rufeelinit]

Turn the page and make sure you beat Penn State

Not going to be easy

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

This is a terrible terrible loss

Lol. Losing at Mich State. Yea buddy. You 10 years old?