Basketball GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers versus No. 25 Ohio State

[koleszar]

Hell of a scrappy come back all without Cliff on the floor. He played like he was constipated all half, maybe a good bowel movement at half will free him up?

 

[FrankZ]

Stay with Wolf to start 2nd - rest of game fine with me unless refs screw with fouls

 

[cm_13]

Good fight to get it back to a one possession game. Woolfolk should get the larger share of the minutes at the 5 in the second half until Cliff proves otherwise

 

[bac2therac]

great finish...9-0 run the last 5 minutes...RU elevated their intensity and all it came with Cliff out

quite frankly, im not sure we want Cliff in

 

[Scangg]

Wolf comes in and the comeback happens. He needs to play more if Cliff doesn't come out in the second half with his head on his shoulders

 

[njxchange]

ok... down by 2.... hard fought... ill take it

 

[zappaa]

One of the better big men in America needs to impact the game in a positive manner

 

[G- RUnit]

Refs difference in a two point game.

 

[Rufaninga]

The way we played, I would have thought we would be down by a dozen

 

[FrankZ]

So is there no sort of call for a OSU fan shoving the **** out of an opposing player? Pretty sure that’s not allowed No?

T only if we had done that

 

[bac2therac]

Its very simple....STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER...once we did that we started having success, you cannot play their D if they are giving away possessions

 

[Corycord1]

All things considered, down 2. Let’s keep that D we displayed the last 4 minutes and we’ll have a chance to win

 

[Leonard23]

So is there no sort of call for a OSU fan shoving the **** out of an opposing player? Pretty sure that’s not allowed No?

Fan should be ejected from the arena.

 

[KnightLife1994]

Did anyone else see that fan shove Mulcahy

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Cliff needs to step up. RU again playing better without him.

 

[Randal7]

Hell of a scrappy come back all without Cliff on the floor.

I think it’s gonna be a rock fight the rest of this game, so you gotta lean on those in the 2h who have shown they can do it… Paul, cam, Caleb, mag, Spencer and wolf

 

[socaldave]

Crean with the lavender suit

 

[FrankZ]

The way we played, I would have thought we would be down by a dozen

We would have if he kept insisting on playing Cliff

 

[zappaa]

Need Cliff

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Paul ok?

 

[bethlehemfan]

Its very simple....STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER...once we did that we started having success, you cannot play their D if they are giving away possessions

And rebound

 

[bac2therac]

Pike 100% will not sit Cliff but I hope Cliff is a big part of the halftime talk

 

[ScarletDave]

despite being badly outplayed and not matching intensity if RU can get this down to 4 or 5 by halftime its still anyones game with halftime adjustment....THESE 3 MINUTES ARE HUGE

Better than that even !!

 

[Rokodesh]

So is there no sort of call for a OSU fan shoving the **** out of an opposing player? Pretty sure that’s not allowed No?

It's Ohio state so it's ok

 

[BOCA93]

Its very simple....STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER...once we did that we started having success, you cannot play their D if they are giving away possessions

This. Limit the turnovers and up the effort on the boards. And ride Wolf as long as you can 2nd half. Cliff just seems out of it tonight

 

[RUJMM78]

Spencer didn't take a shot in the last five minutes.

 

[FrankZ]

Pike 100% will not sit Cliff but I hope Cliff is a big part of the halftime talk

Wolf has earned 2nd half start. Simple as that

 

[biazza38]

So is there no sort of call for a OSU fan shoving the **** out of an opposing player? Pretty sure that’s not allowed No?

Anyone have video?

 

[Rusty_Screw_88]

Did anyone else see that fan shove Mulcahy

Totally classless move. Eject his ass

 

[MrsScrew]

And there’s Brendan Bornder. Well that was random

His grandfather was the equipment manager for Ohio State MBB for 33 years. He died last year. I'm friends with his mom & have been texting with her She's in an OSU sweatshirt but has a RU tee shirt underneath 🤣

 

[Luvscarletknights]

great finish...9-0 run the last 5 minutes...RU elevated their intensity and all it came with Cliff out

quite frankly, im not sure we want Cliff in

Much the same with Indiana. I do not know what is going on with Cliff.

 

[rubjk]

So we’re playing bad D according to the coach on the halftime set yet holding OSU to 31 at half when they average 81 ppg. I think we are doing pretty good on the road.

 

[bac2therac]

RU is shooting 50% at 12-24

OSU is 13-30

rebounding still needs work at 19-12

turnovers are closing at 9-7

fouls are pretty even after OSU had the edge early 9-7 now

RU 0-0 ft. OSU 1-4

 

[mugrat86]

Cliff has to start blocking some shots

 

[SBP]

We're better with Cliff on the bench. Who would have ever thought that? Now 4 pt. game.

Faster for sure. He’s playing slow motion

 

[Rokodesh]

So we’re playing bad D according to the coach on the halftime set yet holding OSU to 31 at half when they average 81 ppg. I think we are doing pretty good on the road.

For the first 15 minutes defense was horrible.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Tell Cliff you expect OSU to focus on getting him a foul if he starts the 2nd.. so start woolfolk and bring in cliff in 2 minutes

 

[Scangg]

Still not sure why Pike thought Dean was the better option to come into this game with Key destroying us inside

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Wolf man is a stud

 

[bac2therac]

So we’re playing bad D according to the coach on the halftime set yet holding OSU to 31 at half when they average 81 ppg. I think we are doing pretty good on the road.

do you even pay attention....RU held them scoreless the last 4:07, before that yes our defense was really bad and we were not matching intensity , if you were watching you would know the difference in play