He ranks RU 11th in the country!

[YoucancallmeRay]

I guess he was really impressed with the win over Purdue, lol. Interesting take on Paul's post-game interview also.

Men's college basketball power rankings: Who's No. 1? The field is expanding

There's no clear-cut No. 1 team in men's college basketball right now. Instead, we'll have to "settle" for a bunch of really good ones.

theathletic.com

 

[LeapinLou]

For those of us that don't have a subscription, can you give a summary?

 

[fluoxetine]

If you are ranking power and not resume or W/L accomplishment like the major polls tend to, this is high but not outlandish..

Kenpom 15
TRank 12
BPI 12
NET 14
Sagarin 13

 

[jordkap]

If you are ranking power and not resume or W/L accomplishment like the major polls tend to, this is high but not outlandish..

Kenpom 15
TRank 12
BPI 12
NET 14
Sagarin 13

We having fun yet?

 

[Scangg]

The Purdue write up is even better. It's all about how Purdue losing to Rutgers makes them more bullish bc Rutgers is so tough

 

[Scangg]

There are easy ways around paywalls... DM if you need help

 

[SoCal_Knight]

11. Rutgers (10-4)​

If Purdue’s players had a hard time understanding what Matt Painter was talking about re: Rutgers before the game, it was easy to get a glimpse in the immediate broadcast aftermath. (The excellent) Big Ten Network analyst Robbie Hummel stepped onto the floor to interview Rutgers star Paul Mulcahy, who was pulsating. Hummel’s first question didn’t matter: Mulcahy immediately launched into how much he had been working on his relationship with God, how he felt he had needed to get back to the basics with God, and this was hardly the customary “first of all, all glory to God,” disclaimer you sometimes get from guys in televised postgame interviews. This was the recounting of something akin to a religious vision quest. Mulcahy had to get right with God, purposefully; by doing so, he could more closely approach basketball in the manner he intended. Had he been wearing a robe, and if you couldn’t recognize the slight Jersey lilt, you might have mistaken him for a 16th-century protestant revolutionary. Mulcahy had that fire in his eyes. (These days, we call it having that dog.)

It was fantastic to see. People can either take or leave the religious aspect, depending on their own relationship with faith, but that’s not really the point of what we took away. No, it was in that interview — which did discuss basketball, and defense, and Mulcahy’s teammates — that you got a very strong whiff of what Painter was talking about, what lurks behind the scenes of that Rutgers team. Everyone has that dog. Everyone comes ready to fight. These guys show up to absolutely make your life miserable for 40 minutes. They give you nothing. They are relentless. These guys play with the fire Mulcahy had when he was talking about sorting out his personal relationship with his god! How are you supposed to prepare your 18-to-22-year-old roster to play against that?

Rutgers isn’t here as a lark. Filtered from the start of the season, they come in at 11th in Bark Torvik’s rankings. There are a couple of questionable losses here, and this offense can vanish at a moment’s notice. But they are one of the very last teams in the country anyone should want to play against, for reasons that go way beyond scheme.

 

[RUKiid]

Fantastic

 

[cm_13]

11. Rutgers (10-4)​

If Purdue’s players had a hard time understanding what Matt Painter was talking about re: Rutgers before the game, it was easy to get a glimpse in the immediate broadcast aftermath. (The excellent) Big Ten Network analyst Robbie Hummel stepped onto the floor to interview Rutgers star Paul Mulcahy, who was pulsating. Hummel’s first question didn’t matter: Mulcahy immediately launched into how much he had been working on his relationship with God, how he felt he had needed to get back to the basics with God, and this was hardly the customary “first of all, all glory to God,” disclaimer you sometimes get from guys in televised postgame interviews. This was the recounting of something akin to a religious vision quest. Mulcahy had to get right with God, purposefully; by doing so, he could more closely approach basketball in the manner he intended. Had he been wearing a robe, and if you couldn’t recognize the slight Jersey lilt, you might have mistaken him for a 16th-century protestant revolutionary. Mulcahy had that fire in his eyes. (These days, we call it having that dog.)

It was fantastic to see. People can either take or leave the religious aspect, depending on their own relationship with faith, but that’s not really the point of what we took away. No, it was in that interview — which did discuss basketball, and defense, and Mulcahy’s teammates — that you got a very strong whiff of what Painter was talking about, what lurks behind the scenes of that Rutgers team. Everyone has that dog. Everyone comes ready to fight. These guys show up to absolutely make your life miserable for 40 minutes. They give you nothing. They are relentless. These guys play with the fire Mulcahy had when he was talking about sorting out his personal relationship with his god! How are you supposed to prepare your 18-to-22-year-old roster to play against that?

Rutgers isn’t here as a lark. Filtered from the start of the season, they come in at 11th in Bark Torvik’s rankings. There are a couple of questionable losses here, and this offense can vanish at a moment’s notice. But they are one of the very last teams in the country anyone should want to play against, for reasons that go way beyond scheme.

This is perfect