How will we do to close out January

[Goku]

Pick what you think will happen. I would love for Rutgers to go 4-0 but I think 3-1 is likely. 2-2 would be disappointing. 1-3 would ruin NCAA talks IMO. 0-4 would put this board on meltdown mode

 

[bac2therac]

gimme the pen for 7-3 which is a 3-1 close out. RU still in decent shape at 6-4 which is 2-2

 

[FrankZ]

Please win 3 games or more

 

[RUDave_01]

Get me 3 more for 16 overall wins and tying last year's record if 7 B1G wins.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Feeling it ...a shot being 8-2/17-4 ...hard to predict four more wins ...but is POSSIBLE

 

[Arizona Knight]

3-1 would be fantastic and a reasonable forecast.

 

[Scangg]

One bad game and we drop 1 but we can definitely beat all of these teams. We should be favored in all 3 home games. We stomped Iowa on the road last year. They do not match up well against us. We have Geo back and basically a new player in the improved version of Young. We still possibly could improve by a lot offensively and the D is consistent night after night

 

[Good-Knight]

Minny is the toughest one, but since it's at the RAC, I think we'll be favored. 3-1 seems like a good shot. February is TOUGH. We'd be doing well to go 4-4 in Feb .

 

[AshCatchEm]

Minny is the toughest one, but since it's at the RAC, I think we'll be favored. 3-1 seems like a good shot. February is TOUGH. We'd be doing well to go 4-4 in Feb .

I don't think it's tough at all. Gonna stomp them.

 

[ecojew]

I don't think it's tough at all. Gonna stomp them.

Admins - please remove this post. I don't want the team to see it, LOL!

 

[fluoxetine]

4-0 12.4% => 6 seed
3-1 40.2% => 6 seed
2-2 35.6% => 9 seed
1-3 10.9% => 11 seed (non first four)
0-4 0.8% => out

 

[jersey07080]

Iowa on the road will be tough. I know we have recent history in that arena and have played Iowa pretty well but the trends this year for the home teams are pretty glaring.

 

[Joey Bacala]

Hoping for 3-1 because February and March are a gauntlet.

 

[Upstream]

I was going to select 3-1, since I think that is reasonable. But how can I predict that Rutgers will lose a game. Right now Rutgers is favored in the 3 home games. The game at Iowa will be tough, but I think we pull it out. So that is 4-0.

 

[seels2662]

I actually think we need to go 3-1 to ensure us of an NCAA bid. We have to protect ourselves since any of the last four games will be very very tough and we want to make sure we are in even if we go 0-4 to close out the season.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

There is really no way to know what games will carry more or less importance just yet.

On paper, the February games look like a gauntlet but we played 4 games with 20 total minutes of Geo Baker and 2 were on the road.

I think Purdue and Minnesota are better equipped to win on the road than Indiana but I also think or believe RU will be better in February than December or early January.

Are some of these teams going to be improving, leveling off or just getting to the finish line in Feburary??

If RU plays a solid game Sunday and is able to contain Carr and Oturu, it would be a much better sign than many believe. This is a battle tested roster and they have shot makers from 3 and an interior player in Oturu that can get points on Myles and Shaq, if he gets going.

Give me 1-0 on Sunday and then move onto Iowa City.

 

[RUHouston]

For Iowa, let's hope we see Ron Redeux! He torched them last year and I'm sure they have him penciled in to defend against him this year...the beauty is, we have many different daggers to stab with!

 

[216 Row E]

I have us at 3-1 figuring Iowa and Purdue could go either way. Really in this league any game can go either way. Hopefully we win at Iowa since I will be there:WideSmile:

 

[FrankZ]

Really need this Minnesota game over with a win in the books. Speaking of which they better flee this icebox soon - heavy snow starting now, with blizzard winds expected tomorrow.

 

[RUJMM78]

Minny is the toughest one, but since it's at the RAC, I think we'll be favored. 3-1 seems like a good shot. February is TOUGH. We'd be doing well to go 4-4 in Feb .

Iowa is the toughest of the four games because its on the road and Garza is a really tough matchup inside.

 

[Scangg]

Iowa is the toughest of the four games because its on the road and Garza is a really tough matchup inside.

I like this matchup better than Oturo for Myles

 

[rupittsburgh]

Winning @Iowa is gonna be hard. I am hoping for 4-0, but I have a feeling it will be 3-1; hopefully no worse.

 

[read option]

gimme the pen for 7-3 which is a 3-1 close out. RU still in decent shape at 6-4 which is 2-2

Look at the last 5 games of the season. We need to be 3-1 in the next 4.

 

[Goku]

Is it wrong that I feel like these next 2 games are must win game? I guess they are not, but if we win them, then we play with house money again vs Michigan at MSG.

I guess another question is if the 2/1 Michigan and 2/4 MD duo of games a situation where we must go at least 1-1 and not drop both of them. I guess if we win vs Nebraska and Purdue, we can afford to lose the next 2, but I just feel like we need to pick off either the Wolverines or the Terps too.

 

[fluoxetine]

4-0 12.4% => 6 seed
3-1 40.2% => 6 seed
2-2 35.6% => 9 seed
1-3 10.9% => 11 seed (non first four)
0-4 0.8% => out

3-1 66.8% => 6 seed
2-2 30.9% => 8 seed
1-3 2.3% => 10 seed

 

[zebnatto]

The league is so incredibly balanced that any scenario is possible.