We are definitely in the NCAA Tourney last year if Mag wasn't injured. This down year is on Pike imo because of the recruiting misses, poor roster/portal management, and Mag being out early in the season together with his mixed results coming back (looks like he got dinged-up again and now has quit on us).
THANK YOU. YOU get it. I didn't say he sucked and even noted that his credentials were missing a tourney year. But ya know. To some you just can't hurt feelings.
Well it's tourney time (including the B1G) and he's 18-31 in his last 7 each of his 7 seasons ..assuming he beats OSU. If he loses to OSU and then the first round BTT that will be 16-33.
The guy successfully recruited a 2024 class that is so far above anything we've ever seen here or had a right to expect at Rutgers. And some fans here are talking about his seat being "hot" ?
This isn’t 1980! His standard HE set was the tournament. He has made it once and once to the play in game. His coaching down the stretch the last 3 seasons in crunch time is far far below average. We live in a new world where we pay MILLIONS to players to come to Rutgers. We are asking 6 figures for season tickets. Go back to the barn. This is a new day where we want excellence.
Never been an elite basketball team. It has had big wins but you can’t be ranked 13 Nationally and in 3 weeks miss the tournament. Thats a meltdown and definitely not an elite basketball team
Or we could have signed Hurley(yes u know the story), Willard, Shaeen etc. multiple coaches who have had more success. Now that we are willing to pay coaches doesn’t mean we hire Eddie Jordan. You’re either moving forward or back. 5 years in a row Pike going backwards
Over the last five years
Actually he does have a declining record and team the last 5 years.
When they charge you more than Duke next year to attend games for a team that has gotten worse 5 years in a row don’t complain. When they move all of those lower seats season ticket holders out don’t complain. Just rub the statue they build for Pike who made one tournament in 10 years doesn’t develop players and can not coach offense.
Seton hall went 2016, 2017, 2018,2019,2022 and will go this year and they play in a harder division. What are you talking about? Pretty sure Pike started in 2016
without Pike it would have been years before we ever updated facilities --take it from those that actually donated to get them---not from those that know shyt
Fully aware of what and who donated but thank you. Once again I did not create the Standard Pike did and he’s 1 for 10 and has a declining team 5 years in a row. Facts can hurt. He has a good thing on paper coming in hopefully. No excuses or it’s time to move on
I understood your last sentence to have been asserted and debunked.
Pikes been living on this recruiting class for 3 years . No automatic that we are good next year. Gavin has been unplayable all year long. Now I truly believe in Ace but no guarantees
I was talking big ten record. It’s an exceedingly dumb take to suggest 3 years with no material difference in record indicates a trend.
Correct. What some of our dimmer friends don’t get is it’s hard to recruit players to rutgers that are willing to sit on the bench. Even with that if not for the late defections and JWills delay we would be in the bubble again.
Ok cherry pick what numbers you wish but simply 5 years ago we were a 645 % team and it’s highly likely we finish below 500 this year. Thats a bad 5 year trend. On top of poor player development and lack of offense for his entire tenure. Everyone take a deep breath appreciate some big wins but the program as a whole has come up short
That was one year. Like this is one year. Talk about cherry picking. Have a nice day.
I gave you the 5 year trend numbers year by year. . If you want I can go back and give you his first 5 years. Brutal and then that would be cherry picking.
Confused because last year we played the easiest non conference schedule and recorded the worst lost in Ken Pom history.
The roster is currently not good enough. It’s that simple. If they had a healthy Mag and J Will all season or Paul and Cam stayed, this team would have been a decent team. Thats on Pike but he is fixing it immediately.
J will big liability on defense. Continues to miss rotations play lazy and hang his teammates out to dry. Needs to clean that up. Was brutal defensively last night and can he try not to slide and fall down 5 times a game?
Ok I’ll take your word for it but I think we can both agree are non conference schedule both seasons was extremely easy. Hell, all we heard after being left out the tournament was how bad/easy are non conference schedule was. On top of that we ended up losing the worst loss in College hoops history. Either way that doesn’t factor into Pikes declining success
J Will is a very good to great one on one defender. Not worried.
Ok good! Problem is we run way too many defensive team concepts and he is lost. Obviously he missed time and you would hope that will develop with reps. Last night was a big problem. J will and Hyatt on the floor together is unwatchable.
The point I’m making is:
I understand now! One could easily argue the overall level of conference opponents strength is down.. the big ten is simply not as good so we should have been better in conference.
You’re using a non conference schedule littered with bad teams to support yours. When the big ten this year might be the worse it’s been in over a decade. Do we ignore outside of Purdue and Illinois the big ten is just an avg to bad conference?
