Basketball INSTANT REACTION: Rutgers Basketball falls to No. 14 Illinois 86-63

[RutHut]

Keep fighting!

 

[Scangg]

Davis hustle elite

Rebound and we can steal this

 

[RUChoppin]

Maybe us armchair coaches at home are wrong about Noah and Oskar.

Fernandes has years of production showing he's better than this. It's just he hasn't really shown it in a Rutgers uniform yet

 

[RUGiddy777]

One thing you can almost always say about Pike teams is that the effort will be there. Great run after going down 15 to get to within 5. If that friggin' goaltending reversal actually affects the game, that will be a travesty.

Glad to see it. That was probably the most frustrating part of the early season - just didn’t see the effort. Proud of the fight.

 

[bac2therac]

Are you on YouTube TV? Sometimes it loads up a minute behind and you have to jump to “live”

Comcast

 

[NickRU714]

Hawkings seems very natural handling the ball.
Is this what to expect with Sommerville?
Or is he more power over finesse?

 

[sct1111]

Hawkings seems very natural handling the ball.
Is this what to expect with Sommerville?
Or is he more power over finesse?

Somerville has like 50 pounds on Hawkins

 

[RutgersChow]

Almost like he doesn’t understand angles when he goes up to finish. And his frame is an obvious detriment

And his touch from the foul line is why he will ultimately be a good shooter from everywhere else.

 

[Scangg]

Forced missed 3 and can't get the board. Rebounding Rebounding Rebounding

Illinois is shooting poorly from deep. Keep up the pressure 💪

 

[NickRU714]

Somerville has like 50 pounds on Hawkins

Haha. Tell me you don't follow recruits without telling me you don't follow recruits.

 

[RU205]

Why am at least a minute behind watching on btn

I have optimum but never “upgraded” to the new fiber optic cable. I still have the regular coaxial cable and the feed come in much faster.

 

[NickRU714]

My kids saw the Big Ten map commercial for the first time last game. They were waiting with bated breath for Rutgers to show up.
It's really great how we show up last to end it.

 

[bac2therac]

Forced missed 3 and can't get the board. Rebounding Rebounding Rebounding

Illinois is shooting poorly from deep. Keep up the pressure 💪

I know its part of their game but Illinois stopped shooting 3s they would be up double digits again

 

[FIJI'83]

Forced missed 3 and can't get the board. Rebounding Rebounding Rebounding

Illinois is shooting poorly from deep. Keep up the pressure 💪

36-24 rebounding disparity.

 

[bac2therac]

That place sure got quiet

 

[RUChoppin]

My kids saw the Big Ten map commercial for the first time last game. They were waiting with bated breath for Rutgers to show up.
It's really great how we show up last to end it.

Until the B1G expands to Europe, lol

 

[robjknight]

Hawkins walked before Cliff foul

 

[bitnez]

Hawkins walked

 

[The RUT]

Comcast

Can’t help you there

 

[OldManRiver]

look...they're shooting FTs like us...lol

 

[FIJI'83]

Hawkins walked

 

[Scangg]

Feed Cliff! Most dunks this season seems like

 

[cm_13]

Fernandes has been awesome this half so far.

 

[Eagleton96]

Wow they made some shots! Pike’s a genius!

 

[NickRU714]

Why am at least a minute behind watching on btn

Just tagged you in a thread @AreYouNUTS started a couple weeks ago. It's all of us on Xfinity it seems.

 

[cm_13]

Cliff was 1000% fouled on the second attempt.

 

[robjknight]

5 steps on that Shannon drive

 

[RUChoppin]

Shannon, getting his steps in today

 

[OldManRiver]

What a travel by Shannon...ref just looking at ball

 

[NickRU714]

Clif really needed a usable left hand on those two attempts.

 

[RUDeac]

Should just foul the rapist

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

how's that not a walk on shannon

 

[bac2therac]

Cliff needed to convert there... i fear turning point on that miss and Shann back to back drives

 

[Scangg]

Damn. That run sucked

 

[PatrickRU92]

Hawkins walked

Rutgers

 

[Sweet Peas Corner]

Cheering for a rapist Hahahahahaha

 

[RUby RED]

And his touch from the foul line is why he will ultimately be a good shooter from everywhere else.

Good shooter 😂😂

 

[bitnez]

Tell me one other big guy in the league who is dominate like Cliff today who never gets a foul call?

 

[The RUT]

Hawkins whines so much

 

[Scangg]

Cliff was 1000% fouled on the second attempt.

Agreed. I think that's one of those where Cliff rushed it so didn't get the call but that shouldn't matter