Basketball INSTANT REACTION: Rutgers falls to Mississippi St. 70-60 in Gotham Classic

[FrankZ]

Gavin can't hit a shot.

Airball was nauseating

 

[RAC93]

Simpson has shown zero improvement as a sophomore from freshman year. He looks the exact same as last year.

 

[ClassOf02]

Gavin is way off on defense and his shots aren't falling. What do you expect Pike to do in a close game?

Gavin was great in the first hal. Best D of the season and strong with the ball to the basket. But he sits for the first 5 minutes of the second while the starters are putrid.

 

[RedTeam1994]

3 of cliffs 4 foul calls were bullshit

With that said - he needs to be smarter

 

[FmrMgrRU]

Oh wow Simpson missing a fast break layup with options to dish it to. What a surprise

 

[Joey Bags]

Rutgers cannot shoot

Thats my takeaway

Simpson 0/8. The rest aren’t as bad.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

It's a shame Simpson can't shoot. I've counted 0-for-8... does almost everything else well.

 

[jerzeyguy]

At this point, just put Peter Kiss in

 

[mikebal9]

What am I missing? I see nothing from Griffiths to suggest that he's more than a rotational piece. It's hard to see a huge difference between him and Palmquist.

 

[mugrat86]

Noah has to up his game

He did

 

[Degaz-RU]

Simpson 0-8

STOP FVCKING SHOOTING THE BALL!!!

 

[ScarletDave]

All of the “bad” things about the team came out today
- Simpson pathetic shooting
- Absolutely 0 rebounding
- 10 missed layups

Unfortunate because Miss State is playing terrible, sleepy christmas road trip like we hoped for. Still time but Pike has to figure it out now.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Wow

Doubled up on boards 30-15

These guys are huge. Cliff couldn't even grab a board.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Why doesn't Austin Williams play?

He’s as bad as Simpson.

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

How are we only 5 down?

 

[ScarletNut]

Waiting for Griffiths to break out of freshman nerves. For a highly rated recruit, he’s been disappointing IMO

 

[biazza38]

Simpson is just too inconsistent
You can have this many low percentage shooting games. It’s a lot to overcome

 

[FrankZ]

2-12 from 3 lol

 

[Joey Bags]

Problem with simpson is he follows up the miss with a defensive foul or dumb play the next possession. So it’s a double punch

 

[BOCA93]

Shooting 16% from 3 and getting doubled up on the boards

 

[koleszar]

Good job Palmquist, just look at the ball. Kid should not be on the court. WTF is Pike doing?

 

[bac2therac]

Absolutely zero fight or toughness

 

[Nycrusupporter]

Wow

Doubled up on boards 30-15

It’s crazy the game is even this close

 

[FmrMgrRU]

Omg no we’re screwed without Davis

 

[richthedentist]

Get Oskar out

 

[Joey Bags]

Game

 

[toby83]

Get Oskar out

Damage done too late

 

[Rokodesh]

Palmquist jesus christ

Pike put in the worst possible lineup down 7

 

[bac2therac]

Another Wake Forest performance

Reality setting in

 

[ClassOf02]

This is Bad News Bears level stuff.

 

[IL Lusciato]

This squad sucks.

 

[FIJI'83]

Oskar “Dead wood” Palmquist

 

[RAC93]

This is a god damn embarrassment

 

[Mr Magoo]

Men vs. boys today. Woodshed.

 

[richthedentist]

What is this lineup

 

[bac2therac]

Waiting for Griffiths to break out of freshman nerves. For a highly rated recruit, he’s been disappointing IMO

Hes the least of this teams troubles

 

[RUJMM78]

Rutgers cannot shoot

Thats my takeaway

Rutgers can't shoot even in front of a friendly crowd.What is going to happen at Ohio State and Iowa during the first week of January?

 

[IL Lusciato]

Simpson has shown zero improvement as a sophomore from freshman year. He looks the exact same as last year.

Worse.

 

[Corycord1]

This team is so soft

 

[mugrat86]

****ing Oskar. I said the guy shouldn’t be playing.In 2 minutes he got Davis hurt, got embarrassed on a dunk and missed a three