Just better than Wisky

[FrankZ]

If refs didn’t pine Myles, this matchup isn’t close

 

[bac2therac]

Yes

 

[Plum Street]

Still nice . Any conference win is a big deal .

 

[PatrickRU92]

we clearly had the better athletes, not even close really.

We could still some 3 pointers though0__0

 

[ScarletKid2008]

Agreed. Great and convincing win. But don’t feel Wisc is a great team this year. Bottom half , maybe even bottom third. But we have to win these to pull ourselves above

 

[MadRU]

Very big win. We would have lost if I was coach. I would have pulled Geo after that pass off the backboard.

 

[FrankZ]

we clearly had the better athletes, not even close really.

We could still some 3 pointers though0__0

I will not comment on our shooting tonight. I will not comment on our shooting tonight...

 

[Rutgers83]

Great win. Any win in B1G is great.

 

[knight82]

This win could be big in terms of who has to play on day one of the Big Ten tournament and who doesn't

 

[RU MAN]

If refs didn’t pine Myles, this matchup isn’t close

Agreed. Officials were horrible tonight. But as Andy Katz said afterwards, and I'm paraphrasing, "Wisconsin doesn't have that go to guy. Rutgers does. They have Geo Baker."

 

[RU848789]

If refs didn’t pine Myles, this matchup isn’t close

Just said that in the game thread. Honestly, if we were simply an average shooting team, we'd easily be a bubble team. We should've won this game by 15.

 

[bac2therac]

Very big win. We would have lost if I was coach. I would have pulled Geo after that pass off the backboard.

The best thing we saw is Geo came back from that few minute stretch toward the end of the first half..he became a man

 

[RU82]

I thought we were dialed in defensively pretty much the whole game tonight.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Was over on one of Wisconsin sites and I read the funniest post from one of their fans:

MarquetteIsDirty wrote: ↑
26 minutes ago
Does anybody have the number for the bullying hotline? I’d like to report Rutgers. Physically overmatched across the board.

 

[MadRU]

We are better against teams that are not fast. Good matchup for us, still have to win the game, we did.

 

[bac2therac]

I thought we were dialed in defensively pretty much the whole game tonight.

Yes..our offensive decision making was spotty but our defense in the half court was best of the season

 

[FastMJ]

Solid on the boards at both ends. Need better free throw shooting

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Wisconsin fans are b*tching about how bad Rutgers is, and they can't wrap their minds around the fact Rutgers owns them at the RAC. I never saw fans wish cruel and means things on college kids. This is one of the reasons why I have no respect for a lot of teams in the B1G.

 

[LOU-RU85]

We played excellent D tonight. This was a very good win and will be good momentum for Sat.

 

[e5fdny]

Wisconsin fans are b*tching about how bad Rutgers is, and they can't wrap their minds around the fact Rutgers owns them at the RAC. I never saw fans wish cruel and means things on college kids. This is one of the reasons why I have no respect for a lot of teams in the B1G.

Haven’t been to a MBB game against them but will say I was very disappointed with what I saw at Football.

Want to be like their program but after seeing and experiencing them in person...not their fans.

 

[bac2therac]

3 straight

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Does RU play at Wisky this season?

 

[RU82]

Solid on the boards at both ends. Need better free throw shooting

When Myles went to the line and knocked down two, I knew it was our night.

 

[FrankZ]

When Myles went to the line and knocked down two, I knew it was our night.

Truth

 

[Rutgers1976]

3 straight

And the loss at MSG a couple of years ago was one we should have won...blew a lead in the last minute and lost in OT.

 

[FrankZ]

And the loss at MSG a couple of years ago was one we should have won...blew a lead in the last minute and lost in OT.

That hurt

 

[shields]

Believe Sa was at foul line and he was terrible at the line.

 

[RUJMM78]

Very big win. We would have lost if I was coach. I would have pulled Geo after that pass off the backboard.

There were a number of really bad passes that were head scratchers.

 

[RU-ROCS]

If refs didn’t pine Myles, this matchup isn’t close

Agreed. My son is a recent Badger grad and has constantly lamented Greg Gard’s total inability to bring in quality players. His incoming class is finally a good one, but they have very little talent on the current squad. It’s amazing how quickly they faltered after Bo Ryan retired.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Agreed. Great and convincing win. But don’t feel Wisc is a great team this year. Bottom half , maybe even bottom third. But we have to win these to pull ourselves above

Indiana disagrees

 

[scarletfanatic]

Just said that in the game thread. Honestly, if we were simply an average shooting team, we'd easily be a bubble team. We should've won this game by 15.

Refs would not let it get out of hand

 

[DirtyRU]

Does RU play at Wisky this season?

Yes.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Another funny quote from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/spor...-lack-fundamentals-plague-badgers/4396662002/

Rutgers guard Caleb McConnell converted a three-point play with 45.3 seconds left; Reuvers missed a three-pointer; and Johnson scored inside wit 24.7 seconds left.

UW's deficit was 70-61 and Rutgers fans were screaming: Warm up the bus.

Given the way the Badgers took care of the ball and failed to hold up on the glass, it wouldn't have been a surprise if the team bus broke down on the way to the airport.

Btw, a good chunk of them said Rutgers should have lost the game because they just threw up shoots, and crashed the boards while fouling UW. A few said Rutgers shot selection in the second was worse than the first half...WTF. Rutgers shot 55% from the floor in the second half.

 

[FrankZ]

Agreed. My son is a recent Badger grad and has constantly lamented Greg Gard’s total inability to bring in quality players. His incoming class is finally a good one, but they have very little talent on the current squad. It’s amazing how quickly they faltered after Bo Ryan retired.

Stunning drop-off compared to the Kaminsky-less team we beat a few years back.

 

[TDIrish27]

2 # 1 draft choices on that team---great club.

Game was won on the glass last night.

Hopefully Baker's excellent play continues.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

My son is a recent Badger grad and has constantly lamented Greg Gard’s total inability to bring in quality players. His incoming class is finally a good one, but they have very little talent on the current squad. It’s amazing how quickly they faltered after Bo Ryan retired.

I wish RU would falter like Wiscy. Since Ryan retired, Gard's teams have earned three NCAA berths in four years, including two appearances in the Sweet 16.

 

[Big boy stan]

Not sure how many of Johnson's fouls this year come from late picks at the top of the key but it seems like a lot (most?). Considering how important he is to everything else the team needs to do, I am wondering why Pike keeps putting him in that situation.

 

[YoucancallmeRay]

Not sure how many of Johnson's fouls this year come from late picks at the top of the key but it seems like a lot (most?). Considering how important he is to everything else the team needs to do, I am wondering why Pike keeps putting him in that situation.

It's part of their offense (and many teams also use a high screen), but it's probably more the fault of the player that Myles is screening for since the player must not make his move off the screen until Myles, or any screener, is completely set. A lot of times, the player moves before Myles is totally set. When it's Myle's fault is when he actively moves into the defender that they're screening. I think Myles and the other big are getting better at this. Myles has also improved his verticality, but needs to be careful of reach ins. He's getting there.

 

[Big boy stan]

I get the offensive philosophy and agree that more the half the time it is the cutter's fault more then the man setting the pick. Knowing all that, does it make sense to run that play with a player that gets in foul trouble and is so important to the team. There are other plays that wouldn't leave it up to the refs to decide if Johnson gets to play the last 10 minutes of the game.