Basketball LISTEN UP! Coach Pikiell previews Iowa game

[Richie O]

https://rutgers.rivals.com/news/rutgers-mbb-coach-steve-pikiell-previews-iowa-part-ii

 

[ScarletDave]

Is this all of a sudden a “trap” game? We were a second away from beating them like a week ago, now they have no head coach, but with the way PSU is playing is the fan base looking ahead? Hopefully the team is not. This is a rare winnable game at Carver Hawkeye but it’s so hard to stay close there. We were just blowing out MSU by 11 in the second half and almost lost by 20 in the end. Have to push hard for the full game, revenge has to be on the mind !!

 

[dkostus]

Is this all of a sudden a “trap” game? We were a second away from beating them like a week ago, now they have no head coach, but with the way PSU is playing is the fan base looking ahead? Hopefully the team is not. This is a rare winnable game at Carver Hawkeye but it’s so hard to stay close there. We were just blowing out MSU by 11 in the second half and almost lost by 20 in the end. Have to push hard for the full game, revenge has to be on the mind !!

I think a lot may be how Iowa reacts at the beginning, and if we can weather a run if they come out on fire due to senior night and rallying around Fran's suspension. They could deflate not having him there, too... really really hard to predict. Is his hit head son going to come out and press too hard and commit a bunch of turnovers? Bohannon is kind of a hot head complainer too... how are those two guys, their starting backcourt, gonna deal with the refs given the situation?

 

[Degaz-RU]

Is this all of a sudden a “trap” game? We were a second away from beating them like a week ago, now they have no head coach, but with the way PSU is playing is the fan base looking ahead? Hopefully the team is not. This is a rare winnable game at Carver Hawkeye but it’s so hard to stay close there. We were just blowing out MSU by 11 in the second half and almost lost by 20 in the end. Have to push hard for the full game, revenge has to be on the mind !!

We lost to MSU 71-60.

There's no way our team will look past Iowa. Au contraire, after the ridiculous way we lost to Iowa the first go-found, I'm sure they want to beat the Hawkeyes with every fiber of their collective being this time.

 

[RUBigFrank]

Based on how we lost - can't believe team would be looking beyond this rematch.

PSU looms far in the distance.

 

[RUHouston]

I don't think our program is in a position to look past ANYONE yet. That said, yeah, I hope we kick their tails!