Basketball LIVE THREAD/PREVIEW: Rutgers Hoops versus Michigan

[Caliknight]

Martelli is a better coach than Howard.

 

[FIJI'83]

Horribly, horribly, horribly disappointing

 

[mildone]

Pike shoulda called a timeout with 0.5 seconds left.

 

[FrankZ]

2-11 Geo, 2-8 PM. Dreadful

 

[Ridge 22]

Pathetic effort all around (other than Cliff)

 

[ScarletteK80]

These refs hate paul

oh well, he pisses, and moans at them constantly.

 

[RUfromNJ]

Everything about that game seemed off from the start

 

[socaldave]

Shows you how important Pauls play has been
Did having Martinelli work to their advantage?
I think he out coached Pike

 

[runner3283]

Huh? Paul let the team down tonight with his whiny, crappy play.

X10000

 

[koleszar]

Outside of a few random moments, Geo has morphed into a very average player

2 of 12 is not even average.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Martelli is a better coach than Howard.

Never a doubt about that

 

[fluoxetine]

Forget it … Wisconsin will take it to you, Indy will play out of their mind, then PSU will get that 20 point lead at the RAC where RU closes the gap with a loss … finish up 16-14

Didn’t you ****ing morons learn yet? Or do we need to bump the dOeS aNyOnE sEe AnOtHeR wIn thread again?

 

[Ridge 22]

2 of 12 is not even average.

True

 

[ScarletteK80]

No fight in Mulcahy tonight. He’s broken and sulking

He needs to grow up.

 

[GRU23]

Rough game, but just one. We seem to play well when our backs are really up against the wall, hope we pull it out

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Geo Baker = Gary Nova When they are good they are among the best when off they are really bad. Way way to inconsistent.

Crept that Nova showed up for his last year.

 

[greenknight]

Just didnt come to play very disappointing

 

[ScarletNut]

Horrible defensive game, always a step behind. Bad offense can be overcome with good defense (i.e. vs Iowa).

 

[RUJMM78]

71-62 final score.Pathetic performance in a game that had such importance for NCAA selection.

 

[RUfubar]

He needs to grow up.

Actually thought he was more mature than most. Well this is a good learning point then for him.

 

[cm_13]

Didn’t you ****ing morons learn yet? Or do we need to bump the dOeS aNyOnE sEe AnOtHeR wIn thread again?

But we lost so obviously we’ll never win ever again.

 

[Knightmoves]

Pathetic disgraceful loss

Disgraceful?

They were hot and we were cold tonight.

 

[SantaFeScarlet]

"Surging Rutgers ballclub"...which game was the announcer watching

 

[Mr Magoo]

Shows you how important Pauls play has been
Did having Martinelli work to there advantage?
I think he out coached Pike

Team played like crap from the opening tip. Hard to blame Pike on this one. I blame Geo for appearing not to care and Mulcahy for sulking and bitching the whole game more than that .

 

[richthedentist]

Why wasn’t Caleb guarding Huston he is there best offensive player and torched us from 3

 

[bethlehemfan]

Geo and Paul were brutally bad tonight.

 

[RU848789]

Cliff with 17 on 8-9 shooting and Ron with 19 on 8-14 shooting and Caleb with an ok 9 on 4-9 shooting, but it was Paul at 2-8 and Geo at 2-11 with 3 assists between them that did us in.

 

[rubjk]

Shows you how important Pauls play has been
Did having Martinelli work to there advantage?
I think he out coached Pike

Yup, but Pike out coached 5 top 25 coaches. Onto next opponent. Can’t win them all.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Crept that Nova showed up for his last year.

Geo has for the most part been good this year. Hes had some scoring performances. Is he as good as most people act like he is? Nope, not close. Some think hes like rafter worthy haha. But hes not bad at all. Hes your classic hot and cold player. A poor mans jeremy hazell imo

 

[Scangg]

This is who Geo is. He has very few big games with some good play and bad games mixed in but those ceiling games are rare and people expect them more than he delivers

 

[RUfromNJ]

I have no faith this team goes into Assembly Hall and wins, so they’ll have to hold serve at home, as always.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Just a bad game. Without Mulcahy playing well we are just a completely different team

Refs took him out of the game early and often. Geo needed to step up. Didn't happen.

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Did this whole game feel B1G shady like the fixing results that needed to be Michigan for the betterment of the conference?
Like Michigan's record couldn't go down 14-12 here, just seemed so rehearsed and non chalant the whole game.

 

[blueoyster]

I think Martelli pulled this one out for Michigan. Listen to the interview as he left the court. He def hit the right psychology buttons for his team...impressive!!

 

[rufeelinit]

Michigan played well in the second half. The only defensive energy I saw was the last three minutes of the game when it was desperation time. Why is that? Other than Cliff and Mag/Miller on defense the rest of the team was pretty bad. We may look back at this one with significant regret depending on how the season finishes. Of course there are several of these littered throughout the season.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

oh well, he pisses, and moans at them constantly.

Yeah but that doesn't mean he's wrong. See Miles Johnson last year.
He needs to shut up but his coach needs to say something.

( My apologies if you saw me say " see Mike's Johnson " before the edit lol)

 

[bitnez]

Defensive rotation was bad all night. Slow and late. I don’t get it. Wisconsin is critical now

 

[Scangg]

Cliff somehow only had 3 rebounds

With the offense struggling and stagnant anyway and Paul and Geo struggling... this was a game to go to Cliff in the post. We did it like twice and Cliff scored. Plus they had no center depth. Puts perssure on Dickinson

 

[Rutgers25]

Cliff with 17 on 8-9 shooting and Ron with 19 on 8-14 shooting and Caleb with an ok 9 on 4-9 shooting, but it was Paul at 2-8 and Geo at 2-11 with 3 assists between them that did us in.

and the lack of any bench …

 

[socaldave]

Circumstances no doubt worked against us in this game