Maryland 50 OSU 17
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Makes me more worried for Saturday tbh
83-59 final
Maryland looks much improved and you gotta play defense to win in this league
Maryland looks much improved and you gotta play defense to win in this league
Wow, dominated. They are going to be looking for a big bounce back win
Pike has a full week to prepare though. Team will be well rested
Pike has a full week to prepare though. Team will be well rested
Oh please that’s a huge exaggeration.
While I understand your point, any Big Ten road win is terrific, IMO ... but it scares me when a team gets hammered before the RU game . OSU will very likely be mad, and out for blood - and at home, no less.
Yikes ! Ryan Day definitely getting fired now !
Not a no win, at this point RU needs wins, period. Also, it’s a Big 10 Road win and likely will be a Q1 if RU can get it (as long as OSU stays in top 75 this year in the NET). Definitely not a no win situation.
Good game tape for the film room.
Too much rest can be just as bad as too little.
I’ll take a win any way we can get it.
Too much rest can be just as bad as too little.
I’ll take a win any way we can get it.
Maryland played a trapping defense causing Ohio State turnovers and easy fast break baskets.
The best conclusion to draw from OSU’s first half debacle is:
Unexplainable bad bounces, horrific shooting and seemingly tireless energy from the opponent happens….Often after coaches say they had great practices.
Unexplainable bad bounces, horrific shooting and seemingly tireless energy from the opponent happens….Often after coaches say they had great practices.
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That might have been the best half Maryland has played in the Kevin Williard era. Not only was their offense clicking but they attacked Ohio State over and over. Even more impressively they harassed and attacked the Ohio State guards especially Thornton and took Ohio State out of everything they wanted to run. A complete half offense and defense.
Ohio state was missing Bradshaw but not sure it would make a difference.
Maryland is now another title contender.
Derik Queen is an absolute stud and if we had him at center, I love Lathan and he is going to take a little more time , but Queen is ready now. His moves , footwork and heady play was outstanding for any player let alone a freshman. He will go top 10 in the draft.
Ohio state was missing Bradshaw but not sure it would make a difference.
Maryland is now another title contender.
Derik Queen is an absolute stud and if we had him at center, I love Lathan and he is going to take a little more time , but Queen is ready now. His moves , footwork and heady play was outstanding for any player let alone a freshman. He will go top 10 in the draft.
agreed. while it is a common refrain for me, when you see something in past years like..
- Penn State has bad luck lost a lot of close games
followed by..
- Penn State leads the league in fouls
And then Rutgers favored by X..
You just know the refs are going to help Penn State recover from their "bad luck" and, quite suddenly,. they no longer commit fouls.
Ohio State will be helped by the refs... especially at home.
I’ve never understood how any referee or umpire in any sport is influenced by the home venue.
I just can’t believe it’s willful
Not sure what your point is. Queen was a Top 15-20 player (or higher) coming out of high school ... Sommerville was not. Queen was a McDonald's All American player ... Sommerville was not.
IMO Queen was the 2nd best player in that McDonald's All America All Star game, to Harper (and remember, Flagg, Bailey, Edgecombe, Tre Johnson and others were in that game as well ... I think Liam McNeely of UConn also) ... Sommerville was not in the game.
We got 2 of the top 5 recruits in the country - isn't that enough? Queen was never in play for RU. Sure, if RU had ALSO gotten another top 10-15 player we'd be better off than having Sommerville ... well, duh!
Other than that, I agree, Queen is very impressive and is a potential Top 10 NBA draft pick - not sure he is a one and done or not.
My point was not to demean Lathan but just to point out how further along Queen is . He was the second best player in the McDonald’s game after Dylan but seeing him do it against college competition , just like watching Dylan’s performances in Vegas has you marveling at just how good they are. . It was not to compare or lament not getting Queen. I am very happy with our freshman class and Lathan
It is weird I think it seems to work the opposite for Rutgers.. so you may be right.
The perception, in person, is that when the RAC really gets rockin' and loud.. refs seek to put a stop to the noise.
I wondered.. is it the trip from the airport that gets em in a bad mood?
The traffic?
The ref facilities at RAC? How are they treated in Iowa that gets every call in every sport vs Rutgers?
Guess you've never played baseball in Albany, NY. You couldn't go in there & expect a square game. Saw the New Rochelle Robins pull their team off the field in a semi pro tournament. We played the Albany Twilight league All-Star team there. Were down 1-0 late in game had a guy on first. Guy hit a shot & our runner, a very good base runner, scored. The Albany boys appealed that he didn't touch second. Base ump didn't see that he had missed it. They appealed to the home plate ump & he banged our guy out--from home plate. We were out of the inning. We should have walked off the field but the game was so close. We lost 1-0.
Schenectady was no guarantee that you'd get a square game. We pulled our team off the field in Pittsfield, Mass after getting hosed.
Don't remember getting hosed when we travelled in College, nor do I remember it happening when we played in the NY NJ League-- a terrific semi-pro league. Nor was it evident in a semi pro league I played in in NY's southern tier nor in The Columbia County Twilight League when I broke into semi-pro ball at 15 yrs. But it sure happened when I was coaching American Legion. When it happened it sure as shit wasn't accidental.
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Recall officials gambling scandals from years past and recognize now how commonplace and accessible sports gambling is today.
You just KNOW that there are more officials in sports today making calls to help bets they or their friends and family have made than ever before.
I see that it is quite cynical to assume that... but that is where I find myself.
You just KNOW that there are more officials in sports today making calls to help bets they or their friends and family have made than ever before.
I see that it is quite cynical to assume that... but that is where I find myself.
Do you remember the NBA ref who came clean in his book on the ref conspiracy to screw Alan Iverson.
I duuno.. the palming is something they should have stopped a long time ago.. allowing the roughing him up... don't like that. Hmm.. knowing they would do that.. I wonder if any of them tipped bettors. Same for hockey when the Devils coach was punished by officials for.. well, forever, right? And the Raiders still get punished for having Al Davis (and his family) as an owner. Tuck Rule? are you kidding me? There was never any tuck rule until they needed to screw the Raiders from getting back to the Superbowl.
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