Michigan vs Rutgers / Game Thread

[RUChoppin]

this...yes the Sanders call was bad but in general this game has been even...they will always miss some either way...its not the reason RU is losing if people are honest and have been paying attention

It's not why we're losing, but it has been bad this game. Almost officiating on the level of a women's basketball game

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Pikiell is understandably ticked off.

Forget the total number of fouls called. They are simply not calling the same game on both ends.

You can hear him yelling “13’s moving” moving ****ing screen every possession

 

[bac2therac]

Pikiell is understandably ticked off.

Forget the total number of fouls called. They are simply not calling the same game on both ends.

if I were Pike I would be more ticked off about the dreadful offense and its execution

 

[kcg88]

Thiam 3 with a guy in his face! Warms my heart to see him shoot that.

 

[RU848789]

Last chance to make a run here? And Geo with an air ball....

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Geo. Man, what a freakin' horror show today.

 

[SirScarlet]

if I were Pike I would be more ticked off about the dreadful offense and its execution

Yeah except I can chew gum and walk at the same time.

I can say that we are not giving enough effort and the referees are bad. Not sure why you guys who always think that the universe is completely balanced and equal and every referee is perfect can't get that through your thick skulls ;)

Lol

 

[RocktheRac]

Geo. Man, what a freakin' horror show today.

Refs fault? To some it should be. Meanwhile a non call on RU on the foul with Michigan player shooting.

 

[RUChoppin]

They've been playing really physical on geo all game, and taking him out of his rhythm. Of course with all that physical defense, he hasn't been fouled once. :Rolleyes:

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Thiam 3 with a guy in his face! Warms my heart to see him shoot that.

Yeah, but he needs to force the issue more. Can't have Bullock with more attempts than Issa. How ridiculous is that?

 

[80RU]

yes...and I do not like it, seen it before, that type of behavior will not get you in the good graces of refs

I usually would agree with you. This game, they needed to hear it.

 

[G- RUnit]

Pike like Ash sometimes seems way too nice. Time to get in refs’ faces for awful calls.

 

[bac2therac]

lets give credit to Michigan defense though and to Rutgers defense...its ugly on both parts, is anyone surprise by this today...RU at least has kept within striking distance throughout. This is a borderline top 25 but likely NCAA team on their home court...overall not a bad effort despite our defeciencies which we already know about

 

[biazza38]

I can’t stand games officiating this way. Even if there are cheap calls against Umich. You can’t call that many soft calls in a game. What joke today was.

 

[RUJMM78]

Freeman is one of the few Rutgers players that wants the ball.Rutgers has one assist for the game .

 

[RUChow]

One assist today. Tells you all you need to know. They have 16.

 

[biazza38]

I’m sorry, but did they really just call that on Geo? You could have called that on Umich on every possession

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Freeman is one of the few Rutgers players that wants the ball.Rutgers has one assist for the game .

Baker leads the team in assists for the season but he has been completely frustrated in this game.

 

[RUChoppin]

Pike like Ash sometimes seems way too nice. Time to get in refs’ faces for awful calls.

I agree. I remember a play against Michigan State where Izzo went up to the ref all calm saying "it was a good call, it was a good call" and then proceeded to scream his head off at him.

 

[soundcrib]

Good graces with the refs? Like we are now sitting quiet?

 

[scarletKNIGHT07]

Where is the 3 point foul for RU? I've seen about 20 calls against the men and women this season but maybe seen us shoot 3 free throws once

Not allowed until we get our full B1G share

 

[SirScarlet]

I’m sorry, but did they really just call that on Geo? You could have called that on Umich on every possession

This is what I've been saying since the beginning of the game. And why I'm so frustrated. They've been letting the Michigan guards do that to us the entire game. They took Corey and Geo out of rhythm very early.

 

[soundcrib]

Call made after he blew the layup

 

[ColonelRutgers]

I agree. I remember a play against Michigan State where Izzo went up to the ref all calm saying "it was a good call, it was a good call" and then proceeded to scream his head off at him.

Pikiell is in the ear of the officials all game. He doesn't need to make a show of it and get T'd up and hurt the team because we are not good enough to overcome that. Plus, Pikiell isn't Izzo. Officials are not going to give a Steve Pikiell as much rope as a Tom Izzo. Pikiell complained to the league office after MSU. I'm sure he is getting his point across.

 

[PatrickRU92]

oh well . Refs sucked but thats not why we lost.

UM has 5 guys on the court seemingly at all times that can make shots from anywhere on the court. You have to score more than 60 points to beat a team like this. We have 45 with less than 2 left.

Lack of offensive options just will perpetually hinder us from being good.

 

[DHajekRC84]

So we should continue to stay silent about the refs right?!!!

that's coaches job. right in front of him....I would have lost my crap on that one. he has to protect his team...

 

[RUJMM78]

Michigan 62-47 with less than a minute remaining.

 

[SirScarlet]

that's coaches job. right in front of him....I would have lost my crap on that one. he has to protect his team...

I think our coach does a really good job balancing not yelling every time but giving it to them when needed. It will take time. But it is very frustrating. And it's definitely not the reason we lost, but that's not the point.

 

[RUChoppin]

Pikiell is in the ear of the officials all game. He doesn't need to make a show of it and get T'd up and hurt the team because we are not good enough to overcome that. Plus, Pikiell isn't Izzo. Officials are not going to give a Steve Pikiell as much rope as a Tom Izzo. Pikiell complained to the league office after MSU. I'm sure he is getting his point across.

At that point in the game, getting T'd up would not have hurt the team. Sometimes it's worth getting a T to show the players you're going to battle for them.

 

[G- RUnit]

That time out was message to refs too.

Sometimes you have to let Refs know will not tolerate.

 

[RUChow]

Refs didn't lose us the game. They took Sanders and Gio right out of the game. They defended and got open shots. We defended and were forced to go 1 on 1.

 

[mikemarc1]

If Rutgers was even an average offensive team, I don’t think there would be a lot of complaining about the refs.

 

[JimmyJack39]

Not having Williams will cost us at least 1 conference win this year. Key loss for us

 

[dollarbill]

No center. Freeman reminds me of Rashod Kent. Uphill climb under this scenario. $$$$

 

[DHajekRC84]

I think our coach does a really good job balancing not yelling every time but giving it to them when needed. It will take time. But it is very frustrating. And it's definitely not the reason we lost, but that's not the point.

correct and correct :)

 

[RUJMM78]

oh well . Refs sucked but thats not why we lost.

UM has 5 guys on the court seemingly at all times that can make shots from anywhere on the court. You have to score more than 60 points to beat a team like this. We have 45 with less than 2 left.

Lack of offensive options just will perpetually hinder us from being good.

Its no accident that Rutgers has only won 1 league game on the road since joining the B1G.

 

[kcg88]

We still haven't lost a Big Ten game that we either should have won or was a tossup (40% or more chance to win) going in. Let's keep that up against Nebraska (49% chance to win on KenPom).

 

[PatrickRU92]

Its no accident that Rutgers has only won 1 league game on the road since joining the B1G.

The object of the game is to score points, and sadly thats what we don't do well.

 

[sct1111]

The object of the game is to score points, and sadly thats what we don't do well.

We do play elite defense though. If we have an average offense we have a winning record in the conference.

 

[RUTrack94]

Checked the score and glad I enjoyed lunch instead ... 0 for 1 today, but still have wrestling and Women’s BB