Most dominant RU performance in over 100 years!

[RU848789]

Ok, ok, maybe a little exaggeration, but holy cow, when was the last time we doubled somebody up? 79 to freakin' 37! Wow! And CCSU beat Hartford, who almost beat us, by 15, so it's not like we played a Div III team. Everything just clicked tonight. Our defense was stifling, leading to more dunks than I can recall by an RU team in ages. Our half court offense was pretty good, too, with nice ball movement and we weren't jacking up tons of threes, which is not our strength. Great win and we're now 8-1, having won more games than all of last season (7-25). After all we've been through as a program, this is really nice to see.

 

[RUsince52]

Ok, ok, maybe a little exaggeration, but holy cow, when was the last time we doubled somebody up? 79 to freakin' 37! Wow! And CCSU beat Hartford, who almost beat us, by 15, so it's not like we played a Div III team. Everything just clicked tonight. Our defense was stifling, leading to more dunks than I can recall by an RU team in ages. Our half court offense was pretty good, too, with nice ball movement and we weren't jacking up tons of threes, which is not our strength. Great win and we're now 8-1, having won more games than all of last season (7-25). After all we've been through as a program, this is really nice to see.

We're bowl eligible right now outside the conference.

 

[RUJMM78]

The second half turned out to be a dunk show with lots of turnovers and fast break dunks that excited the crowd.

 

[e5fdny]

The second half turned out to be a dunk show with lots of turnovers and fast break dunks that excited the crowd.

Which was how big?

 

[bac2therac]

Which was how big?

maybe 3K

 

[RUinOhio]

ccsu was SMALL. Hartford must have had an off night

 

[Scarletwoman]

ccsu was SMALL. Hartford must have had an off night

What a bunch of negatoids we have on this board. Shame.

 

[RUinOhio]

not me! I love this win, just saying I can't believe the Hartford team I saw play us lost to this CCSU team. That is all. I'm far far from negatoid chill

What a bunch of negatoids we have on this board. Shame.

 

[OntheBanks]

maybe 3K

6 minutes before tip off there were 4 people in section 203 when I got there.
I had an extra ticket to give away and waited by the ticket office window for a half hour and
no one even came up to buy a ticket. I gave up and went inside.

 

[soundcrib]

This is exactly what other teams have done to us in the past. Refreshing to be on the other side.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

So much fun to watch tonight. I couldnt be happier for the kids who have been in this program. Absolutely wonderful to see the team jumping around on the sideline and having fun tonight. They deserve it for how hard theyve worked and all they have been through.

 

[scarlet4life]

So much fun to watch tonight. I couldnt be happier for the kids who have been in this program. Absolutely wonderful to see the team jumping around on the sideline and having fun tonight. They deserve it for how hard theyve worked and all they have been through.

That's exactly what the announcers were saying. With this program being so down for so long, said they had every right to celebrate.

 

[LC-88]

How many times do you get to trounce Connecticut and the Blue Devils in the same knight?

When's the last time our 3-pt % (40) was better than our FT % (38.5)? That's hard to do.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

That was the most complete basketball game I can remember. So many good things. #1 to me was the amount of touches or deflections we got on the defensive end. Also I loved how we pushed their offense back and made their 1 work all the way up the court. It drove me crazy watching the past having the opposition able to comfortably run their offense.

 

[goru7]

That was the most complete basketball game I can remember. So many good things. #1 to me was the amount of touches or deflections we got on the defensive end. Also I loved how we pushed their offense back and made their 1 work all the way up the court. It drove me crazy watching the past having the opposition able to comfortably run their offense.

To add, 24 assists on 35 baskets is almost as good as it gets!!

 

[RutgersJoe]

Even with a slow start , the outcome of this game was never in question. But what I loved to see was how Rutgers stepped on the gas in the second half and finished w/ authority instead of getting complacent or letting up.

 

[bac2therac]

how many times do we see a team build up a 20 point lead and then coast in the 2nd half keeping the lead at 20 or 25. Even the best teams do it. The difference last night was RU kept working hard even when the outcome was a foregone conclusion. They played a better 2nd half than the first because they were focusing on things like defense which led to easy transition on the other end. Great to see the emotion and celebrating which has been missing from the RAC so long. Rock said even CJ's did a bow and arrow on the sideline.

 

[PatrickRU92]

Back when I was a student and we were actually good, I remember a game against Keene St where we won by like 55

 

[bac2therac]

Back when I was a student and we were actually good, I remember a game against Keene St where we won by like 55

haha yes so do I, it was like 105-55 or something like that, right before XMas maybe the 23rd

 

[bac2therac]

December 22, 1989: Rutgers 105 Keene State 56

and since the first beatdown wasn't enough....

December 7, 1992: Rutgers 132 Keene State 83

all their base are belong to us

 

[RU-ROCS]

Dominant win for sure. It is the biggest margin of victory over a D-1 opponent since 2005, which amazingly was our last winning season. (That was Douby's last year where RU finished 19-14). Maybe it is a good omen for this year!

 

[PiscatawayMike]

The second half turned out to be a dunk show with lots of turnovers and fast break dunks that excited the crowd.

Which was how big?

Attendance: 3,811

http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/boxscores/20161206_2mvl.xml

 

[RUsince52]

December 22, 1989: Rutgers 105 Keene State 56

and since the first beatdown wasn't enough....

December 7, 1992: Rutgers 132 Keene State 83

all their base are belong to us

1992 - 51st anniversary of Pearl Harbor and we only win by 49. Maybe there was a disputed shot at the buzzer.