NCAA Statistics-Rutgers among the nation's top teams

[goru7]

With the mandatory disclaimer necessary for certain members of this board and acknowledging our out of conference strength of schedule is weak, a closer look at these statistics clearly shows Coach Pikiell's imprint of defense, hustle and rebounding with our height and length is making an impact among the nation's leaders. Our offense , free throw shooting and cutting down on turnovers need work . However, to see Rutgers at the top end of these categories is truly Night and Day!!!

Scoring Defense:: 19th in the country at 60.9, and other than Virginia who is number 1at 46.7 per game, number 2 starts at 57.2!

Field goal defense: 18th at 37.2% and UCF is number 1 at 32.8%!

Rebounding Margin: 3rd at 13.4 per game !
Rebounding Offensive: 6th at 15.67 per game!
Rebounding Defense: 25th at 28.92 per game!
Total Rebounds: 7th at 535 with UNC at 6th at 536!
Total Rebounds per game: 8th at 44.58 with Utah number 1 at 46 per game!

Blocks per game : 29th at 5.5 per game !
Total blocks : 20th with 66 total with Oregon number 1 with 104 !

Scoring Margin : 44th by 13.4 per game !

 

[BillyC80]

Fun stats to consider, thanks for posting.

 

[Vegas pj]

You forgot one stat:
Strength of Schedule: 350/351.

Must admit though that those stats are impressive.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

You forgot one stat:
Strength of Schedule: 350/351.

Must admit though that those stats are impressive.

Thank goodness Miami is on the schedule

 

[goru7]

You forgot one stat:
Strength of Schedule: 350/351.

Must admit though that those stats are impressive.

Expected this from our own not from a Seton Hall man, thus the disclaimer in the first sentence.

 

[NJDOVES]

I think the current stats are really good, and so be it against lesser programs, but the real deal is the coaching staff. I think we shock a few BIG's.
This is a top 20 team in two -three years and I predict Coach Pike a BIG coach of the year within that time frame. Take it to the bank...

 

[shields]

UCONN and Michigan State lost to Northeastern, Temple to New Hampshire. Pitt to Duquesne. We have beaten every team we should have. Heck Seton Hall fans I saw are angry they lost to Stanford. Nebraska to Gardner Webb.

 

[RUONTHERISE]

Wow. Virginia's points per game allowed is insane at 46

 

[seels2662]

We also go a little unlucky in terms of the schedule. Teams like FDU and Stony Brook-both tournament teams last year-are having terrible seasons.

 

[BoroKnight]

The disclaimer isn't enough when you consider just how bad our schedule is. So I don't really care about the stats all that much. What I like about this team is nothing more complicated than the eye test. It just looks different.

Those stats will get a lot worse very, very quickly. But it still will look different. You just feel it.

 

[fluoxetine]

Massey has our SOS as 279th. Weak, of course, but not 350/351. Where does that come from?

Also has our ranking all the way up to 78th which has got be higher than it's been in a looong time. For comparison, Rice's first team that we were all so pleasantly surprised by finished the year at #102.

EDIT: sorry, that was Rice's last year. His first year we finished at #81