we get Florida state in the challenge this year.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-duke-blue-devils-big-ten-acc-challenge-teams
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-duke-blue-devils-big-ten-acc-challenge-teams
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Nice draw for us. Should be a fun game to watch and its AT HOME! Finally a "brand" name at the RAC for the out of conference.
Florida State and Seton Hall coming to the RAC this year ! Hopefully we can get some RAC magic in these games .. Corey's time to shine.
Florida State and Seton Hall coming to the RAC this year ! Hopefully we can get some RAC magic in these games .. Corey's time to shine.
Last year we had the Big Ten / Big East game at Depaul and the Big Ten / ACC at Miami. We have to get a home game one of these days.....lol
I know! Debated taking the family to the UM game. But that's 6 hour drive. That wasn't happening.
Interesting match-up. Rutgers has only faced the Seminoles once in hoops, losing 87-77 on the road in 1967. That FSU team featured Dave Cowens.
This is a good draw I think. I thought for sure we would get Boston College. Florida State is usually very good but a few guys did declare for the NBA. It is a big name school so I like this.
That sux that Bacon declared for the draft-Bacon and Sanders are close friends from childhood. That would have made for alot of fun.
So much for trying to achieve parity with these match ups. I'm guessing FSU is picked to finish in the top half of the ACC, while we're picked to finish at the bottom of Big10. A BC, NC St. or Pitt match up would have made more sense. But, at least we finally get a home game.
FSU's top 3 players from last season are gone. It would be a big disappointment if RU gets smoked at the RAC.
He just saw the name and assume the usual. I bet he never considered factors from both teams before his mind was made up.
Didn't FSU go to the NCAA's last season?
The ACC - B1G Challenge used to pair teams according to their relative placement in their respective conferences. That doesn't seem to happen any longer, at least not with us. Last year, Miami was/had been #3 in the ACC and we had been last in the B1G. The first two years, we had better (more even) matchups, winning at Clemson and losing to WF by just one.
That 1967 game was one season after the Lloyd - Valvano backcourt graduated. It might have been a different game with them still here. We also never got a return visit from them.
The ACC - B1G Challenge used to pair teams according to their relative placement in their respective conferences. That doesn't seem to happen any longer, at least not with us. Last year, Miami was/had been #3 in the ACC and we had been last in the B1G. The first two years, we had better (more even) matchups, winning at Clemson and losing to WF by just one.
That 1967 game was one season after the Lloyd - Valvano backcourt graduated. It might have been a different game with them still here. We also never got a return visit from them.
FSU was #2 in the ACC last year behind UNC.
Jonathan Isaac from FSU might be a top 5-7 pick in the NBA Draft.
Dwayne Bacon will be a late pick in the first round.
Xavier Rathan-Mayes is getting pre-draft workouts with a variety of clubs.
These guys were most of the points and power players.
One other guy averaged over 16 minutes per game, and that's Terance Mann, who I believe returns, averaging 8.4 PPG.
Replacing them are 5 star guard MJ Walker, 4 star center Ikey Obiagu, 4 star forward RaiQuan Gray, and three more 3 stars.
Let's just say we'd much rather face them next year than last year.
Jonathan Isaac from FSU might be a top 5-7 pick in the NBA Draft.
Dwayne Bacon will be a late pick in the first round.
Xavier Rathan-Mayes is getting pre-draft workouts with a variety of clubs.
These guys were most of the points and power players.
One other guy averaged over 16 minutes per game, and that's Terance Mann, who I believe returns, averaging 8.4 PPG.
Replacing them are 5 star guard MJ Walker, 4 star center Ikey Obiagu, 4 star forward RaiQuan Gray, and three more 3 stars.
Let's just say we'd much rather face them next year than last year.
yeah and they bring in the 12th ranked class in the country. They should beat us handidly. I know we will fight but theyll be a bit much early on in the season.
Why are some always so negative? I doubt we will get smoked. FSU has a very good recruiting class but they will be freshmen playing us in an early season game. I believe it will be a good game. I think the RAC will be rocking for this one. We only played them once in December of 1967 at Florida State and we lost 87-77. It is about time after 50 years to get a return game at RU. We really don't need the negatives coming to the game.
Is the Florida State game the same day (Dec. 9) that Florida squares off with Cincinnati at the Prudential Center in Newark (and Seton Hall plays VCU in the other game of the doubleheader)?
Maybe, maybe not. If Rutgers wins they'll get credit for half of a win because it's a home game. Move it off campus & you get more credit for a neutral site win.
FSU is typically better early in the season than late. They have the No. 11 recruiting class coming in including a McDonald's AA guard, and a Draymond Green type of forward. I'm not sure how quickly they'll gel but I could see them finishing anywhere between 6th and 9th in the ACC.
I saw FSU twice last year in the ACC Tourney granted with their kids who are departing this year. To me, they were not overly impressive...very athletic; jumpy but not particular good shooting team. Watching them I was shocked they ended 3rd in ACC last year.
Well be rockin, Art. I look forward to the game for the points you mentioned. I will take Sanders, Williams,Thiam, Freeman, an improved Sa to be able to contend with this team. It will not be a blowout.
Thanks for the post. Not afraid of the Noles when Rutgers should be top three in the BIG...
Cue sarcasm.
That's strange that we never crossed paths at least once over all these years. You would figure that we would have bumped into them at a holiday tournament.
