Our transition defense was abominable

[Degaz-RU]

Iowa was beating us down the court repeatedly, even after made FGs. This allowed them to get open looks easily.

This was happening in the first half, and Pike should’ve been emphasizing for our guys to sprint down the court and find a man. But it continued to happen in the 2nd half.

It’s a good strategy, as our half court defense is good, and the quick outlets by Iowa allowed them to essentially evade our defense and get open threes as we scrambled back on defense.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Iowa was beating us down the court repeatedly, even after made FGs. This allowed them to get open looks easily.

This was happening in the first half, and Pike should’ve been emphasizing for our guys to sprint down the court and find a man. But it continued to happen in the 2nd half.

It’s a good strategy, as our half court defense is good, and the quick outlets by Iowa allowed them to essentially evade our defense and get open threes as we scrambled back on defense.

It wasn’t great. We can’t get into a race with them.

 

[bac2therac]

Iowa was beating us down the court repeatedly, even after made FGs. This allowed them to get open looks easily.

This was happening in the first half, and Pike should’ve been emphasizing for our guys to sprint down the court and find a man. But it continued to happen in the 2nd half.

It’s a good strategy, as our half court defense is good, and the quick outlets by Iowa allowed them to essentially evade our defense and get open threes as we scrambled back on defense.

in fairness Iowa is very good at moving the ball

in fact after a made basket by RU we got burned badly by lacking the awareness to get back on defense

 

[goru7]

It wasn’t great. We can’t get into a race with them.

It is not a problem of pace. We in my opinion play better offensively more uptempo instead of setting up offense almost at half court as Paul did on the first half. The problem was what Degaz said , we did not pick up a man. How many open threes did they hit at the end of the first half and whenever we made a run to cut it to 7 and back to 10. Down to 5 then back to 8. Granted some were really deep as Connor MAC hit 2 bombs but we never found our men nor did we get up in their grill. That was the big failure. Their shooting 34 foul shots is hard to defend when at least 3-4 times the refs bailed them out allowing them to score on another possession instead of us getting a stop. Really shocked our senior and upperclassmen Paul , Caleb and Cam were especially bad defensively today. Would have had Mag guard Murray and Caleb pressure the guards. The guards were able to initiate their offense too easily.
Despite it all , if Dean dunks the damn ball , the and one gets us the lead. He has to be stronger there and score thru contact. .
Paul played a really bad first half but really good second half attacking more and dishing but the 18 turnovers , especially the 13 at the half basically gave Iowa the game on a silver platter. Thought we were past that but it reared it’s ugly head. Should never have happened. Still hard to believe.

 

[Scangg]

At times it seemed Rutgers was unsure who had who which we never see from this team

 

[bethlehemfan]

It is not a problem of pace. We in my opinion play better offensively more uptempo instead of setting up offense almost at half court as Paul did on the first half. The problem was what Degaz said , we did not pick up a man. How many open threes did they hit at the end of the first half and whenever we made a run to cut it to 7 and back to 10. Down to 5 then back to 8. Granted some were really deep as Connor MAC hit 2 bombs but we never found our men nor did we get up in their grill. That was the big failure. Their shooting 34 foul shots is hard to defend when at least 3-4 times the refs bailed them out allowing them to score on another possession instead of us getting a stop. Really shocked our senior and upperclassmen Paul , Caleb and Cam were especially bad defensively today. Would have had Mag guard Murray and Caleb pressure the guards. The guards were able to initiate their offense too easily.
Despite it all , if Dean dunks the damn ball , the and one gets us the lead. He has to be stronger there and score thru contact. .
Paul played a really bad first half but really good second half attacking more and dishing but the 18 turnovers , especially the 13 at the half basically gave Iowa the game on a silver platter. Thought we were past that but it reared it’s ugly head. Should never have happened. Still hard to believe.

I don’t agree go. We lose that game 9 out of 10 imo.

 

[goru7]

I don’t agree go. We lose that game 9 out of 10 imo.

Only if we continue to lose our man. What did you think when it was 68-66 and Dean got fouled and could not convert the dunk? Did you think we were going to lose? We just got 2-3 stops in a row. How do you think we came back from 13 and 10 down ? By going up tempo and they could not stop us . You are not playing the 46-43 winning game at the RAC on the road which was one of the greatest defensive efforts we played that year but sucked the wind out of us for a few games thereafter.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Only if we continue to lose our man. What did you think when it was 68-66 and Dean got fouled and could not convert the dunk? Did you think we were going to lose? We just got 2-3 stops in a row. How do you think we came back from 13 and 10 down ? By going up tempo and they could not stop us . You are not playing the 46-43 winning game at the RAC on the road which was one of the greatest defensive efforts we played that year but sucked the wind out of us for a few games thereafter.

In that kind of game you Will continue to lose your man.

 

[bac2therac]

Only if we continue to lose our man. What did you think when it was 68-66 and Dean got fouled and could not convert the dunk? Did you think we were going to lose? We just got 2-3 stops in a row. How do you think we came back from 13 and 10 down ? By going up tempo and they could not stop us . You are not playing the 46-43 winning game at the RAC on the road which was one of the greatest defensive efforts we played that year but sucked the wind out of us for a few games thereafter.

The game was lost in first half

Ru cut it to to 1 but the gap too much to overcome. Iowa cant be held down forever

Ru needed to be even with them heading into halftime

 

[goru7]

The game was lost in first half

Ru cut it to to 1 but the gap too much to overcome. Iowa cant be held down forever

Ru needed to be even with them heading into halftime

That makes zero sense. We overcome the horrendous 13 first half turnovers and yes that let them have an 11 point lead but we overcame it all and were 68-66 and Dean couldn’t convert the dunk when he was fouled which might have given us the lead with 8:05 left.. We finally got back to back stops without fouls called which gifted them points all day.

 

[goru7]

In that kind of game you Will continue to lose your man.

Why ? That is why you have a coach and senior / upperclassmen ? They should never let it happen. No one should have been open period.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

in fairness Iowa is very good at moving the ball

in fact after a made basket by RU we got burned badly by lacking the awareness to get back on defense

Happened a few times where they got great whixh looks and made disproportionate number of then

Can’t give up cheap points to a high scoring team

 

[bethlehemfan]

Why ? That is why you have a coach and senior / upperclassmen ? They should never let it happen. No one should have been open period.

It happens in transition

 

[satnom]

It is not a problem of pace. We in my opinion play better offensively more uptempo instead of setting up offense almost at half court as Paul did on the first half. The problem was what Degaz said , we did not pick up a man. How many open threes did they hit at the end of the first half and whenever we made a run to cut it to 7 and back to 10. Down to 5 then back to 8. Granted some were really deep as Connor MAC hit 2 bombs but we never found our men nor did we get up in their grill. That was the big failure. Their shooting 34 foul shots is hard to defend when at least 3-4 times the refs bailed them out allowing them to score on another possession instead of us getting a stop. Really shocked our senior and upperclassmen Paul , Caleb and Cam were especially bad defensively today. Would have had Mag guard Murray and Caleb pressure the guards. The guards were able to initiate their offense too easily.
Despite it all , if Dean dunks the damn ball , the and one gets us the lead. He has to be stronger there and score thru contact. .
Paul played a really bad first half but really good second half attacking more and dishing but the 18 turnovers , especially the 13 at the half basically gave Iowa the game on a silver platter. Thought we were past that but it reared it’s ugly head. Should never have happened. Still hard to believe.

Agree with everything you wrote.

My question is how does a team like Iowa which shoots as many threes as they do takes twice as many foul shots as RU which gets most of its points from the paint?

GO RU

 

[bac2therac]

That makes zero sense. We overcome the horrendous 13 first half turnovers and yes that let them have an 11 point lead but we overcame it all and were 68-66 and Dean couldn’t convert the dunk when he was fouled which might have given us the lead with 8:05 left.. We finally got back to back stops without fouls called which gifted them points all day.

because Iowa is a well coached team. Fran is great at what he does. RU made that comeback but Iowa responded with daggers repeatedly, to RUs credit we did chip away again but you cant play comeback with Iowa, not the kind of team to do that.

I will agree, Reiber not finishing, Mag not hitting the one and one, those kind of plays can turn a game but Iowa was relentless just like they were at the RAC and our defense gave up a crushing open 3s 2x...one at 72-67 and another at 82-75

I am with you...i dont like our defense and that Pike hasnt been able to solve Iowa at all

 

[bac2therac]

Happened a few times where they got great whixh looks and made disproportionate number of then

Can’t give up cheap points to a high scoring team

exactly...have to make them work for everything...we did for a time early and in the 2nd half but not enough

 

[bethlehemfan]

exactly...have to make them work for everything...we did for a time early and in the 2nd half but not enough

You need to push when they press but otherwise slow things down and make them work on d. They like the helter skelter. That’s their game.

 

[RCBeta79]

Iowa was beating us down the court repeatedly, even after made FGs. This allowed them to get open looks easily.

This was happening in the first half, and Pike should’ve been emphasizing for our guys to sprint down the court and find a man. But it continued to happen in the 2nd half.

It’s a good strategy, as our half court defense is good, and the quick outlets by Iowa allowed them to essentially evade our defense and get open threes as we scrambled back on defense.

Well said....and sloppy turnovers (18) don't help.
No excuse for not finding a man to cover running down court....basic basketball skills you learn at a young age.

 

[richthedentist]

It is not a problem of pace. We in my opinion play better offensively more uptempo instead of setting up offense almost at half court as Paul did on the first half. The problem was what Degaz said , we did not pick up a man. How many open threes did they hit at the end of the first half and whenever we made a run to cut it to 7 and back to 10. Down to 5 then back to 8. Granted some were really deep as Connor MAC hit 2 bombs but we never found our men nor did we get up in their grill. That was the big failure. Their shooting 34 foul shots is hard to defend when at least 3-4 times the refs bailed them out allowing them to score on another possession instead of us getting a stop. Really shocked our senior and upperclassmen Paul , Caleb and Cam were especially bad defensively today. Would have had Mag guard Murray and Caleb pressure the guards. The guards were able to initiate their offense too easily.
Despite it all , if Dean dunks the damn ball , the and one gets us the lead. He has to be stronger there and score thru contact. .
Paul played a really bad first half but really good second half attacking more and dishing but the 18 turnovers , especially the 13 at the half basically gave Iowa the game on a silver platter. Thought we were past that but it reared it’s ugly head. Should never have happened. Still hard to believe.

I agree with you 100% I would have had Mag on Murray and Caleb on a guard!!!

 

[goru7]

Agree with everything you wrote.

My question is how does a team like Iowa which shoots as many threes as they do takes twice as many foul shots as RU which gets most of its points from the paint?

GO RU

The refs called at least 3-4 off the ball fouls saying we bumped or held them on their cuts. They did go to the offensive glass today and we did not rebound there in the first half and they got fouled on second chance shots. But I understand your point , why does a team that shoots so many threes and normally does not drive , get to the line at all ? They push the pace and go to the hole when they have numbers and get bailed there a lot. It totally didn’t happen last game against MSU and also Murray only scored 11 but didn’t touch the ball the last 6 minutes and didn’t score for last 11 minutes of that game. Fran goes to Murray when they are struggling or are stopped a few times and frankly he is very good and can hit the 3 , can drive and finish and get fouled and normally converts from there.

 

[MiloTalon13]

At times it seemed Rutgers was unsure who had who which we never see from this team

Yup Dix is shooting 43% from 3, Conor McCaffery is shooting 38% from 3 and we guarded them like they weren't going to take threes. They combined to go 4-9.