TBH, I’m not yet sure we’re a good team. I just hope so.
Tbf we’re like 60th in average offensive possession rate, we’ve just played teams that operate at a snail’s pace offensively
It’s absolutely ridiculous reading the same crap from certain posters. Those same people find anything to complain about and not just be happy.
St. John’s just played Baylor to the wire and lost by one. They may very well be a top 10 team, I would not overreact to how we played, especially so early.
Well the data is about equal game 1 and 2 vs 3 and 4.
I am a fanatic of my favorite teams, RU sports, Rangers, Yankees, Giants.
I think people are mistaking lack of experience, which leads to tentativeness, for lack of intensity on defense. Whether it’s playing an instrument or a sport, you can’t jam out if you’re still concentrating on playing the right notes/being in the right spot.
Some posters have been very focused on highlighting the negative from that game, instead of recognizing that in the first game of our two star freshmen, we held our own until the end against what is increasingly looking like a top 10 St. John’s team.
maybe the perception is the team is better in that particular game without the player playing his 1st game back.
Yeah.. this doesn't seem plausible.
Yeah.. this seems plausible.
We agree to disagree. We are talking about 1 game against a crappy team. With a player who has been out for a few weeks coming back. I think it would have been reasonable to conclude that in this particular game we would have been better off with a guy like Hayes getting more minutes and being more efficient.
I don't have any particular position on whether this is correct. What I don't think is plausible is that the betting market was reflecting this nuanced and controversial view, especially on a Rutgers/St. Peter's game in early November. What is much more likely is that Ace's being out was met with a collective shrug from the market since no one had even seen him play and then people bet on Rutgers for unrelated reasons.
It was obvious SJU was a very good team when we played them. We were kicking their butts too. SJU had to play their starters all second half to beat us rotating players with our stars playing their first game of college basketball ever
I've coached soccer for many years. So I know the difference between tentative and lack of intensity. The two things are not mutually exclusive, so it's possible it's been both things. But for sure there have been periods where at least a couple/few players were just not focused or high-energy. And not just on defense, although that's where it was more obvious.
Oh.
I guess whoever gets punched will go to the foul line.
*shrug* Okay. I have no idea, I don't really follow the NBA. But it's not Rutgers homer stuff, these projections are being made by people who have nothing to do with Rutgers.
I actually think he’s going to see his draft stock stay very high. But who know, really, about any of them.
Thankfully for us he is playing well within himself. He is scoring dirty and is scoring in the paint.
