Basketball Pikiell says team was "crushed" following cancellations

[ChrisNalwasky]

Rutgers men's hoops Steve Pikiell on cancellations: 'The guys were crushed'

 

[ILikePike]

What could have been :cry:

But still a fantastic season and Rutgers basketball is officially back. I am so excited for next season.

 

[Knightmoves]

The thing that bugs me is how the entire season ended so suddenly. It was literally ripped away from us without notice.

Team is ready to take the court vs Michigan in B1G tourney only to learn their season is over.

Tough situation, especially for the seniors, but overall the right decisions were made imo.

 

[King of S]

If Gobert from Utah didn’t get Covid-19 would the games have continued?

 

[blockm2]

If Gobert from Utah didn’t get Covid-19 would the games have continued?

yes IMHO at least for a while. Gobert triggered the NBA which started the mass cancellations.

 

[Rutgers83]

Wrong to cancel. I can see no fans but no games was, and is total BS.

 

[Beancounter88]

I'm not sure why they couldn't select the bracket, put off starting the games and reassess in 2-3 weeks. March Madness maybe becomes April Madness.

 

[RUBigFrank]

Hoiberg didn't help

It was a one two punch

 

[theRU]

I'm not sure why they couldn't select the bracket, put off starting the games and reassess in 2-3 weeks. March Madness maybe becomes April Madness.

Article I read said the logistics in delaying would have been nearly impossible in terms of venues etc

 

[jordkap]

Article I read said the logistics in delaying would have been nearly impossible in terms of venues etc

They couldn’t find 4 venues across hundreds in the USA to play games for a few days?

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Who is the media idiot that attempted to call Yeboah's transfer to Rutgers a fraud? The person said Yeboah isn't likely to be in any classes, yet the man sports a 3.7 GPA in grad school.

 

[theRU]

They couldn’t find 4 venues across hundreds in the USA to play games for a few days?

Yes. We're not talking about booking a few holiday express inns.

 

[RUSJ73]

Gosh darn shame, for both players and fans.

 

[NickKnight 1]

Gosh darn shame, for both players and fans.

Hey, watch your language.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Who is the media idiot that attempted to call Yeboah's transfer to Rutgers a fraud? The person said Yeboah isn't likely to be in any classes, yet the man sports a 3.7 GPA in grad school.

Phil Mushnick. :Angry

 

[78CollegeAve]

Wrong to cancel. I can see no fans but no games was, and is total BS.

BS?

If the federal government wasn’t in denial, all games in every sport would have been called off 2-3 weeks ago. Amazing that it took one NBA guy and Tom Hanks to wake up enough people to ignore the White House’s “all is well” BS at the beginning of the week and realize that this is real.

 

[Scarlet83]

Wrong to cancel. I can see no fans but no games was, and is total BS.

While it absolutely sucks, letting all of these events to continue would have been EXTREMELY risky.

 

[G- RUnit]

BS?

If the federal government wasn’t in denial, all games in every sport would have been called off 2-3 weeks ago. Amazing that it took one NBA guy and Tom Hanks to wake up enough people to ignore the White House’s “all is well” BS at the beginning of the week and realize that this is real.

Same President who issued a quarantine weeks ago against China and was labeled an alarmist and a racist by Dems and media? Can't have it both ways.