TheKnightReport - Possible Opponents that Rutgers Basketball could schedule this week
TKR takes a look at the top 100 per the KenPom rankings to see who Rutgers Hoops could possibly schedule this week.
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Basketball Possible opponents RHoops could add to schedule this week
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Given that Covid is running rampant right now, the only game I would consider is hosting a game at the RAC against a local team within a 90 minute bus ride to the RAC.
Starting to feel like we're just gonna chill until Syracuse. Ugh.
Typical. Feel like we always struggle with scheduling, while other teams Ie Nova, SHU, etc. just add games easily
We can't get a Monmouth type team right here in state? At this point, who gives a $hit about RPI, just keep playing to get the mix of players.
I mean to be fair, this COVID situation is unprecedented. No athletic department is accustomed to adding games during a season.
I wouldn’t play Pitt. I live in Pittsburgh and while this area dodged the onslaught of COVID during the first 8 months we are now getting hit hard out here. I wouldn’t risk traveling to western pa. Stay at the RAC. We do need more burn for the young guys though.
We played @Pitt last year so the idea would be them coming to the RAC but I think they picked up a game already
I agree, with today already being 12/2 maybe we won't add a game for 12/4. That is only 2 days away. If we do I would think we must hear by today. At this time we do have a 9 day window from Jan 15 to Jan 24 to add an OOC game unless we have to re-schedule a game bacause of a cancellation. I know we were allowed 7 OOC games so it would be a shame if we don't get close to the seven.
dont really understand this thinking (and no it’s not only by you).
Is a local team “less likely” to have or transmit covid?
what if the team is 91 minute bus ride away?
I don’t get it either. Some of the heaviest exposed places in country are within a 90 minute bus ride to campus.
head scratcher from Lou here.
I would like a regional away game like St johns, Temple, Nova, etc.
This is not a normal year - get a game - dont really care who - don't care where
I dont want a terrible opponent but even that would have value with 4 freshman on the roster who could use the extra minutes for development in a year with no scrimmages etc. If we played a real stinker I would hope to see a ton of minutes for Mag Palmquist and Reiber which could be a big help
Get any kind of game at this point. Maryland just booked St. Peter's.
I get the issues with Covid etc but why such difficulty in getting an opponent etc? As per the post above Maryland just scheduled St Peter’s - who is a decent team
I agree. We have three additional games to schedule. I am sure we could have gotten a team to play this week. Is Pike strictly looking for cupcakes?
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It was pretty obvious we werent really making much of an effort to schedule anyone. Games couldve gotten scheduled, look around the country. We simply didnt put in legitimate effort to do so.
Absolutely infuriating that Indiana got wins over Providence and Stanford and still has Florida State and Butler scheduled while Rutgers is just ****ing punting and not even scheduling THREE non-conference games.
I think you underestimate the logistics of arranging longer distance travel while under strict COVID protocols. A short bus ride eliminates the need to stay at a hotel and have to arrange for multiple meals. Travel means contact with people and that is what they are trying to avoid.
I don’t get it. Disappointing. Unless Pike thinks they need a lot more practice time or there’s more to the inability to schedule a game than what we know.
I hope this doesn’t bite us in the ass if things come down to nitty gritty to OOC scheduling when it’s tournament selection time.
I hope this doesn’t bite us in the ass if things come down to nitty gritty to OOC scheduling when it’s tournament selection time.
Because Maryland is trying to get games scheduled and we aren't.
Have to start wondering why Pike is so hesitant to go out and get a game against a quality opponent. Is it as simple as the loss of Geo, or is it something deeper? Confusing to say the least
If it's that then we should still schedule a cupcake to get guys more reps.
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I realize we schedule baylor prior to the season but outside of that game if we look at the 5 year history of pike, he doesnt exactly seem to like playing good competition out of conference unless he forced to. He is forced to play games like B1G/ACC, SHU, Gavitt
I mean to be fair there was a game scheduled vs Oregon that was cancelled. However not scheduling a game this week is asinine. Geo or no Geo, go play a game somewhere. We lost to Pitt last year and still would have had a bid. Play somebody at least
I still think its too early to judge Pike scheduling since he took over a #dumpsterfire of a program playing in the best conference in the country. It only made sense to schedule easy OOC games to pile up some wins.
We finally have our best team this year and we were going to have our toughest OOC schedule yet and I believe we tried to add nova and Oregon at some point. The B1G/ACC SHU and Gavitt games add strong OOC games. If we played zero of those he would likely replace those games with some P5 type program opponents. Every team needs a few tune up type games though. Let's see how Pike schedules going forward to see if he has a more challenging schedule with a better team.
