RU vs Michigan 2/21/19 7PM Game Thread
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During the 38-36 first half, the announcers kept raving about how great the defense was for both teams.
They obviously haven’t done their homework.
RU got slaughtered in the paint all night
Michigan shooting 52%
seems like the offense gets fixed and the defense suffers
74-68...going to have to force turnovers here
Michigan shooting 52%
seems like the offense gets fixed and the defense suffers
74-68...going to have to force turnovers here
You’d never know it from listening to the broadcast. They said that Jordan Wallace came in to give Harris a rest.
RU has no answer for any team with a big girl. Hope that Iowa/Michigan are in the other bracket.
25 fouls to 14. I'm not saying we deserved better, because we didn't. But when one team has 11 more fouls against them and the home team scores 22 points out of 28 attempts and the visiting team scores 10 points out of 13 attempts, something is wrong. I don't care if the officiating was fair. That discrepancy is eye popping.
Ok, now I feel better, thanks lol. Should have saved the cash , stayed home.
And that last night Indiana (who we beat 3 days ago) beat Iowa. Seems like any B1G team (Men or Women) is capable of beating any other team on any given night.
The Rutgers womens team has a long history of being a foul prone team.Some would call it aggressive defense while others would say silly fouls 20/30 feet from the basket.The end result is that some of Rutgers best players spend too much time on the bench because of foul trouble.
I agree with your assessment, but when the foul disparity is so blatantly over the top, one has to wonder how the fouls were called for one team versus another team. One issue I have are two of the officials Gina Cross and Bob Enterline. Both have officiated plenty of Rutgers games and when we play Cross averages an eye-popping 6.5 fouls higher against us and Enterline averages 4.3 fouls higher against us. Coincidence? I don't think so. The other official, Julie Krommenhoek, I don't know much about.
In men's basketball, I rarely call out the officials for changing the complexion of the game. And personally I think in men's BB, the officiating is uneven at best. But in women's BB, I have a real problem with just how AWFUL the games are officiated. When one team gets to the FT line 28 times and the other side gets to the line 13 times, something is inherently wrong. I'm not saying we don't foul, because we do, and some of the fouls are head scratching like you correctly stated when the opposition is 20-30 feet from the basket. But last night it seemed like every time we scored and got a little closer a foul was called against us on nearly every possession. That's head scratching. That changes momentum and flow of the game and puts major doubt in one team playing defense over the other team when similar fouls are not called.
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