RU vs Purdue 2/25/16 Game Thread
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McBride only a freshmen has 23 points for Purdue.They lead 70-68 with 30 seconds remaining.
Which was practically every possession. This offense is very difficult to watch.
Another one lost at the foul line. Tyler picked a bad time to go cold from the line. Our lack of low post defense in OT killed us.
Well i was gonna wait till the season played out bit this loss was utterly preposterous.
Purdue 74 -68.As I said earlier foul shooting would decide the game.Scaife 1-6 from the foul line while Purdue was automatic down the stretch.Another game where Rutgers had no margin for error.
yep RU decided to run clock up 66-63 and then Tyler put a prayer where she was fouled...one she could have sealed the game and put RU up 5 but choked at the line...and finished 1-6...but it was bad strategy anyway..you keep attacking..you are only up 3...and that just continued and then they showed no composure..amazing how Purdue freshmen showed composure
Versyp outcoached CVS tonight, less talent much like most Big 10 schools but gets the most out of it, while CVS disappoints once again with her talent
This team is coached by someone who doesn't know how to take advantage of the three point shot, in 2016. That is really all that needs to be said. I feel sorry for the players. They deserve better.
Well this board will be unbearable , but that's what happens when the team loses and it's expected to be great.
Now this board will be filled with doom and gloom while pointing out CVS shouldn't be retained.
Hopefully respect will be shown while those who feel a change is needed express that opinion.
As far as the NCAA Tourney hopes go, I feel this loss makes game-set-match and RU fans dreams
of it have been dashed tonight..
Will let those who feel a need to vent do their thing, I'm too disappointed to even ask that in your vent try to show respect to the team and it's coaches and argue with those that refuse to be respectful.
But of course lay the blame on all the coaching staff, including and mostly the HC, but make an effort to support the players even if they didn't ( more than likely) produce a NCAA Tourney appearance with their play this season.
For those who feel there's an excuse, keep on feeling that way and don't let anyone put you down for trying to feel better after a loss and a non NCAA season.
Sometimes it's nice to hold on to something when you are feeling down.
That's far better than feeling validated when things are bad.
Now this board will be filled with doom and gloom while pointing out CVS shouldn't be retained.
Hopefully respect will be shown while those who feel a change is needed express that opinion.
As far as the NCAA Tourney hopes go, I feel this loss makes game-set-match and RU fans dreams
of it have been dashed tonight..
Will let those who feel a need to vent do their thing, I'm too disappointed to even ask that in your vent try to show respect to the team and it's coaches and argue with those that refuse to be respectful.
But of course lay the blame on all the coaching staff, including and mostly the HC, but make an effort to support the players even if they didn't ( more than likely) produce a NCAA Tourney appearance with their play this season.
For those who feel there's an excuse, keep on feeling that way and don't let anyone put you down for trying to feel better after a loss and a non NCAA season.
Sometimes it's nice to hold on to something when you are feeling down.
That's far better than feeling validated when things are bad.
when you are criticized you always say you are entitled to voice your opinion and that's what message boards are for. But when someone voices their opinion, you immediately decide yours is the only correct one. Ignore me if you don't like my thoughts but I've seen it enough times to believe what I see.
And yes, the missed fts and lack of urgency down the stretch killed us. But believe it or not, you're not the expert you may believe you are. And not everyone agrees with your opinions.
Up 3 with 2 minutes to go and lose by 6. You can't make this stuff up. As Parcells says you are what your record is. We are not an NCAA team. NIT who cares. If we go there it will probably be 1 and done. I predicted we would be 18-11 before the year started. Guess I was wrong.
In the words of Boz Scaggs (I know, I'm dating myself) "It's over, it's over now..." This team underachieved the entire year, but I don't blame them. I blame Stringer's inability to run anything resembling a decent offense. Once again, when Purdue ran a zone at them or a half court press, our women resorted to passing the ball around the perimeter ad nauseum and then with time running out on the shot clock chucked up a prayer that was never answered. Purdue clogged up the inside knowing that our women could not shoo from the outside. Purdue's coach ran double screens and had a wonderful inside outside game that got the Lady Boilermakers open shots outside and down low. Their offense had movement and flow, something I've NEVER seen with a Stringer offense. The offense C Viv is running looks like the same offense she's been running for forty years. It doesn't work. It never has unless you get superstars like Cappie, Essence or Matee making their own shots.
Now, I'm rooting form them to beat Michigan and win a few B1G tourney games so they can get into the NIT. I think even as a consolation, Canty, Hollivay and Copper deserve to go out with a tournament. It's also good for the frosh to get some tournament experience, because we will need them to step up big time next year so that Tyler S. is not the only scoring alternative out there.
Now, I'm rooting form them to beat Michigan and win a few B1G tourney games so they can get into the NIT. I think even as a consolation, Canty, Hollivay and Copper deserve to go out with a tournament. It's also good for the frosh to get some tournament experience, because we will need them to step up big time next year so that Tyler S. is not the only scoring alternative out there.
Refs had nothing to do with the game. And if you like your opinion so be it. Though that's like me saying that we lost because the temperature in the building was 68 degrees. That's my opinion.
officiating is a factor in basketball games, if u dont think it is, then i dont know what to tell u. no one is saying (i dont think) that officiating is THE reason RU lost the game, but it can be and often is A reason. Fact is, we lost for the usual reasons we lost and it's the same reasons any bad basketball team loses basketball games - not scoring on enough possessions and allowing other teams to score on too many possessions - that's basketball in a nutshell. Part of the reason scoring does and does not happen is officiating like it or not.
The oher big issue is not only do we allow scoring, but we allowing extra scoring in that we flat out dont defend the three. almost every RU women's game ive seen this season especially road games, teams are just wide open from 3 - easy look after easy look.
great post...summed it up well...did you see the great spacing and movement that Purdue had on offense...it had purpose..and they really had only two scoring threats. Contrast that with RU's slow half court which wasted 20 seconds before looking to run an offense.
Bac, it boggles my mind when I see RU's so-called offense. HS coaches run a better offense than what we're seeing at RU. And I'm not criticizing to criticize. What Stringer runs is beyond embarrassing. An offense as you rightly stated has to have a "purpose" which of course is putting the ball in the basket. But how is that done? Through high and low post play; screens; good passing inside and out and looking for either an open man or through great deception of finding, exposing and taking advantage of mismatches. If Stringer allowed one of her assistants to actually run an offense similar to what Purdue ran at them last night, this team would score on a much more consistent basis; score a lot more points than they've ever scored under Stringer and actually get better shots both inside and out. When I watch this anemic resemblance of an offense, I can only think of what Geno or Brenda would do with our three All American women? Not only would they all average double digits consistently, but they would NOT be losing to teams like Purdue or even Michigan State on a regular basis. In fact it's inexcusable with this kind of talent to be 7-10 in conference right now with one regular season game remaining. To say this team underachieved is an UNDERSTATEMENT.
there was one play in regulation...it was Coppers made 3 to pull within 1....RU must have wasted 25 seconds and then put up a shot and got a rebound and then wasted more time before the Copper shot...big shot there but RU had no urgency, running clock as if there were 10 minutes left in the game. It appears the team has no clue what to do late in the game in a half court offense despite lots of upperclassmen. The feeble shots by Scaife in the last couple of possesions say it all. They have been coached to be so tentative that they have no confidence in end game situations. It was poor that they took the air out of the ball on the one possession where Tyler hoisted a shot with one second on the clock and she got fouled...and missed both to boot. That was the key possession there, RU up 3 with the ball instead of being aggressive decided to be passive. Much like they did in the first half which contributed to the loss
and what makes zero sense is that this is a team with talent...talented teams want to maximize the amount of possessions not minimize them...look how Golden State plays or fpr a more appropriate example,, how UCONN plays. Obviously CT is far and away the most taleted team in the country, but ithe point is, we are closer to UCOnn in terms of talent than the nebraskas and purdues of the world
