Rumor: Rutgers vs. Princeton at the CURE Arena (Trenton)
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No one cares about Trenton and less about a rivalry that is no longer
Normally don’t agree with bac but do here. This is ridiculously stupid. It will be a Q2 or a Q3 loss. Would rather play a horrible team or a great team. Why play a Sweet 16 Cinderella team, like scheduling NDSU as your FCS in football.
Terrible, no-win situation and non-descript opponent and a damaging potential loss.....
BUT.....the upside is I will definitely make the trip 30 minutes or so south, and hope to get out of Dodge City with a W.
This must mean we aren't playing Barclay's, UBS or Prudential and it could be a 65/35 RU crowd.....do we get the nonsense from others whining about the NYC Subways or trains and the high crime, when it applies to Trenton as well.....(LMAO).
BUT.....the upside is I will definitely make the trip 30 minutes or so south, and hope to get out of Dodge City with a W.
This must mean we aren't playing Barclay's, UBS or Prudential and it could be a 65/35 RU crowd.....do we get the nonsense from others whining about the NYC Subways or trains and the high crime, when it applies to Trenton as well.....(LMAO).
RU needs a better OOC schedule than last year and needs to rack up Q2 OOC wins. You can’t get them if you don’t play the games and take the risk of losing. Q2 opponents aren’t knocking on our door to schedule games at the RAC. PU in Trenton gives us the opportunity to get credit for a Q2 win against a Q3 opponent on a ”neutral” court that should be about a 65/35 RU crowd.
Beyond that it will generate a ton of local publicity. In this NIL era that’s a very good thing.
Beyond that it will generate a ton of local publicity. In this NIL era that’s a very good thing.
( my opinion without any info to back it up)
Princeton probably didn't want to play at the RAC,
RU wouldn't go to their house for one game.
Compromised and Trenton was agreed on.
This could be the beginning of a home and home series being negotiated
seeing how the public reacts to this game and how much interest it get from those that support each program
Princeton probably didn't want to play at the RAC,
RU wouldn't go to their house for one game.
Compromised and Trenton was agreed on.
This could be the beginning of a home and home series being negotiated
seeing how the public reacts to this game and how much interest it get from those that support each program
Went there once to see RU women in NCAA game. Not as convenient for me as RAC but not a bad trip/arena
Feels like RU scheduling efforts all fell flat on their face so we ran to the only team with a pulse we knew would absolutely schedule us if we called.
So at the end of the year, we complain about the weak schedule is a big reason we were kept out of the tournament despite our quality B1G wins.
We add potential two resume building wins, a Q2/3 and a potential Q1, on neutral courts in Trenton, Newark, Brooklyn, or Belmont Park and complain about where it's taking place, why not at home, really?
Huge difference between Q1H 1-30 and Q1N 1-50, Q2H 31-75, Q2N 51-100, Q3H 76-160 and Q3N 101-200. Last year, Columbia, Sacred Heart, CCSU, Rider, Coppin St, and Bucknell winning by 30+ did nothing for us. UmassLowell, Temple, Wake and Seton Hall were all Q3s, 10 out of 11 were Q3/4, 9 home, 1 neutral, we were 8-2, only opponent that was Q1 was forced on us by the ACC. That's not a good look anyway you slice it. Left us no margin for error like a home loss to Nebraska or road loss to Minnesota, let alone both happening. Just facts, they are making marked improvements for this year and you still don't like it. Sheesh.
We add potential two resume building wins, a Q2/3 and a potential Q1, on neutral courts in Trenton, Newark, Brooklyn, or Belmont Park and complain about where it's taking place, why not at home, really?
Huge difference between Q1H 1-30 and Q1N 1-50, Q2H 31-75, Q2N 51-100, Q3H 76-160 and Q3N 101-200. Last year, Columbia, Sacred Heart, CCSU, Rider, Coppin St, and Bucknell winning by 30+ did nothing for us. UmassLowell, Temple, Wake and Seton Hall were all Q3s, 10 out of 11 were Q3/4, 9 home, 1 neutral, we were 8-2, only opponent that was Q1 was forced on us by the ACC. That's not a good look anyway you slice it. Left us no margin for error like a home loss to Nebraska or road loss to Minnesota, let alone both happening. Just facts, they are making marked improvements for this year and you still don't like it. Sheesh.
"Feels like we're behind on Dylan"
"Feels like RU scheduling efforts all fell flat."
Once... just once frame something in a positive manner. I know, you're going to play the "I call it as I see it" or the victim... but just once, I'd love for you to do that.
You can search and find 20+ positively framed RU basketball posts from me within the last few weeks alone but you choose not to respond to them. Your choice.
Because it would be like opening football season against Navy/Army at Yankee Stadium
Tough OOC opponent to defend that doesn’t do much for your SOS
Maybe they are on premium because I just went through your posts from the past week and found none of them to be framed positively except maybe the one about Hurley getting what Pikiell got.
for what it’s worth
Check our OOC record for road and neutral site games the last few years. It’s not good. That’s why
Good games:
Low risk, high reward
Fine games:
High risk, high reward
Low risk, high reward
Bad games:
High risk, low reward
This feels somewhere between fine and bad for me. Just doesn’t seem worth it.
There's a reason the Hall has never played Princeton in the regular season. They know it's a no win situation.
Shocking that this game isn’t being received well by the wet blankets here
There’s actually no reason to ever play Princeton but we should consider them only if they agree to come to the RAC since we rarely play P5s OOC and have to fill the schedule.
and I have zero issue with those too. Geez people we're either going big or we're not. Rutgers gets to bully the schedule. and exactly why? Are we paying these team a $million?
If you're a fan of good ol college basketball or football you love it. If you in the age of betting, rankings, beating your chest (without risk) , or basically putting Rutgers in the drivers seat because of 2006 and we're the big bad 10... then ok. I say put up or shut up.
Thank God we didn't have such followers in 1869 and they decided to play at Rutgers and not Princeton or it might not have happened.
ZERO History and the same pussies that wouldn't come to the RAC our turn. Yeah. Let's use them as an example. WE'RE the STATE UNIVERISTY and Princeton a top 10 institution 20 mins up the street.
We're afraid of playing Princeton. What a rep.
No it’s not like that . I bet many fans can’t remember who we opened last season with
How often do high majors play one off non-tournament neutral site games with ivy/low major teams? Is this not a rare thing or is it?
This . Our coach is overseas in friggen Hungary recruiting the number 1 kid in the country . We are now afraid of Princeton ? Schedule the damn thing and beat their ass
Off top of my head Michigan played Eastern Michigan in Detroit last year.
Indiana is playing Harvard in Indy this season
I want the team to beef up the schedule.
The issue I have with the game is that it’s very low reward. Princeton finished with a NET 93. So that’s barely a quad two win. I hate the quad system but we got crushed because Seton Hall and Temple were quad 3 losses. It matters
It's not low reward in the sense it helps get our non-con SOS out the gutter. Just win the game. If we're worried about Princeton after they lost their two best players then what are we even doing?
I don’t know squat about Princeton’s returning roster, but my question is why are we playing a team that is a borderline quad two game on a neutral site? It doesn’t get our schedule out of the gutter if it ends up being a quad 3 game. It will probably end up being a quad two opponent but we need to do a much better job getting power conference opponents on our schedule instead of trying to thread the needle against teams like Princeton and Temple on neutral site locations
If Princeton isnt a tourney team next year which is the nost likely scenario it really does little for the resume
You and I were two of the very few on selection sunday reminding posters that the entire season matters to the committee. Games in November count the same as games in February.
If you meant that no fans care, I think you are wrong. Princeton isn’t just any opponent. The game will generate a lot of interest and free publicity. This thread is a good example of it.
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