None of that dispels my point that he’s always laying on the court. Less balance than an upright egg.
Basketball Rutgers Basketball Suffers Double OT loss to USC in Big Ten Tournament
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Maybe I should watch. Then again, I might throw something at the TV.
If you played for Rutgers you’d miss it so no harm there.
We were still on tv getting embarrassed. Nothing will ever compare to that ineptitude.
We lost with a freshmen led team that had to futur NBA guys. That was way more exciting even if frustrating
J will needs to go....it was bad overall performance..a few good plays shouldnt fool you
Not just mine, everyone’s. We were all on the edge of our seats wondering what you were up to.
It’s not a matter of specific “plays”. He was the catalyst that allowed us to come back 15 down. Tyson solid too. J Will was involved in forcing every one of those USC turnovers with the trap.
We weren’t winning 5 straight so this season was over anyway. But Pike needs to think long and hard about the strategy he’s aiming for next season. He’s not getting replaced now so that discussion should end. There’s no point in thinking about something that won’t happen.
Argument can be made that Pike’s most effect offenses at Rutgers have been the ones that score off the press. Does Pike have the guts to plan to move in this direction?
Frosh can be effective in a press. Exhibit A once again, 2014-15 WVU. There wasn’t really anyone on that roster that would’ve commanded a huge NIL bag. Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles were frosh. Probably 3 stars. And Pike would have 3 more chances to roll the dice than Huggs had with the schollie limit bump. 15 schollies - hard to sell that you can keep everyone happy but a heck of a lot easier to sell the idea of PT for a larger group in a press system.
By the way - I get the risk involved. Moving in this direction parallels (in some ways) a decision to move to an Army option style offense in football.
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this.. missed free throws for one a few games ago. If you are the guy, you don't stand there and dribble the last 20 seconds and then pass to a teammate with 2 seconds left on the clock in a tie game.
Leave Immediately for the NBA!!!
Right now lottery pick.
Stay another year: undrafted
RUN RUN RUN!!!!
Pike - team worked hard. Yes Pike, that’s what they’re “paid” to do!
Yes … feels like 19 times out of 20 we have a missed Houston dunk opportunity when we have a shot at something nice.
Sure we get an occasional Harper or Spencer shot, but feel like we get a lot more Iowa, Michigan and Lafayettes type losses.
this team has had trouble closing out wins all year, other than SHU. How many games came down to the last few possessions and we just were not able to get it done?
My money is on us finishing with a better record than this season overall. I guess we’ll see.
Dylan couldn’t have played a full season of the style we shifted to yesterday with the press. You could see him huffing and puffing by the end. He wasn’t in the game for the short stints we pressed vs. Minny or he was playing back.
When you don’t have strong interior post play and can’t stop anyone down low, a halfcourt style is usually a bad idea. But a high octane pressing style of play isn’t likely to be effective if your targeting 32+ minutes of PT for 2 guys on your roster. Seeing Pike use it the last few games reminded me of what our D looked like that season with Mag.
That WVU pressing team I referenced only played one kid even 25+ mpg for perspective. Similar thing with the successful VCU presser teams. Either we’re going to shell out the money for a veteran starting center who can defend at the BIG level, or this is what we’re going to have to try to become. Otherwise Eddie Jordan era here we come. I’m near certain we will not not win running a traditional halfcourt defense with Lathan at the 5 25+ minutes. Even with improvements, we will still be very weak on straight up defense.
but in his defense it sure looked like Pike was trying to make JWill the end game star with those inbounds and that last shot set up. not the 1st time all we needed was a drive and possible foul and 1 point. Instead we set up JWill for a 3. Just horrendous coaching.
he also set up Acuff for a 3 coming out of time out. And don't forget not getting off a shot coming out of a time out with 8 seconds on the shot clock (and it almost happened again, but Dylan threw up a semi wild shot). Coaching malpractice tonight, there are numerous other examples
Pike is now 1 and 6 in the BTT, NCAA, and NIT since Corey's Garden Magic.
| Conf | any Tourney | |||
| Year | W | L | W | L |
| 24-25 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 23-24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 22-23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 21-22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 20-21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 19-20 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 18-19 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | 74 | 3 | 9 |
This team wasn't deep enough athletically to press for extended periods of time. Hell, our two best players are 18 year olds suffering from asthma. That's so Rutgers.
Now it's a bad thing to set up a 3 for your best 3 point shooter? There are some seriously questionable complaints starting to come up.
There were 3 guys on Dylan on the last shot. He really didn’t have a good look and as we all saw in OT, his legs were shot.
ok, but then as usual nobody was moving and we settled for a 3 point shot from J Will. Why not have someone else with the ball then so Harper could just rest for a final burst? IDK...just always seems lack design and guys not moving towards the basket and a chance for the offensive rebound.
Dylan's asthma certainly seemed to be more of an issue than I recall ever being reported. He looked winded in a lot of games.
Pike with a rim protector has always installed a press and played it thru the years . Not sure if you are saying it is new.
Yes he has to use it but not exclusively. Thought he did a great job changing up defenses in the second half. Need to see more of that next year regardless of who is on the team.
Acuff should've been R 3 point option in that situation. Unbelievable Pike didnt take a TO there and draw-up a play for Harper to drive to the hoop or drive and dish to Sommerville close to the basket or Acuff as 3rd option kickout for a 3. Heck a TO would've given Dylan a chance to catch his breath. Really bad job by Pike there.
the point he was actively looking to get the ball out of Dylan's hands. sure it was a good look...but Pike isn't running shit for dylan. Last possession call a freaking time out and come up with a play for DH. Still rather have Dylan shoot it over Acuff.
also ignore about 20 other Pike mistake this game. even if I give you that I could be wrong on Acuff's shot.
