Basketball Rutgers Basketball WILL NOT participate in a postseason tournament

[kt124]

Pike said they did in his remarks after USC

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Pike's office to know what's actually going down

 

[Smols]

Pike said they did in his remarks after USC

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Pike's office to know what's actually going down

Carino's article did say that Pike wanted to give the players "agency" in the decision which tells me he didn't have enough players to field a team.

 

[RocktheRac]

Took a team vote and decided we play like ass and said we out of here

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Makes me think many intend on hitting the portal. We may be left with only 2-3 players from this roster next year. If this continues to be the norm will be tough to follow this sports

It might not even be that money. The only player I think is a sure bet to return is Ogbole.

 

[RUPete]

Took a team vote and decided we play like ass and said we out of here

That sums it up well.

 

[cRURah]

So much for that poster who booked his room already at the MGM.

I said I was going Rutgers or not. I live in california and Vegas is just a short trip. Self- contained college hoops at the MGM is a good time.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

I did a google search, which now looks inaccurate. Searching further, I didn't see anything about money.

Maybe it goes to the conference instead of teams for distribution.

 

[RUDivision]

Weird, feels like the Crown was invented for a team like us. Made for TV with teams That didnt make the NCAAs. NIL $& for playing too. Are we a program that can turn our noses down at non NCAAs like UNC? Maybe because we have 50,000 banners hanging in the RAC already they felt like they didnt need one more. Even though only 3 of those are for actual national championships. Oh well.

I agree the crown was created exactly for a team like ours this year. 2 NBA players bring show cased. The problems is the players don’t want to play for each other or Pike . The program is dead and Pike has to pray for a miracle.

 

[fatsam98]

I said I was going Rutgers or not. I live in california and Vegas is just a short trip. Self- contained college hoops at the MGM is a good time.

Gonna be interesting to see how everything shakes out with the NIT and Crown. Seems like nobody wants anything to do with the latter.

 

[RAC93]

This is for the best. Not too many wanted to see more of this team. I don’t think the players themselves wanted to see more of it based upon how this may have went down. Maybe the players will pull a last minute revolt like a scene out of Rudy, all turn in their jerseys to Pike and demand they play the Crown so PJ Hayes can score his 1,000th point! 🤣

 

[S_Janowski]

The 2024-25 Rutgers Basketball Season Has Come To An End

The 2024-25 Rutgers Basketball season is finally over, as the program has confirmed there will be no postseason.

rutgers.rivals.com

I thought we HAD to at least play in the Crown?

How did we get out of this?

 

[Smols]

I thought we HAD to at least play in the Crown?

How did we get out of this?

I believe if you were an automatic qualifier (the top 2 teams that didn't make the NCAAs) you were obligated to play. At large were not.

 

[Smols]

I thought we HAD to at least play in the Crown?

How did we get out of this?

From the website: "The College Basketball Crown tournament will feature 16 teams that did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. Two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East conferences will automatically qualify. Additional teams chosen by a committee." https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-crown

 

[BigEastPhil]

This Rutgers squad does not deserve to play in any post season tournament - whether it be traditional (NIT) or made for TV ( Crown)

2 games under .500 - you deserve to watch the post season on TV !

 

[rufeelinit]

I bet it could have been as simple as Ace and DH indicated they would not be playing. End of Story. I had seen enough of this team.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

From the website: "The College Basketball Crown tournament will feature 16 teams that did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. Two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East conferences will automatically qualify. Additional teams chosen by a committee." https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-crown

"You can pick us, but the only two players on our team that are P5 starters aren't even going to get on the airplane and we are going to lose by 50."

 

[Smols]

"You can pick us, but the only two players on our team that are P5 starters aren't even going to get on the airplane and we are going to lose by 50."

I have a feeling it was more than those 2.

 

[Joey Bags]

Us playing in a postseason tournament would be as dumb as a 5-7 team going to a bowl game

 

[AdventureHasAName]

I have a feeling it was more than those 2.

Definitely, but except for Harper and Bailey, you can go to Rucker Park and randomly pick anyone and they'd be better than the person on our team they'd be replacing. If this were baseball, everyone would have a negative wins above replacement level number.

 

[cRURah]

this is not a good sign for player retention. I suspect somerville and grant are gone. For those advocating continued hs recruiting and player development, i don’t understand that logic. For us it’s a lose- lose situation. Recruit poorly - lose. Recruit successfully, players develop and then move on - lose.
College basketball today is 90% portal and 10 % high school.

 

[ru-baby]

Interesting

I think it's likley less a player vote re interest than NOT enough players to filed a team with portal indications.

Would only seek to retain the following and the rest would be best if new start:
Grant
Dortch
Ogbole
Somerville
Jmike

 

[Scarlet Shack]

I thought we HAD to at least play in the Crown?

How did we get out of this?

I am hoping …hoping , that it’s because Dylan , ace and two of thre three seniors didn’t want to play and you can’t make this work with 8

I’m worried that the exodus is about to be massive …

 

[SBP]

this is not a good sign for player retention. I suspect somerville and grant are gone. For those advocating continued hs recruiting and player development, i don’t understand that logic. For us it’s a lose- lose situation. Recruit poorly - lose. Recruit successfully, players develop and then move on - lose.
College basketball today is 90% portal and 10 % high school.

Why would be Grant be gone? He won’t command much on open market…he’s better off staying.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Why would be Grant be gone? He won’t command much on open market…he’s better off staying.

That we know of.

 

[SBP]

That we know of.

He’s not a game changer.. he’s a glue guy… literally every good team has 2 Grants at least

 

[RU MAN]

I also think it’s only a matter of probably two to three years before we start seeing schools lock players in with multi-year contracts

Great post. It appears that is where we’re heading.

 

[bac2therac]

Gonna be interesting to see how everything shakes out with the NIT and Crown. Seems like nobody wants anything to do with the latter.

Looks like a mess.. the conferences made the agreements but member schools with revolts

 

[ru66]

So much for that poster who booked his room already at the MGM.

You go to Vegas for other stuff. Don't think he'll regret it

 

[DHajekRC84]

Would we have been able to field a team?

Perhaps we just wanted to avoid the embarrassment of not being invited or the decision of Ace and Harper not going to play
Always mixed feelings. I wanted more RU basketball but not necessarily like this. Is there a three on three somewhere out there for us?

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Now let’s fire Pike and Hire the NYU coach
On the cheap

What????

 

[mikeyo]

Yes I think NCAA need s to step in and require all freshmen to play first two years with one school before they are free agents.

Probably wouldn't survive a lawsuit these days