Basketball Rutgers vs Illinois / Game Thread

[jerzeyguy]

Gonna lose by 40 tonight. Purdue will treat us as a scrimmage next week

 

[jkernpop]

wake em up miller!

 

[biazza38]

Lol Pike

 

[Rutgers25]

This game is a prime example of one program that recruits talent and another that recruits projects

 

[FrankZ]

10-3 fouls. It’s OK refs, they got this.

 

[FIJI'83]

ALL POINTS BULLETIN OUT FOR THE WHEREABOUTS OF JALEN MILLER!

 

[Lions813]

Can't have your transfer backup C be the shortest guy on the court. That's an offseason issue with building a roster thinking that this would be ok knowing the big men of the Big Ten.

 

[koleszar]

I hope Miller does not end up on the bench for one of Pikell’s teaching moment.

I said to my wife, and that’s the last we’ll see of Miller tonight

 

[bac2therac]

Ugly

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

We literally have no idea what to do on offense at the end of half for 6 straight years now besides dribble the clock down and chuck lol

 

[ColonelRutgers]

This game is a prime example of one program that recruits talent and another that recruits projects

It's not all recruiting. This performance is an embarrassment. Illinois's talent isn't 43-23 better than ours.

 

[BigEastPhil]

Will we see Miller again? Only reason why I want to watch second half.

 

[rume]

We literally have no idea what to do on offense at the end of half for 6 straight years now besides dribble the clock down and chuck lol

Brutal! No offense flow and no shooters. This is a bad basketball team.

 

[robjknight]

Women’s soccer much more entertaining. No score with 1 minute to go 1st half

 

[BOGDANOVICH]

Send Pike to the transfer portal.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

I talked to a friend who’s a big Maryland fan today. He felt Turgeon basically took the team as far as he was going to go. I feel that way about Pike too. We had a good formula the two years before this. Now it’s done

 

[koleszar]

We literally have no idea what to do on offense at the end of half for 6 straight years now besides dribble the clock down and chuck lol

I thought Pike would be forced to do something else without his golden child Geo. But nope same sh*t different year.

 

[ru66]

that one announcer is as bad as some of our fans and he hates RU

 

[FrankZ]

Back to sifting thru cereal boxes in half one with this program. Time to drown tears in a bowl.

 

[Danprusa_4]

Why are people letting themselves get frustrated? No one really thought one win at home against a mediocre Clemson team was going to change

I said to my wife, and that’s the last we’ll see of Miller tonight

Hahahaha F Pike not putting the only one who looks like he gives a fu back on the court.

 

[zebnatto]

Good job women.

 

[PatrickRU92]

Any long term strategy that ignores 3pt strategy is bound for failure.

on both ends of the court.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Time for Luke to go in. Couldn’t be worse

I’d put out Miller and Natjan to start the second half

 

[FIJI'83]

I understand that during halftime Pikell’s heading over to the Illinois locker room to apologize to Frazier and Coach Underwood for Jalen Miller’s naughty behavior on the court.

 

[ScottRU93]

Team is terrible. Nothing else to say. Talent deficient and will not compete against anyone with a real pulse

 

[Danprusa_4]

Well back to being a football program hopefully in the next year or two

I talked to a friend who’s a big Maryland fan today. He felt Turgeon basically took the team as far as he was going to go. I feel that way about Pike too. We had a good formula the two years before this. Now it’s done

yes this. Need a new coach now he’s NOT going to change whether we want to think so or not tbh

 

[RU82]

Our team has taken a big step back this year. I don’t know what Pike was thinking talking up this team as his best ever. They are not connected at all out there.

 

[bac2therac]

that one announcer is as bad as some of our fans and he hates RU

lol

 

[kcg88]

It's not all recruiting. This performance is an embarrassment. Illinois's talent isn't 43-23 better than ours.

Yeah it is. Who on our team would play rotation minutes for them?

 

[RU848789]

Maybe pike can quit too. Don’t tell me you didn’t think that in the last hour even in jest.

No, I didn't.

 

[Vassar69]

It's not all recruiting. This performance is an embarrassment. Illinois's talent isn't 43-23 better than ours.

if you look at class rankings I think you’ll see that it is….

 

[FrankZ]

Any long term strategy that ignores 3pt strategy is bound for failure.

Short term for a year is fine.
But the overall long term recruiting and coaching strategy has to at least acknowledge 3pt shooting.

Amen.

Again, I’m not asking for Bird levels here. Someone who I don’t always assume miss when the shot goes up is fine.

 

[YoucancallmeRay]

Hawkins (probably a future pro) is doing a very good job defending Ron. That's been one of the keys so far. They've been making open threes which I'm sure Pike will adjust for, and we've been missing some decent looks. I think we'll close it to 10 -12, but too big a hole to totally make up. Hyatt needs to play better. Good half shooting from Jones.

 

[RUinOhio]

Need more MILLER…. He at least gives energy and fire.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Hawkins (probably a future pro) is doing a very good job defending Ron. That's been one of the keys so far. They've been making open threes which I'm sure Pike will adjust for, and we've been missing some decent looks. I think we'll close it to 10 -12, but too big a hole to totally make up. Hyatt needs to play better. Good half shooting from Jones.

You think we outscore illinois by 8-10 in the 2nd half? Interesting

 

[NickRU714]

Duality of Rutgers:
Men getting blown out in 1st conference game on ESPN2
Womens soccer in national semi finals on the next channel ESPNU

 

[RUJMM78]

Building a program starts with recruiting talent comparable to league competition.When Rutgers is one of the worse shooting teams in the country, games like tonight will sadly become common place against B1G competition.

 

[FrankZ]

Cliff 2/1 is just not going to get it done. So many problems to fix I don’t know where to start.

 

[Mr Magoo]

This game is a prime example of one program that recruits talent and another that recruits projects

Yup. Don’t worry about how many stars they have. He’ll coach them up and the rare times he’s successful, they will transfer to The PAC 12

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Hawkins (probably a future pro) is doing a very good job defending Ron. That's been one of the keys so far. They've been making open threes which I'm sure Pike will adjust for, and we've been missing some decent looks. I think we'll close it to 10 -12, but too big a hole to totally make up. Hyatt needs to play better. Good half shooting from Jones.

Oh yeah totally. I can see that.