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Rutgers vs Maine / Game Thread

Im really not kidding, I play in a league with a lot of former d2/d3 kids a few low level d1 players and theres a lot of players in these leagues who could help RU, in particular shooting. Granted theyre out of eligibility but we simply cant shoot

Not trying to be a jerk kyle, but the difference between a men's league and D1 basketball is a quite the jump.
 
Besides we can't score, why do we keep subbing on almost every possession early in the game ? No continuity or any chance for it. Make a mistake and you're on the bench. Certainly doesn't help any of our shooters whether the shots are falling or not. So many turnovers without any defensive pressure too.
 
SHAKING MY ****ING HEAD MAN. As soon as eugene started dribbling up the court im yelling at the tv, “ GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS, GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS”. You just knewwww what he was gonna do. Takes a bad 3 with 6 seconds on the clock. Man, pike better chew his ****in ass out. If im pike in rollin with Shaq Carter at the 4 and sitting eugene a little bit to teach his ass a lesson


Selfish

Also we had people all week following Columbia saying this team needs to keep taking 3s

Lmfao..no..they shouldn't take any
 
The problem is when you can’t or won’t shoot threes teams will pack in zone or man to man and dare you to shoot . While Pike says he wants to shoot 13 threes a game the problem is it makes it tougher for you to do anything inside and get penetration because the lanes are clogged . Eventually we have to make more threes or you will see crappy offense like this all year.

Also there is nothing that halts offense more than s ball stopper . Eugene hope you are seeing this . It is frustrating how bad we are in offense year after year . Pike and Karl Hobbs half to take some heat for this . We need better flow and I don’t like the wing pick and roll constantly , would rather see flow and motion and some sets to get easy baskets
 
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Good news: we have outscored them 22 - 12 since we were down 7 at 15 - 8. Keep that up and we win rather comfortably.

Bad news: This is freaking Maine!!!
 
This Maine team is absolutely terrible and yet they moved the ball 10x better and played better defense. The zone works against us and us playing man with slow, big guards is just not working.
Easy to see RU is just bigger and should kill them on the boards and pull away ... the 3 point reversal will take the wind out of Maine. Maine starting to look worn down. No doubt RU will win ... just shaking my head after another bad start. Before season I see a 25-30 point laugher. Looks like it’ll be 12-15 as I can’t see Maine physically hang much longer.
 
Selfish

Also we had people all week following Columbia saying this team needs to keep taking 3s

Lmfao..no..they shouldn't take any
The way the defense plays us let's us take open 3s. Which is smart on their part. They are taking away penetration and stepping in passing lanes and letting us shoot the 3. When u can't shoot, it makes ituch easier for the defense to shut down the rest of your offense.
 
Not trying to be a jerk kyle, but the difference between a men's league and D1 basketball is a quite the jump.
I totally get that. But were not missing contested shots, were missing wide open, feet set shots. Those are shots d1, mens league, are the same when youre wide open with your feet set. I dont care that theres 3,000 people in the gym. Theyre easy shots
 
Good news: we have outscored them 22 - 12 since we were down 7 at 15 - 8. Keep that up and we win rather comfortably.

Bad news: This is freaking Maine!!!

Maine is not bad. They beat Fordham on the road.’
Don’t be fooled by their 2-11 record.
 
Okay, I am going to calm down and tell myself that it is not uncommon for an underdog to give a better team a good half. Happens often in both bball and football. Then, the better team exerts it's influence in the second half. Considering we were down 25 - 18. with 5 minutes to play and went on a 12 a 2 run, I will anticipate that the trend will continue. Of course, feel free to accuse me of seeing this through scarlet colored glasses.
 
Didnt pikiell say he wanted less 3s? Lol. Team doesn't listen. Not a good sign.
 
Come on.... theyve been blown out by 40+ by some awful teams

Yes, but Fordham beat us and two weeks before that they lost to Maine in the same building. A 2-11 team can play with a .500 team in CBB anytime.
 
Selfish

Also we had people all week following Columbia saying this team needs to keep taking 3s

Lmfao..no..they shouldn't take any
Im one of them. When youre open from 3 with your feet set TAKE IT EVERY TIME. This is 2018
 
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there we go. They are leaving us WIDE open. just fracking make it.
When you catch the ball wide open from 3 and you are mcconnell geo kiss issa harper i want that shot taken every time. The numbers and analytics of it just make sense. Gotta shoot to get hot sometimes. All it takes sometimes is one made 3 to get a guy rolling
 
We can’t stop taking threes or we will never get open looks in the paint . Difference is we can’t hunt threes but need to take open ones all day
 
When you catch the ball wide open from 3 and you are mcconnell geo kiss issa harper i want that shot taken every time. The numbers and analytics of it just make sense. Gotta shoot to get hot sometimes. All it takes sometimes is one made 3 to get a guy rolling

I completely agree with you . if you have a wide open 3 you take it. You have to. making a 21 footer should not be a big deal . it's one thing if they're taking the 3 away but they are nearly literally begging for us to shoot
 
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