Rutgers vs Minnesota / Game Thread

[koleszar]

This has gotten beyond ridiculous with the free throws

 

[RU848789]

Does the crowd really think booing is going to help us hit FTs?

Well, silence and cheering haven't helped, lol...

 

[PurpleR]

Kids dont give up. Biggest change from last year to this year

 

[greenknight]

Brick comong

 

[biazza38]

It's kinda funny how bad we are at free throws

 

[greenknight]

Wasn't disappointed

 

[RU Mike73]

Make a fvckin shot

 

[PatrickRU92]

Make a fvckin shot

we can't do it.

 

[RUTrack94]

That 3 would have been sweet ... Oh well ... They played like shit, but played hard and kept it close.

 

[sport2231]

10-22 FT. I'm not even mad. That's just impressive

 

[RUonBrain]

10-23 FTs

Are you f*ckin kidding me?!

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Corey was hacked and no call.

 

[RU848789]

Think I heard an announcer say we were the worst P5 FT shooting team. Wouldn't surprise me at all...

 

[ArminRU]

Painful game to watch. Defense not great today.

 

[koleszar]

I thought an arm on the shooting hand is a foul? I must be mistaken. Probably doesn't matter with our free throw shooting anyway.

 

[RUTrack94]

Corey was hacked and no call.

Refs just want to go home at this point ...

 

[sport2231]

That 3 would have been sweet ... Oh well ... They played like shit, but played hard and kept it close.

I actually thought you saw just about the best of us. Staying in it with a bubble NCAA team, chance to win if you shoot FT even remotely decently.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

I thought an arm on the shooting hand is a foul? I must be mistaken

I can't fvcking believe that no call. That was just unfvckingreal.

 

[RUonBrain]

Watching these replays

How is that not a MN foul on the body bump?

 

[rufeelinit]

I have a hard time buying into the concept that this team is fun to watch game after game. Yeah they compete and play hard but the FT situation alone is driving me nuts. This clearly strikes me as an area where it is reasonable to expect some level of improvement as the year progresses.

 

[greenknight]

Does the crowd really think booing is going to help us hit FTs?

Deserved to be boo'd FT"s are,a FUNDAMENTAL. And they SUCK at a FUNDAMENTAL

 

[bac2therac]

There are no whst ifs....Rutgers is just a bad ft shooting team period

 

[RuBird]

Deserved to be boo'd FT"s are,a FUNDAMENTAL. And they SUCK at a FUNDAMENTAL

Please stop, you don't get better at FTs especially during a game when being booed by your OWN fans

 

[bac2therac]

We lost the game because

 

[RU Mike73]

Not Sanders finest

 

[greenknight]

Watching these replays

How is that not a MN foul on the body bump?

He was out of control that's why. The ref is not going to reward an out of control player

 

[RU848789]

Wow, poor endgame by Sanders. Missed FTs and bad TOs...

 

[bac2therac]

We lost tbe game because Minnesota is better period

 

[RUonBrain]

We lost tbe game because Minnesota is better period

Too simplistic

 

[RUTrack94]

I actually thought you saw just about the best of us. Staying in it with a bubble NCAA team, chance to win if you shoot FT even remotely decently.

Other team was 3/16 on three pointers that helped keep it close as well

 

[AshCatchEm]

Deserved to be boo'd FT"s are,a FUNDAMENTAL. And they SUCK at a FUNDAMENTAL

Any fan booing their own team at a home game is a joke of a fan. Had season tickets for 30 years and feel like you have the right to boo? Good..Sell your seats, we don't need you because you're dead weight.

 

[RU848789]

If only Nigel had made that trey to cut it to 68-66...

 

[RutgersRaRa]

We lost tbe game because Minnesota is better period

I don't buy that. They are a good team, but we could have won this. We gave a big part of it away at the line.

 

[fbc1866]

This team is a puzzle, another game we should have won. Layups and free throws same issue each game.

 

[koleszar]

How do you possibly achieve 10-22 from the free throw line. We have to be close to setting a record for futility from the charity stripe. I've never in my entire life seen a team so utterly incompetent from the free throw line.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

How do you possibly achieve 10-22 from the free throw line. We have to be close to setting a record for futility from the charity stripe. I've never in my entire life seen a team so utterly incompetent from the free throw line.

It's mental at this point. Once it gets in your head you're in trouble, and it got there.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

I don't buy that. They are a good team, but we could have won this. We gave a big part of it away at the line.

had a real chance to steal a win if we didn't freakin stink at the charity stripe, same old song and dance:(

 

[RUJMM78]

Tall, fast, athletic guards kill us. Minnesota has them. We need to recruit tall guards.

Need for more talented players at every position.I was very impressed with Minnesota ability to get to the basket for dunks and layups.Rutgers defense allowed far too many second and third shots which usually resulted in a Minnesota basket.

 

[RUJMM78]

Minnesota plays very good half court defense and their offensive rebounding is hurting us. Tough team. Rutgers has no margin for error in this game.

Rutgers has no margin for error in any league game.

 

[RUnTeX]

It's mental at this point. Once it gets in your head you're in trouble, and it got there.

Agreed, they are probably overly cautious about missing which makes it worse.