Rutgers vs St John’s / Game Thread

[bethlehemfan]

This is just a bad matchup and St. John’s was on fire. Don’t read too much into one game.

 

[RUChoppin]

With all the talk about height, they have more blocks than us and are almost even on the glass.

Really hope this is a wake up for this squad that Pike can use the rest of the year.

 

[DJK8]

Why doesn’t doucore get playing time anymore? Especially in a game like this where we are outsized

 

[FrankZ]

Farewell Kool-Aid; it was a pleasure. Back to RU reality.

 

[miketd1]

See? Exhibit A. We can’t make em pay for playing small.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

This is just a bad matchup and St. John’s was on fire. Don’t read too much into one game.

EMU on Monday is important

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Can't hit free throws, SMH

 

[miketd1]

St Johns shot better behind the arc than we did behind the line.

That’s just pfffffffttttt

 

[bethlehemfan]

I have no idea who is on Villanova and it's not really my opinion. Frankly, I would have said we just suck again.
It's a complete beat down. I guess Villanova has a lot of guards, why do you ask are you a fan of theirs?

They spread the floor and shoot threes without much size. Like St. John’s. That formula works when you have great players. They have great players.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Why doesn’t doucore get playing time anymore? Especially in a game like this where we are outsized

Out sized tonight?

 

[King of S]

So psyched. We can do this!

Back to the drawing board.

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

St Johns couldnt miss, we looked sloppy. Overall I am not worried for the rest of the season. On to EMU

 

[miketd1]

This St Johns squad won’t be able to roll teams with a legit center.

We match up poorly because we didn’t make them pay for playing small.

Princeton did the same exact thing against Mike a rice.

 

[JQRU91]

Only two players in double figures for us tonight.

 

[Shell21]

Too many people drawing conclusions off one game . Sometimes the game gets away from you and they shot the lights out tonight . Burn the tape and move on . Sometimes it’s good to get punched in the face and we’ll see the team responds next game . C

 

[RUTrack94]

One positive note ... team played hard and got the loss under 20 ... at one point looked like it might hit 30.

 

[King of S]

Sju may win the big east

No way - middle of the road Big East team.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

This is just a bad matchup and St. John’s was on fire. Don’t read too much into one game.

This

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

No way - middle of the road Big East team.

Top tier

 

[King of S]

Lazy effort. No attempt to close out on shooters

Agree - the effort was not there tonight.

 

[RC85]

One positive note ... team played hard and got the loss under 20 ... at one point looked like it might hit 30.

We played hard, but Mullen emptied the bench too. Ran into a buzzsaw.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

No way - middle of the road Big East team.

Nah. They may win big east. They have a few kids who may play in the nba and can shoot

 

[King of S]

Top tier

They never sustain their play - will end up 4th or 5th in Big East.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

They never sustain their play - will end up 4th or 5th in Big East.

We will see, I think they will.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Get them back in the gym tomorrow

Monday vs EMU will be tough, must pull it out to have a good season

 

[RUsojo]

They are really good. It’s got nothing to do with coaching.

Hope you’re kidding. We trotted out Johnson and Shaq for way too many minutes and got burned.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Hope you’re kidding. We trotted out Johnson and Shaq for way too many minutes and got burned.

Has nothing to do with it. We couldn’t match up at any position.

 

[DJK8]

Out sized tonight?

I thought so. Maybe not necessarily height, but definitely strength wise. We looked skinny

 

[newwavedave1]

Blame the loss on playing a team whose shooting was on fire. Forcing contested shots on offense and poor FT shooting also didn't help. For whatever reason, our poor FT shooting has been a problem for years.

 

[RUJMM78]

This was a very disappointing loss because this is the type of game against a quality opponent that Rutgers must win at home to have any chance for a winning season.The sad reality is that Rutgers will be the underdog in most B1G games and they are going to have to score more than 60 points a game to win at least five league games.This game was a reality check for the players,coaching staff and fans because FDU and Drexall aren't power conference competition.

 

[HallX2]

Hope you’re kidding. We trotted out Johnson and Shaq for way too many minutes and got burned.

You may not think they are good but they are very talented. Much more so than either of us