Scarlet Knights-Blue Demons Game Thread

[ScarletLongIsland]

The traveling is unbearable

 

[RU848789]

"5th travel by Rutgers and the 3rd by Laurent." C'mon guys, this is basic stuff...

 

[koleszar]

Laurent needs to get his head out of his ass. Three walks already.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

If Laurent walks again before the half (3 already) he should have to buy the entire team FATCAT's upon arrival back in NB.

 

[Rutgers25]

So disjointed on offense....feels like they are thinking too much...just play

 

[jersey07080]

21-7 on the glass already! Solid again in that department

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Williams 5 rebounds, 2-2 from field, 1-1 FT. No turnovers.

 

[RUonBrain]

And we are actually knocking down free throws.

Who ARE these guys?

Free throws
Rebounding
Hustling all over the court
No ball hogs
Ball movement
Size
Height
Length
A bench
A real coaching staff

Good times in the windshield!

 

[bac2therac]

I think we are doing okay right now....lets extend the lead to 8 for halftime and tight the mistakes up. That we are struggling with shooting and turnovers but still seem to be the ones in control of the game is a good sign so far

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Freeman really needs to relax. Way too hyped.

 

[PatrickRU92]

DePaul isn't getting many looks. they've been jocking up a bunch of 3s and not much else. We have to get more points!

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Still have trouble hitting shots from 3-feet away though lol!

 

[RUonBrain]

Love the attacking the paint.
Drawing lots of fouls.

And we are KILLING them on the boards.
That has to be the biggest change from last year.
More size to rebound, and actually know how to USE that size.
Nice!

 

[Groz]

We should be up 12-15 points. You would think that eventually DePaul is going to start to hit some outside shots.

Best of Luck,
Groz

 

[BillyC80]

RU up 4 with 2 min to go in half.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

These guys can't stay with Corey. If he makes his free throws we'll be in good shape.

 

[PatrickRU92]

FREEMAN! AND 1!

 

[FrankZ]

Team is watchable for the first time in I don't know how long when

 

[Super tRUper]

The ball and player movement is beautiful. Night and day.

 

[toby83]

Nice stretch but they will hit some shots eventually

 

[koleszar]

Did we go to foul shooting camp this year? Because last year we completely sucked at the foul line.

 

[BillyC80]

RU up 9 with 1:22 left.

 

[RUonBrain]

Wow
13-14 FTs

 

[toby83]

Sa gift wraps two points

 

[ColonelRutgers]

We are killing them on the glass!!

 

[PatrickRU92]

Whatever happens here happens. But man we are on a different planet from last year. Keep it going fellas!

 

[Groz]

Our rebounding has been truly outstanding on both end of the floor.

Best of Luck,
Groz

 

[Rufaninga]

it's enjoyable to watch us this year.

 

[FrankZ]

28-8 in boards. Who is this?

 

[RutgHoops]

We get better and better and the halves progress. Would love to see the numbers for the last 4 minutes of each half for us thus far.

Did Brando just say 28-8 rebounding advantage?

 

[MikeR0102]

Solid first half. Some rough spots, but nice to have a 7 point lead on the road on a similar talent level team.

 

[bac2therac]

33-26 halftime....really like this and how active RU is even when they arent capitalizing....how about foul shooting 13-14 at the line, when was the last time we had a team that drew fouls.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

DePaul has only 8 rebounds. Wow. We should be up by 30 with that kind of dominance.

 

[jersey07080]

Pumped right now. We should be up even more. Keep playing tight D on the perimeter and this one is in the bag.

 

[RUonBrain]

28-8 advantage in rebounds

That doesn't happen - ever.
Just feel like we should be winning by much more than 7 at the half.

 

[Rutgers25]

Great hustle on the boards and in general...

 

[AreYouNUTS]

How about this:

instead of blowing a lead at the end of the half, or having one opened up on us, we INCREASED our lead!!! I LOVE IT! I must be dreaming!

 

[bac2therac]

28-8 advantage in rebounds

That doesn't happen - ever.
Just feel like we should be winning by much more than 7 at the half.

patience grasshopper

 

[AreYouNUTS]

28-8 advantage in rebounds

That doesn't happen - ever.
Just feel like we should be winning by much more than 7 at the half.

walks + missed layups/3-footers = less of a lead

 

[Rutgers25]

Nice stretch but they will hit some shots eventually

DePaul is getting good outside looks...if they hit a couple in a row it could shift momentum