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I think you mean 1 st round of B1G tourney. Keep playing like this and we will be lucky to be into first four inThankfully, help is on the way. That’s all we can hope for it this point. Let’s see where this wild ride ends up this season. But not optimistic past the first round.
What I’ve been telling people this season is that this team is very good but needs to be firing on all cylinders for that to happen. Like we saw against Indiana, Paul and Caleb have an off night, loss. Cliff gets in foul trouble, no Mag, loss.
We don’t have a stud or two that can carry the team when things aren’t going our way.
However, if everyone is rocking… we’re rolling with anyone in the country.
I assume the "help" you mentioned is Gavin but I've seen Jamichael Davis play twice. The last time was Friday, Senior Night, at McEachern. He's very fast (lost count of the # of steals), unselfish ( I didn't keep track but probably led the team in assists) and not afraid to shoot when it's there. His entire family was wearing Rutgers gear.Thankfully, help is on the way. That’s all we can hope for it this point. Let’s see where this wild ride ends up this season. But not optimistic past the first round.
Yes, at least someone like Corey Sanders or Jacob Young who has a natural feel for attacking the basket through traffic. Davis's tape is impressive and seems to have exactly that.Need a true PG someone who can set-up as well as create. You see what Pike is going after on the trail, praying we can win 4 more entering the B1G tourny but that OSU game really hurts now...
Agreed nuts even with Mag I don't think any realistic person would have expected more than 1-1We lost 2 games, on the road, to NCAA-bound teams. I really think some need to take a deep breath.
Yes 2023 recruits , Griffiths , Jamicheal Davis and Baye Ndongo all have a ton of talent and all will play and contribute and Griffiths likely starts from Day 1 as the best shooter in the country.Thankfully, help is on the way. That’s all we can hope for it this point. Let’s see where this wild ride ends up this season. But not optimistic past the first round.
Not really, I am reacting to the fact that we are not very deep at all. We do need an infusion of talent which we are getting. When we lose a player like Mag it hurts us tremendously. I do think based on the seed we get in the tournament we could make it past the second round even with Mag hurt. IF we get what we need from Cam, Paul, Cliff.Yes 2023 recruits , Griffiths , Jamicheal Davis and Baye Ndongo all have a ton of talent and all will play and contribute and Griffiths likely starts from Day 1 as the best shooter in the country.
However , you are reacting to 2 tough losses where we lost Mag , a key part of our elite press and someone coming on offensively averaging 10 a game over his prior 7 games and already had 7 and going in for a layup and 9 points with 5:25 to go in the first half when he tore his ACL. He probably would have scored 15-20 points at MSG.
It takes time to adjust to Mag’s absence and Paul was finally aggressive and took over second half of MSU. Then the bench Hyatt and Oscar gave us a lift at the end of the first half hitting 5 threes to get it to 3 but Paul and Caleb had their worst games together scoring 2 points each . Pike didn’t go with Oscar much in second half so maybe MAG would have been the difference as he went with the starters and probably pull out the W.
Then Illinois Caleb and Paul redeem themselves and score 12 and 8 in the first half and we are controlling that game for 27 minutes up 47-41 and Cliff gets his third foul and we go into the scoreless funk. Mag is missed terribly because he would have neutralized Hawkins , we would have kep the press on , he would have hit the glass as Norman came in and killed us and likely he scores so we do not get outscored 19-0. The bench and starters and Cliff ‘s foul trouble doomed us and let us down also Cam.
Now to me we were better than MSU , Indiana and Illinois and let Indiana and Illinois games get away because our starters did not come through . Paul , Caleb , Cam and Cliff have to all play better ( I mean this mostly offensively ) and they are more than capable. All 4 have to step up and play to their capabilities, stop the inconsistencies and play like upperclassman Talent is not the issue here but being aggressive and putting pressure on the opposing defense is paramount.