THE OFFICIAL 2023-2024 RUTGERS BASKETBALL PREDICTION THREAD
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Trumpet i meant keeping attempts constatnt. More of a % boost. Think 5% better is an extra make given 20 or so attempts
We aren't going up 5% from 3 IMO. I think if we hit that many more per game, it is driven partly by a higher tempo on O and more attempts.
That's the concern and what everyone will point to if it's a bad season
Forgot to post in this thread. Was originally going to go with 18-13/10-10 and I had Princeton being a toss-up game, so while I'll stick with that prediction, I have a little less confidence in it, by virtue of being now 0-1 in toss-up games. At 18-13/10-10, my guess is we'd need 2 B1G tourney wins to get in.
Also, while I think Princeton is a very good team, I'll admit to being a little nervous about what I saw from RU and will worry about us getting to my prediction until we play better and beat a few good teams. The one good thing we have going for us is that Pike has shown a great knack for having his teams grow and learn during the season, so hopefully we'll see more of that this year.
Also, while I think Princeton is a very good team, I'll admit to being a little nervous about what I saw from RU and will worry about us getting to my prediction until we play better and beat a few good teams. The one good thing we have going for us is that Pike has shown a great knack for having his teams grow and learn during the season, so hopefully we'll see more of that this year.
What calamity are you predicting that causes at least 3 Rutgers basketball games to be canceled?
This will be a completely different team by the end of the season.
While Paul & Cam would have helped us to comfortable win in a Princeton matchup, going forward against. b1would have been more of the same that we saw at years end last year.
Gavin will continue to improve.
Missed bunny putbacks off forced drives will be replaced by easy layups & dunks off breaks
the Cliff to Wolf Jam was maybe a glimpse of the future
& Mag will be back soon..
While Paul & Cam would have helped us to comfortable win in a Princeton matchup, going forward against. b1would have been more of the same that we saw at years end last year.
Gavin will continue to improve.
Missed bunny putbacks off forced drives will be replaced by easy layups & dunks off breaks
the Cliff to Wolf Jam was maybe a glimpse of the future
& Mag will be back soon..
Nice troll attempt bac/Rock - but perhaps you're forgetting that I predicted 2.0" at my house on Tuesday and got 2.0" and I predicted 3.3" at my house on Friday and got 2.9", which is considered pretty close, as far as snowfall predictions go. Those were the only predictions I made this past week. So you can suck it.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
this years roster was much worse then last year and no part of the roster was upgraded. Why don't think that was? Curious if you let us know what you got wrong looking at this team this offseason.
The notion that this seasons roster is better than last season is absurd.Last season Rutgers was a bubble team and many predictors had them getting a NCAA bid.This seasons team had a losing record caused by one of the worse offenses in college basketball.
I got laughed at for my prediction but I was pretty close.
There was two beliefs that I had when I made my prediction
1.) Fernandes was the real deal and gojng to be a top half of the big ten point guard and sore double digits in a positive way…enough to send Paul to the portal
2.) Awill would be fully recovered and be able to score like he did at his last healthy stop …and play serious minures
Neither happens and as a result, our offense was a LOT worse than I coukd have ever inagined
1.) Fernandes was the real deal and gojng to be a top half of the big ten point guard and sore double digits in a positive way…enough to send Paul to the portal
2.) Awill would be fully recovered and be able to score like he did at his last healthy stop …and play serious minures
Neither happens and as a result, our offense was a LOT worse than I coukd have ever inagined
I expected Griffiths to be a 10 ppg guy who had the height to hold his own defensively. In hindsight, it was an unfair expectation. But him not being that guy was, in my opinion, the biggest contributor to our disappointment after the loss of Cam and Paul. Simpson remaining a hit-or-miss contributor bothered me more so than Fernandes. I had no expectations for AWill.
Multiple factors prevented any of the more rosy predictions from coming to fruition. This is not in any particular order:
Just about everything that could have gone wrong this year went wrong. It's really unbelievable that NOTHING worked out positively.
- Noah was simply not the answer at PG.
- Simpson substantially regressed as a shooter and scorer.
- Gavin was an epic failure as compared to expectations of contributing shooting and 9 to 12 ppg.
- Cliff regressed without good guards getting him the ball in proper position.
- The injured players did not contribute enough, and were largely ineffective, i.e., Mag struggled in his return from ACL surgery, Noah was mostly irrelevant until a late season spurt, AWill was hampered by his chronic knee issue all year, Ogbole returned mid-year and then has needed many games to round into form (and even then he's just a raw body).
- Woolfolk regressed, and as a result, we got very little in the backup C minutes.
- We are the worst 3-pt shooting team in the history of the Universe, with two good shooters departing (Cam, Paul) and our best shooter this year (Hyatt) basically hovering around 30%.
- We suffered from a lack of on-court leadership with the departures of Paul, Cam, and Caleb.
Just about everything that could have gone wrong this year went wrong. It's really unbelievable that NOTHING worked out positively.
I also made the assumption that Gavin was going to be a 40% 3 point shooter on day 1, an assumption that now looks as good as his foul shooting on Sunday.
I was surprised AWill got so many meaningful minutes - but that kind of speaks to the season.
And despite this we still managed to field the #4 defense and win 7 Big Ten games.
Look, Pike has his flaws but this is the reason why I really do not understand some of the existential angst around here.
If expecting the 38th best recruit known for his offense to score 10 PPG is unfair expectation than what about next year?
What are realistic expectations for Ace and Dylan?
comparing Griffiths to two projected top 5 picks is not fair. Griffiths to score 10 ppg was a fair expectation… he disappointed. Ace will lead our team in scoring next year
Kudos to you! I personally thought like others we would be a bubble team with 18 wins. Obviously we were not close to that. Since you nailed it this year, hoping you have a positive prediction for next season after the offseason dust settles and the roster is constructed.
The 38th player is much close to the 100th player than a top 3 player
There is a big gap when you're talking about the top few players in a class
C'mon. 38th ranking purely for offense with the knowledge he wasn't going to be a guy with crazy athleticism.
He has been a massive disappointment. Anyone who would have expected 8 PPG and 20 MPG would have been ridiculed preseason.
