THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-PRINCETON PREDICTION THREAD
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PU 80 RU 76
I swear that this was my prediction before I read yours.
I swear that this was my prediction before I read yours.
With fans like these who needs enimas?
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I don’t think!
Except to say, if we play well we win.
If both teams play well… we win.
If both teams play poorly…we win.
There’s only one scenario left and I don’t predict it
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they shoot a ton of 3s as their main offense but dont worry they will backdoor us too but no its not the same Princeton from the 80s and 90s. More octane but they are not quite as disciplined as those old teams
Pre-season some NBA scouts thought Lee and Pierce might be NBA prospects.
Both are having decent to good seasons, and Princeton is 8-4, but despite scoring 70 or more points 8 times, and 80 or more points 4 times and 90 or more points 2 times, Princeton's overall resume is not quite as impressive as it has been in some years. They are 1-3 when scoring 70 points or fewer.
Won close games vs a poor Iona (3-8, +300 NET), a poor Duquesne, a decent Northeastern (8-4, 149 NET) and Monmouth ... won relatively easily (but not by huge margins) vs Merrimack, and a nice win vs St. Joes (probably their best win - 7-4, a 114 NET). Lost to a very good Furman (8-1, top 100 in NET), a decent Texas St (around the same territory as Kennesaw St and Wright St), an okay Wright St (5-6, 160 NET - comparable to Kennesaw St, slightly lower NET) and a pretty good Loyola-Chicago (8-1, top 110 NET). In other words, they have lost to every team with a distinctly better NET than them, except maybe ST. Joes (slightly better NET), played close games with teams around their NET, or even much worse. Draw from that what you will: Scores are not transitive.
Princeton always scares me, thought, and they shoot a TON of 3's (like 48% of their total FG tries)at a high make percentage (38%) ... a team like that could get hot from 3 and give anyone a problem.
what scares me is RU leaves alot of shots open. It seem as if every time we play Princeton they are hot from 3. Can we have one night where they are off. Maybe the cavernous arena will help throw them off.
On defense, we need Ace on the glass to reduce 2nd chance attempts. If they get a bunch of offensive rebounds, we're hosed. Maybe this is the game where Martini comes out of his slump and gets some boards as well.
On offense, let Dylan make plays.
On offense, let Dylan make plays.
Quite a coincidence you wrote this. One of the main reasons I'm confident RU will win Saturday: Allocco is no longer a Tiger.
At some point Rutgers needs to blow the doors off a team with a pulse to make some serious moves in the NET. Probably won’t happen but I’ll predict it anyway. It all clicks. RU 88 PU 69
Martini finally shows up against his old team and Jwill and Derkack play their best games so far.
Ace and Dylan do their thing and RU wins and gives fans a better feeling going forward.
RU 76- Tigers 65.
Ace and Dylan do their thing and RU wins and gives fans a better feeling going forward.
RU 76- Tigers 65.
I expect a close game.
I think outcome of game will be determined whether we can defend Pierce and Lee well and minimize their 3 point shooting and typical Princeton back door plays
Our defensive issues get me concerned and are heightened given Princeton’s unorthodox offense
Hoping for a Zach Martini winning shot at the buzzer ! 😂
I think outcome of game will be determined whether we can defend Pierce and Lee well and minimize their 3 point shooting and typical Princeton back door plays
Our defensive issues get me concerned and are heightened given Princeton’s unorthodox offense
Hoping for a Zach Martini winning shot at the buzzer ! 😂
Hoping for some Zach Martini 3's during the game and no need for a buzzer beater my heart can't take those games anymore
I think Rutgers will not be slowed down too much on offense. Key question is can we play some defense or not? I don’t think we shut them down but play better defensively than we have and win this 77-67. Think we are up 10-15 early in the 2nd but don’t put them away until late
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