Huh? I said "sustainable" success, meaning I'd prefer not to wait every few years for the stars to align and a good portion of upperclassmen to "develop".
The sky is NOT falling on Men's Hoops...an OTB article
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Harper 14 PPG
Baker 12 PPG
Hyatt 10 PPG
Jones 8 PPG
Omoyuri 8 PPG
McConnell 7 PPG
Mulcahy 7 PPG
Miller 4 PPG
TBD Big man ???
73 to 74 PPG if we include OOC games is not out of the realm with better FT shooting and I don't see anyone here shooting under 60% from the line (yes, I think Cliff will be around 62 to 65% from the FT line)......Cliff shot 14-33 from the FT line. With more minutes and better offseason work I can see that getting to around 21 out of 33 for Big Cliff from the line.
The next lowest returning FT shooter is Mulcahy at 67.5%, (27-40 on the season). Mulcahy battled through multiple injuries (broken nose, and dislocated finger) and missed ZERO games.
I can see Mulcahy getting from 27-40 to 29 or 30 out of 40, which is closer to 75%.
Harper, Baker, Jones, Mulcahy, Hyatt, McConnell and the potential of Mag possibly earning minutes should be another solid FT shooter. It is somewhat conservative to add 3 to 4 PTS per game, if you remove a 41% and 55% FT shooter when both Johnson and Mathis combined for 130 total FT attempts.
Baker 12 PPG
Hyatt 10 PPG
Jones 8 PPG
Omoyuri 8 PPG
McConnell 7 PPG
Mulcahy 7 PPG
Miller 4 PPG
TBD Big man ???
73 to 74 PPG if we include OOC games is not out of the realm with better FT shooting and I don't see anyone here shooting under 60% from the line (yes, I think Cliff will be around 62 to 65% from the FT line)......Cliff shot 14-33 from the FT line. With more minutes and better offseason work I can see that getting to around 21 out of 33 for Big Cliff from the line.
The next lowest returning FT shooter is Mulcahy at 67.5%, (27-40 on the season). Mulcahy battled through multiple injuries (broken nose, and dislocated finger) and missed ZERO games.
I can see Mulcahy getting from 27-40 to 29 or 30 out of 40, which is closer to 75%.
Harper, Baker, Jones, Mulcahy, Hyatt, McConnell and the potential of Mag possibly earning minutes should be another solid FT shooter. It is somewhat conservative to add 3 to 4 PTS per game, if you remove a 41% and 55% FT shooter when both Johnson and Mathis combined for 130 total FT attempts.
Given state of program when he took over recruiting anything higher than a 3 star was a pipe dream. Last couple years he had brought in 4 stars. Not getting the without recruiting comment.
Somehow RU managed to play solid team defense under Pike prior to the arrival of Johnson, Young and Mathis.
My statement about redefining recruitment isn’t saying anything about Pikiell.
it is literally the rediifining of what recruiting encompasses post 2020.
I hate the star system. Our constant fishing in the 3 and 4 star pond over the years have gotten us 30 years of not making the tournament. We always ended up catching the most flawed or undeserving fish in the pond.
I think recruiting today is about making relationships with more people and realizing recruitment is actually a 4-6 year thing. I also think having a system is very important and it is OK to know you are going to use the portal to fill holes on a regular basis.
it's not just Rutgers, fans of rebuilding programs hope/expect it will be linear with consistent improvement every single year. It just doesn't work that way. There are ups and downs. You just hope that as you go forward the highs get higher and the lows aren't so low.
How is this any different than this year with Myles picking up 2 fouls in 30 seconds and Cliff being injured. We survived.
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