thank God for basketball

RUich

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With both the men (6-1) and women (5-1)off to nice starts, we have something to be happy about for a change with football finishing another dreadful season tomorrow. Not to mention the coaching debacle that is so Rutgers.
 

Knight Shift

Heisman
May 19, 2011
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Pump the brakes:

As the Asbury Park Press headline said:
Rutgers basketball runs past UMass in tune-up for gauntlet ahead

From the story:
"Will this carry over as the Scarlet Knights enter a 10-day stretch with games against Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Seton Hall? The optimist sees a group hitting stride at the right time, having played its two best games of the young season over the past week. The skeptic sees a squad that hasn't faced a quality opponent or a true road environment yet."

https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/11/29/rutgers-basketball-umass/4290735002/
 
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SCILS02

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Basketball is going to get ugly quick. Love Pike and the team, but the mental and physical toughness is just off with no Eugene this year - not to mention the lack of frontcourt depth will spell big trouble in the Big Ten.
 

Knight Shift

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Basketball is going to get ugly quick. Love Pike and the team, but the mental and physical toughness is just off with no Eugene this year - not to mention the lack of frontcourt depth will spell big trouble in the Big Ten.
Moorhead could fix that. [banana]
 

Colbert17!

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Aug 30, 2014
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Pike s**ks!!! How many conference championships has he won? How many post season tournaments? How many times has he beat West Virginia? How many New Years Day games has he played?
Why did we even want this guy?
:uzi::eek::cool2:[banana]:Basketball: :Hoops:
 

GoodOl'Rutgers

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Sep 11, 2006
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Pump the brakes:

As the Asbury Park Press headline said:
Rutgers basketball runs past UMass in tune-up for gauntlet ahead

Will this carry over as the Scarlet Knights enter a 10-day stretch with games against Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Seton Hall? The optimist sees a group hitting stride at the right time, having played its two best games of the young season over the past week. The skeptic sees a squad that hasn't faced a quality opponent or a true road environment yet.

https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/11/29/rutgers-basketball-umass/4290735002/
That reads like the APP writer is saying the stuff in that paragraph instead of you, Knight Shift
 

rufanjerry

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We had Pike half way out the door after St. Bonaventure..lol
With thousands of Rutgers fans home for
Thanksgiving and hitting refresh every 5 seconds I think Pike might have taken the team aside and said hey if you guys like me win today because the venom would have come fast and furious !
 
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wheezer

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Jun 3, 2001
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Basketball is going to get ugly quick. Love Pike and the team, but the mental and physical toughness is just off with no Eugene this year - not to mention the lack of frontcourt depth will spell big trouble in the Big Ten.

Two wins out of the next four would be as good as we could hope For.

I fear it won’t be that good
 
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RUHouston

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Basketball is going to get ugly quick. Love Pike and the team, but the mental and physical toughness is just off with no Eugene this year - not to mention the lack of frontcourt depth will spell big trouble in the Big Ten.
Says someone that couldn’t have watched a single game....

...yeah they were getting blown out by a hot shooting Bonnie team but fought back to make it respectable but funny thing, they’ve been playing lights out defense lately and look a lot tougher than when Gene-I’ll-stall-the-offense-and-quit-when-recruited-over Omoruyi was here...
 
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Knight Shift

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He is doing that on purpose just like someone else does on here.

Annoying isn’t it?
Nothing was done on purpose. Just neglected to include the quotes, which I added for clarity. I never really liked Carino's reporting on Rutgers.
 

e5fdny

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Nov 11, 2002
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Nothing was done on purpose. Just neglected to include the quotes, which I added for clarity. I never really liked Carino's reporting on Rutgers.
You do it by accident, the other guy makes it seem like it’s his thoughts.
 

GoodOl'Rutgers

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Sep 11, 2006
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Pump the brakes:

As the Asbury Park Press headline said:
Rutgers basketball runs past UMass in tune-up for gauntlet ahead

From the story:
"Will this carry over as the Scarlet Knights enter a 10-day stretch with games against Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Seton Hall? The optimist sees a group hitting stride at the right time, having played its two best games of the young season over the past week. The skeptic sees a squad that hasn't faced a quality opponent or a true road environment yet."

https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/11/29/rutgers-basketball-umass/4290735002/

Oh.. I have no problem with how you did it originally then.. I swear I went to that link and read it and never saw that paragraph. It was so odd I scanned it twice looking for that paragraph.

Sometimes.. on some sites.. they serve up ads that do not behave nicely and hide real content from me. But I just went back after seeing you added quotes that showed that was indeed a quote form the article and there it was.

So.. in that case.. my comment is.. that writer sucks. Pick a side dammit.. the optimist this, the pessimist that... PICK ONE AND TAKE A STAND.
 

rufeelinit

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Looking forward to seeing if we are ready for the step up in competition. I do worry about our toughness against the likes of Pitt, MSU and SHU.
 
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SCILS02

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Says someone that couldn’t have watched a single game....

...yeah they were getting blown out by a hot shooting Bonnie team but fought back to make it respectable but funny thing, they’ve been playing lights out defense lately and look a lot tougher than when Gene-I’ll-stall-the-offense-and-quit-when-recruited-over Omoruyi was here...
I understand your point, but the remaining schedule won't let them play that way. I've watched them and they look soft to me (which hasn't been the case with Gene). Pike even said it after a couple of games. These teams are going to run tons more size at them and wear them down as the season goes on, unfortunately we don't have enough shooters yet to play a true smaller ball/fluid offensive style against the good teams. The schedule isn't kind the rest of the way. Please come back and read your post in February. NIT - yes, still possible - but no way, now how NCAA. I hate to say it because I do like this team.
 

FastMJ

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This years team is light years ahead of last years. Much better athleticism and defense.
 

wheezer

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Jun 3, 2001
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This years team is light years ahead of last years. Much better athleticism and defense.

We will see about the defense over the next four games..... they played fairly well yesterday, but on offense they missed too many easy shots
Inside shots, where if we were playing a really good team, we need to make

Somewhere in here, Johnson to get in foul trouble early, at least in one or two if these, need Shaq C to step up, wish we had Duke playing at a higher level

The next four will be telling.....
 

RUich

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Jesus! All I was talking about was the here and now. Obviously, times are going to get a lot tougher as it will for just about everyone else as we all roll into our respective conference schedules. But, both teams could be already losing more than they have won if you look at past seasons lately. Just trying to point out that things are going well with both so far!
Hell, how do you think Duke fans feel right now?
 
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