Quixotic Purdue - no idea what to expect

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Speaking objectively, how do we match up?

 

[shields]

Slow down the kid Williams.

 

[YoucancallmeRay]

Need to guard Stefanovic since he can hit the 3. Overall, they don't take many 3s, however. I think we can turn them over. I think Myles will do fine on Harms and Ron or Yeboah will do ok with Williams. We match up well at the guard spots. If we get back to our swarming defense, I think we'll handle Purdue.

 

[ScarletDave]

Purdue always seems to have (1) some giant guy, and (2) sharp shooters from 3. This year that team was Iowa that we faced. Haven’t followed Purdue closely but Haas (big guy) is gone and so is that guy that hit all those 3s at MSG started with an S? Do they have any of those type players this year? Big guy and 3 pt shooters?

 

[RURM85]

Purdue is going to be a tough matchup although they’ve played very poorly on the road. Sasha Stefanovic is their 3 point specialist and is streaky. Also Thompson (PJ’s little brother) comes off the bench and against Wisconsin knocked down 3s. Nojel Eastern is playing his best basketball over the last 3 games and is a dribble and drive scorer. Eastern is also one of the best defenders in conference. Evan Boudreaux started against Whisky and was a scoring and rebounding monster. That’s not to mention their 2 Bigs, Williams and Haarms. haarms will definitely step out for a 3 once or twice a game, and his percentage is decent.

This game concerns me more than most games especially since it’s our 4th game in 10 days.

 

[PatrickRU92]

Purdue, MSU and Michigan, IIRC , are the 3 teams we've never beaten in B1G play.

Time to knock down that domino!

 

[BigEastPhil]

Purdue, MSU and Michigan, IIRC , are the 3 teams we've never beaten in B1G play.

Time to knock down that domino!

I don’t think we ve defeated Maryland either.

 

[RUBOB72]

I don’t think we ve defeated Maryland either.

But we can that is the difference

 

[willisneverrana43]

Speaking objectively, how do we match up?

Jefe, what is a plethora?

 

[rudad02]

As Zap & some others have said, we were tired for Nebby. I believe that is true. Believe we will have caught our breath & will come out ready to play.

 

[superfan01]

As Zap & some others have said, we were tired for Nebby. I believe that is true. Believe we will have caught our breath & will come out ready to play.

How were we tired for Nebraska? They were the ones who flew half way across the country. Every other team in the BIG has played the same number of games in the same time. In fact we have played the most home games in league and played in no pre season tournaments that had to deal with extra travel.we also have a deep bench.

The tired argument makes no sense.

 

[willisneverrana43]

As Zap & some others have said, we were tired for Nebby. I believe that is true. Believe we will have caught our breath & will come out ready to play.

If we were tired, that will be a problem going forward. This is pretty close to what the in-season schedule looks like and will going forward.

 

[rsutton86]

How were we tired for Nebraska? They were the ones who flew half way across the country. Every other team in the BIG has played the same number of games in the same time. In fact we have played the most home games in league and played in no pre season tournaments that had to deal with extra travel.we also have a deep bench.

The tired argument makes no sense.

Nebraska had an extra day rest, plus we were coming back cross country from Iowa on Wednesday. Also, Nebraska had a much shorter trip in the same time zone from Wisconsin the night before.

 

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Purdue, MSU and Michigan, IIRC , are the 3 teams we've never beaten in B1G play.

Time to knock down that domino!

That's about to change!~

MO :CHOP::Hammer Nails:

 

[hoquat63]

Jefe, what is a plethora?

Small single cell organism I think

 

[fbc1866]

The next three games will be fun to watch. They are finally concern about playing RU now.

 

[willisneverrana43]

As long as they don’t get, you know, tired.

 

[wheezer]

Nebraska had an extra day rest, plus we were coming back cross country from Iowa on Wednesday. Also, Nebraska had a much shorter trip in the same time zone from Wisconsin the night before.

I noticed right away that we looked slow compared to Nebraska, particularly on defense
Not getting into position to defend corner shots and their guards penetrating all day

I would say we looked tired

 

[R U Crazy]

Small single cell organism I think

Not sure yo are serious but

pleth·o·ra
/ˈpleTHərə/

1. 1.
   a large or excessive amount of (something).

 

[RU MAN]

Purdue always seems to have (1) some giant guy, and (2) sharp shooters from 3. This year that team was Iowa that we faced. Haven’t followed Purdue closely but Haas (big guy) is gone and so is that guy that hit all those 3s at MSG started with an S? Do they have any of those type players this year? Big guy and 3 pt shooters?

I watched them twice this year. When they played Illinois, they looked soft below average and lost by 17 at home. I then saw them beat Michigan State at home where they were a completely different team, beating MSU by 29. In the win, they were knocking down their shots (MSU couldn't hit the broadside of a barn that game) and Haarms and Wiliams played Tillman, Henry, Brown really tough.

Which team do we get? The former or the latter? Hmmm. The games above were at home for them. They are not very good on the road. I believe they're 0-5. Let's get out there and punch them in the mouth right away and take any momentum away from them. We play our game and focus on good D we win this game going away.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Not sure yo are serious but

pleth·o·ra
/ˈpleTHərə/

1. 1.
   a large or excessive amount of (something).

Make that a LARGE single cell organism?
[roll]

 

[hoquat63]

Not sure yo are serious but

pleth·o·ra
/ˈpleTHərə/

1. 1.
   a large or excessive amount of (something).

:>)

 

[RU848789]

Purdue always seems to have (1) some giant guy, and (2) sharp shooters from 3. This year that team was Iowa that we faced. Haven’t followed Purdue closely but Haas (big guy) is gone and so is that guy that hit all those 3s at MSG started with an S? Do they have any of those type players this year? Big guy and 3 pt shooters?

Think you're thinking of Carson Edwards their all world scoring guard, who shredded everyone including us. They don't have anyone like him this year. Very beatable if we play high intensity defense, which we've only seen in stretches the last 2 games. Would also be nice to continue our improved three point shooting from the last two games of 15-43 (35%) vs. our season average of 31%. Also noticed we're now giving up threes at 30% for the season, when that was down around 25% two games ago (Iowa and NE killed that).

 

[RUJMM78]

I watched them twice this year. When they played Illinois, they looked soft below average and lost by 17 at home. I then saw them beat Michigan State at home where they were a completely different team, beating MSU by 29. In the win, they were knocking down their shots (MSU couldn't hit the broadside of a barn that game) and Haarms and Wiliams played Tillman, Henry, Brown really tough.

Which team do we get? The former or the latter? Hmmm. The games above were at home for them. They are not very good on the road. I believe they're 0-5. Let's get out there and punch them in the mouth right away and take any momentum away from them. We play our game and focus on good D we win this game going away.

The last two home games Rutgers has started slowly on offense and it took 5 minutes to catch up.

 

[RU MAN]

The last two home games Rutgers has started slowly on offense and it took 5 minutes to catch up.

Exactly. We can't have that happen against Purdue.

 

[Westcoast]

I noticed right away that we looked slow compared to Nebraska, particularly on defense
Not getting into position to defend corner shots and their guards penetrating all day

I would say we looked tired

The funny thing is, being over confident looks the same as tired - because that's how you play - sluggish, a step slow, low energy, lazy feet on defense.

But fatigue was not the issue imho.

Even so, they'll have just over 3 days between games so they should be 100%.