I can't decide if they were being serious or attempting to troll.
Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts tweet
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Speaking coherent English is not really a pre-requisite for having a job hosting a sports talk radio show in New York City. Witness Michael Francesca.
Not trolling. Evan plans on watching tonight. He referenced the Iowa game and knows how close RU has been to winning a big game away from the RAC this season. He said RU needs to go out and win tonight to put an end to the close-but-no-cigar road games.
Joe is on vacation. Kim Jones is filling in.
Joe is on vacation. Kim Jones is filling in.
These guys aren't my favorite, but I really do not dislike them.
I understand that we are not normally very good, and that the radio hosts in the area tend to talk much more about pro baseball and pro football, with a little pro hoops/hockey scattered in, but that I bc of market demand and because we just aren't that good.
Once we get good, or are legit contenders, all of these hosts will discuss RU.
I understand that we are not normally very good, and that the radio hosts in the area tend to talk much more about pro baseball and pro football, with a little pro hoops/hockey scattered in, but that I bc of market demand and because we just aren't that good.
Once we get good, or are legit contenders, all of these hosts will discuss RU.
Anyone who thinks we have to win tonight isn’t paying attention.
If I had to pick one that was the furthest from must win, it would be this. Northwestern is "must win".
Rutgers right now I dont think passes the "eye test" for the tournament. Tonight can change that. I dont think it's a must win, but could be seen as one and definitely helps w the committee. There's always the conference tournament, which I'm excited as hell about, but if this team gets in w only home wins, I could see a play in game coming
That was an in depth response, I hope you didn't hurt yourself.
1- I'm not wrong, nobody outside of rutgers fans will believe they deserve a spot if they dont win any road games.
2- I'd rather be wrong than be a grown up that actually responds w "lol"
1- I'm not wrong, nobody outside of rutgers fans will believe they deserve a spot if they dont win any road games.
2- I'd rather be wrong than be a grown up that actually responds w "lol"
I think they’re are a lot of people who would think we’d deserve to be in if we won out at home. I don’t believe that will happen but beating md and Illinois at home along with the games we’d be favored in, would likely put us right there. At the end of the day, I suspect we’re gonna deserve where we wind up. Play every game with the intensity that the season depends on it and let the chips fall.
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You either haven’t been watching all year or you need to get your eyes checked. Sorry but you’re dead wrong.
Now that’s not to say we can’t implode but they have 100% looked like a tournament team.
You either haven’t been watching all year or you need to get your eyes checked. Sorry but you’re dead wrong.
Now that’s not to say we can’t implode but they have 100% looked like a tournament team.
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Dead wrong? I'm not talking "my" eye test, but the committee. The committee is made up of ADs from around the country. You think they care that rutgers won some good games at home if they dont win any on the road? Doesn't matter if they were close. Beating Illinois and Maryland at home at the end of the season would be huge, penn st on the road as well, so there are chances, but they need road wins or a lot will ride on the conf tournament as a kinda bonus.
I'm getting a lasik exam on Saturday morning, I'll let ya know how it goes
Simply not true. I have friends all over Hoboken who are typically anti-RU people yet have absolutely loved watching RU play this season and fully expect them to get into the tourney. Even the Michigan guys who were giving us ZERO credibility prior to Saturday have come around. Completely disagree with our "eye test" comment.
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Bro we were ranked in the top 25 for 2 straight weeks as of last week. Even the past 2 losses I would say we still have a good shot to make the tournament...now if we continue to trend downward and collapse at home and don’t ever win an away game we could get left out.
But to say we did’t pass the “eye test” for an NCAA Tournament team is wrong. We were ranked in the top 25 and are still a top 40 team right now.
good luck with the lasik though
Bro we were ranked in the top 25 for 2 straight weeks as of last week. Even the past 2 losses I would say we still have a good shot to make the tournament...now if we continue to trend downward and collapse at home and don’t ever win an away game we could get left out.
But to say we did’t pass the “eye test” for an NCAA Tournament team is wrong. We were ranked in the top 25 and are still a top 40 team right now.
good luck with the lasik though
Dead wrong? I'm not talking "my" eye test, but the committee. The committee is made up of ADs from around the country. You think they care that rutgers won some good games at home if they dont win any on the road? Doesn't matter if they were close. Beating Illinois and Maryland at home at the end of the season would be huge, penn st on the road as well, so there are chances, but they need road wins or a lot will ride on the conf tournament as a kinda bonus.
I'm getting a lasik exam on Saturday morning, I'll let ya know how it goes[/QUOTE]
Wrong
You are wrong through 23 games RU has the metrics AND passes the eye test
I think we get in with 4 regardless but going 3-1 at home and getting a road win will definitely be a better look than 4-0 at home and winless away from the RAC all year.
This team needs a road win. Can’t go into the NCAAs without one. That would be a huge mental hurdle to go in with.
I think you would still get in. Might be an ugly seed though
Yes, he's wrong. When you see a bad outing by this team it is a surprise.. a bad surprise because you have seen them look very very good even early in the season.
You cannot possibly have watch em vs Seton Hall and thought.. mmmm nah.. not good enough. Same for other games and stretches of games.
And it is not even close.. that is, you cannot see them playing badly and think.. ahhh.. this is really them. the true Rutgers basketball team.. Nope.. if you have seen them enough you know it is just a stretch of bad play.. for whatever reason.
Seton Hall will 100% be looked at by the committee as not being at full strength, that's what they do. And until rutgers can show they can win close games against good teams, which they've done once, or win on the road, they will be looked down on from anyone outside Big Ten/NJ base
yep someone who talked about not passing an eye test because they dared to lose a game to Michigan....yeah sounds knowledgable
They aren't trolling ... Evan Roberts has been very into the concept of Rutgers finally putting a good basketball team on the court.
What are you going on about? We won at Nebraska.
Thanks for the correction forgot about that. Still believe getting another road win against a better opponent would be a better look to the committee then getting them all at home.
You are what your record says you are. If you trade a home loss for a road win, watch how unfavorably the home loss is viewed relative to a furthering of a bad road record.
Eye test… RU has made its bones by winning at home without raining 3s like some other teams. Some prefer a team to rain 3s and then shoot like crap on the road. The eye test doesn't mean the same thing to all sets of eyes.
Eye test… RU has made its bones by winning at home without raining 3s like some other teams. Some prefer a team to rain 3s and then shoot like crap on the road. The eye test doesn't mean the same thing to all sets of eyes.
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