UTAH STATE - SD STATE just started on CBS... and it is relevant

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

UTAH STATE - SD STATE just started... and it is relevant as we might have to face 30-1 SD State or Utah State in the tourney at some point

I just saw Utah States coach try to distract a SD State shooter trying a 3 right near him... whatajerk.. score was 7-4 and 12:55 or so on clock when he did it

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Did you see that shot? Merril might as well be Larry Bird today

2.5 secs.. 59-56 Utah State

 

[RU516]

Did you see that shot? Merril might as well be Larry Bird today

Incredible. Dagger 3

 

[G- RUnit]

Merrill be like Geo!!!!

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Did you see that shot? Merril might as well be Larry Bird today

That kid sick. Reminds me of jon elmore from marshall who went on a heater in the 2018 conference usa tourney which i sketchily attended in dallas haha

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

recently in a BAC thread I posed the idea that the mid-majors may "arrange" things to get more bids... and in this game announcers say teh top seed has lost 14 of 16 of teh championship games

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Utah state probably was in ...now that pushed Dayton to the one line and a scrum for the four seed because Baylor is faltering

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

ooohhhh so close

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Utah state probably was in ...

...and now it is definite.. another $2M for the Mountain West

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Merrill did not come off the court the entire game. What a winner that kid is.

 

[gordel1]

Glad we don't have to sweat with each one of these bubble games any longer! Although, the vast majority of bubble teams did fall today.

 

[bac2therac]

yup, they stole a bid but it was likely from Richmond or Cincy or Wichita or UCLA or Stanford or Texas or Oklahoma or Memphis or Arkansas or North Carolina State or Arizona State or Xavier or Indiana

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

I think they were in anyway. 25 wins a before tonight and won at Florida and at LSU.

It would have really sucked if Hunter had made the FT however.

 

[Terry_2426]

SD State losing helps them a lot. Likely can be a 2 in the west instead of a 1 in the East

 

[Zebrapoodle23]

Our W today was even bigger w/ San Diego St losing and giving up a bubble spot

 

[gordel1]

They said USU may be as high as a 6 seed and I have no issues with that. I just hope RU doesn't have to face them.

 

[RUBob75]

Our W today was even bigger w/ San Diego St losing and giving up a bubble spot

 

[Scangg]

Merrill did not come off the court the entire game. What a winner that kid is.

But some thought Young needed rest when he was in the F'in zone the other night after 6 minutes lol

 

[ecojew]

yup, they stole a bid but it was likely from Richmond or Cincy or Wichita or UCLA or Stanford or Texas or Oklahoma or Memphis or Arkansas or North Carolina State or Arizona State or Xavier or Indiana

UCLA, Texas, Arkansas, and IU all lost and right now Cincy and Xavier are trailing late in their games. Sadly, Oklahoma roared back from a 17 point deficit to defeat TCU on the road. I think NC State won. I believe that Stanford lost to Oregon State and must play Oregon tonight or tomorrow.

ASU won today over Pac12 bottom feeder at home. They lost last night to Washington, who is also not very good.

So overall, despite the USU win for the automatic bid from the MWC, it was a good day overall for Rutgers.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

SDSU-USU game became irrelevant at 415PM EST