Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers Hoops vs. Wisconsin
- Thread starter Richie O
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Ouch. If we can get Ron and Geo on track we'll win this game.
Two early fouls and Pike playing him a lot more without Young, and more in a Paul and McConnell pairing.
But no Tez made avoiding bad guard combos pretty easy so that’s a plus.
This Baker stuff at the end of a half or game can't be forced. Move the ball.
Psssh. You two are amateurs.
I invented basketball, played 30 years professionally, in college for 12 years, and coached 55 years.
Page 1 of Pikes last seconds play call. Page 1 unfortunately only has 1 play 4 years running.
Need more Myles. Potter has trouble with Myles.
Free throws and turnovers. The FTs just are what they are I think. But the TOs can be cleaned up. Cut those and we should be ok.
Frankly, they are your classic senior team that limits mistakes and ends up in the sweet sixteen. Are they top 9 most talented? Absolutely not. Can they beat anyone if they play well, sure can
He and Young are the scoring that fires up the boiler. Montez is another log.
As they say, the first five minutes are key. Wisconsin can't be happy with the score and they'll come out strong. Let's see if RU can stay even. And Caleb and Young need to get the major minutes in the backcourt this half.
Our recipe for success has been pesky defense and rebounding. It’s finally back. That gives us energy and confidence and fuels our offense.
Our half court offense still leaves a lot to be desired. We seem to do better in transition. How about a Harper post up to try to get him going?
Two of the bad turnovers were guys expecting Harper to continue into the paint from the wing. But in both cases he reversed himself as the pass went to where he should have been. Is he so in love with the three-ball that he refuses to get to that 10 to 12 foot in the paint spot?
As mentioned above you have to give Mulcahy's minutes to Caleb; Mulcahy is 0-3 3 turnovers and basically another one when he gave the pass under to Caleb in no man's land and burnt on defense a couple of times
I think it’s becoming clear Pike doesn’t know how to incorporate Tez offensively when it comes to guard combos. I think he has too much of the “well if Paul is in, or McConnell, I need some more defense let me put Tez in” mind set and he doesn’t give enough thought to offense impact because admittedly he doesn’t care about the offense as much.
Just had this conversation with a friend. RHJ numbers last year in Big Ten play. Crazy inconsistent and not far off from this year.
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I think if we value possession of the basketball in the second half we will win
Young Mathis McConnell Harper Myles is where I would go
Probably comes out in starting lineup or McConnell/Paul for Tez
Darn, we started 2 seniors and 3 juniors. The young excuse doesn't exist anymore (not saying you said that at all)
And sadly, that's what we're seeing now. He has disappeared ever since he had that ankle injury in practice. I'm hoping his poor shooting is because he's not 100%, but regardless, we need him now to step up.
Cliff’s presence making a big difference inside. Really missed him the last five games.
Some of those passes from guards to Myles/Cliff need to be cleaned up
I think we go to Myles on first possession
I think we go to Myles on first possession
OKay, you're both Rutgers fans and have played and coached. Time to kiss and make up. Lets talk BBall.