Harper is Killing Us

[ImBadRU]

Many open looks. Wut happened to his shot?

 

[G- RUnit]

Pull Young! That’s usually what happens on this board.

 

[winfield102]

He's looked sluggish for awhile now. His 3's are close but nothing has gone for him lately.

 

[sct1111]

He's looked sluggish for awhile now. His 3's are close but nothing has gone for him lately.

Sluggish is the right word. He looks slow and unsure if himself.

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

He will bounce back

 

[RUJMM78]

Young and Harper won the game for Rutgers in the last minutes of the game.

 

[RUfanSinceAnderson]

While I agree he needs to find his shot. His shot late closed the game. Was a huge tough shot. Love when he drives to the hole.

 

[JerseyShoreKnight]

He’s hitting everything but 3 pointers right now. He had some clutch shots at the end of the game tonight. Once he gets his 3 point shoot back, he’ll be the RHJ we saw earlier this year.

 

[Degaz-RU]

He had a great 2nd half

 

[RUBlackout]

Has to shoot with a bit more arch

 

[Yeah Baby]

Last game he had 3 - 3 pointers that were halfway down and came out. Confidence is everything but he may be hitting a wall with his emphasis on D and rebounding. He’s playing guys taller than him every game so he’s getting tired. When he’s on, he blows right past guys like Nance.

 

[JonathanAlan]

Nance has been guarding him and he's tough , physical and big. He's forced Harper to take longer shots and he's just missing.

 

[Goku]

Is it the ankle still??

 

[bethlehemfan]

I think he’s gonna start making more threes soon.

 

[ru66]

man our fans have a severe case of pre mat ejac syndrome

 

[HeavenUniv.]

We won

Rutgers Basketball
2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament

 

[Knights 1212]

A WIN is a WIN is a WIN. Ron played an outstanding second half. He is human after all. Some of you expect our players to be perfect every game.

 

[willisneverrana43]

Many open looks. Wut happened to his shot?

He isn’t nearly as good a shooter as he was hitting them in the beginning of the year, and he isn’t nearly as bad as he is missing them now.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Rather him be cold now then the end of the season and tournament time. He’ll find a shot again.

 

[AshCatchEm]

Better to be cold now than the tourney

 

[MADHAT1]

Last game it was Young killing the team and posters acted like he should be kicked off the team
Enjoy the wins and don't panic about bad stats.
Sometimes it's the little things that don't show up in the box score that a player does that
helps the team to win.
Also when a player get to be considered a force, opponents set up their D thinking about him

 

[RU-ROCS]

Ron will be fine. He’s just in a slump and seems to have lost his confidence. One good game could turn that around. Hopefully soon!

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Shack has pointed out his release point has lowered on perimeter shots. He has made most of his fade aways because they require a higher release point.

 

[JavaDunk18]

Started hittin late tonight, will continue this vs Minnesota..By Iowa, look out - an encore of his monster game there 2 years ago..I think we win that game..

 

[bac2therac]

Harper hit some big shots in the 2nd half...had 9 of RU's last 14

 

[fluoxetine]

He's obviously had a brutal stretch from three.

He just needs to keep taking them when he's open.

 

[ScarletDave]

The “bench Young” comments disappeared now that he had 20 points off the bench. I too wish all 8 players score 10+ a game and score 100, but in big ten basketball that’s not always gonna be the case. NO EASY GAMES

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Is it just me OR do we rebound better, as a team, when someone other than RHJ shoots a 3? I almost feel like the entire team starts heading the other way as soon as Ron jacks one up.

 

[Doteman]

Many of his 3s the last few weeks have rattled in and out, he seems to be on a very unlucky streak as you would think at least a few of them would stay down. They will start to fall and even out, he is due for a nice stretch.

 

[Arizona Knight]

He is going to break out against some poor team soon. Maybe he’s waiting for Iowa again.

 

[rudad02]

He's clearly in a 3 point slump. It's in his head & he's pressing. Same thing happens in baseball. You begin to press & the worse it gets. Believe Zap would agree with this. He'll come out of it.

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

yes and the last 3 games he hasn't let the slump affect his D, which was happening during the losing streak.

He's clearly in a 3 point slump. It's in his head & he's pressing. Same thing happens in baseball. You begin to press & the worse it gets. Believe Zap would agree with this. He'll come out of it.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

To be fair, the corner shot in 2nd half, should have been a 3, toe was just over the line.

 

[rudad02]

To be fair, the corner shot in 2nd half, should have been a 3, toe was just over the line.

Sure looked it. Didn't get why they didn't look at it. They look at about everything.

 

[RU677381]

My guess is that he was told to just keep shooting when he has open looks. He has had a lot of open looks,
they will start falling.

 

[rudad02]

My guess is that he was told to just keep shooting when he has open looks. He has had a lot of open looks,
they will start falling.

Almost too much time.

 

[BKIn118]

What's killing me is all these threads in the past couple of weeks hating on college kids.

You don't think these guys wanna win? You've obviously never spent 30 seconds with them or anyone else inside this program if you think that.

We can all be better fans. Let's try that for a change

 

[fluoxetine]

What's killing me is all these threads in the past couple of weeks hating on college kids.

You don't think these guys wanna win? You've obviously never spent 30 seconds with them or anyone else inside this program if you think that.

We can all be better fans. Let's try that for a change

While I agree with the general sentiment, this thread doesn't seem out of line. Harper has certainly had a very bad shooting stretch and nothing in here attacks him personally.