Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. Northwestern

[RU848789]

Only 8 fouls all half with just 3 on us - love it.

 

[PatrickRU92]

Defensively stellar half. They're getting NOTHING inside the 3 point line. Of course Gaines who can't throw it in the ocean normally gets 9 points from the arc

Once again if we could make some 3s we'd be deadly

 

[bac2therac]

15-19 2pt shots.....1-10 from 3, so not sure why the last shot was a 3

 

[RU848789]

If we weren't 1-10 from deep, we'd be up by 16+

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Halftime analyst pegs it.. Move the ball around and stop all the ISO crap

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Johnson 2/3 from the line. Maybe he’ll get
Some confidence.

 

[bac2therac]

what happened to Geo..one shot, one assist,

 

[zebnatto]

15-19 2pt shots.....1-10 from 3, so not sure why the last shot was a 3

Yeah, WTF.

 

[bac2therac]

Gaines has 9 shots already, looks like NW will ride him. I think a key is to just limit NW to one shot and to not turn it over, RU will not shooting 15-19 in the 2nd half so its just a matter of getting enough stops

 

[rudad02]

Halftime analyst pegs it.. Move the ball around and stop all the ISO crap

Yes.

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

Defensively stellar half. They're getting NOTHING inside the 3 point line. Of course Gaines who can't throw it in the ocean normally gets 9 points from the arc

Once again if we could make some 3s we'd be deadly

great defense game plan

 

[fluoxetine]

15-19 2pt shots.....1-10 from 3, so not sure why the last shot was a 3

c’mon..

 

[IL Lusciato]

Good game so far.

Our guys closed the half out nicely.

NW is hitting some shots and playing decent Defense.

Refs calling an even game and letting them play.

Let's have a strong second half.

 

[bac2therac]

c’mon..

its not our game and we dont need it, we had a full 25 seconds to run a better play and attack

 

[IL Lusciato]

Only 8 fouls all half with just 3 on us - love it.

Agreed.

 

[fluoxetine]

its not our game and we dont need it, we had a full 25 seconds to run a better play and attack

“Don’t take threes” is not a reasonable offensive strategy. Not that that last play was good..

 

[RUBlackout]

30-13 since being down 14-4. All is right with the world these last 10 minutes.

Stop the jinx...

 

[RU848789]

Defensively stellar half. They're getting NOTHING inside the 3 point line. Of course Gaines who can't throw it in the ocean normally gets 9 points from the arc

Once again if we could make some 3s we'd be deadly

Hmmm, need commas. "Of course Gaines, who can't throw it in the ocean, normally, gets 9 points from the arc." Or, "Of course Gaines who can't throw it in the ocean, normally gets 9 points from the arc." Eats, shoots, and leaves or Eats shoots and leaves. Just having some fun, lol...

 

[bac2therac]

“Don’t take threes” is not a reasonable offensive strategy. Not that that last play was good..

gee we stopped taking them after the dreadful start and look what happened


RU took 5 in the first 5 minutes and were down 14-4....took 4 after that not including last possession..move the ball, go inside

Northwestern will now adjust

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Stop the jinx...

You know what happened last time he said that?

 

[Arizona Knight]

Only thing I cared about in the last possession was making sure it was the actual last possession.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

its not our game and we dont need it, we had a full 25 seconds to run a better play and attack

100%. Even one step in seems to make a difference. Look at Harper.

 

[Degaz-RU]

NW missed a lot of bunnies in the first half. If they start making those, this will be a tight game unless we can hit some threes

 

[fluoxetine]

gee we stopped taking them after the dreadful start and look what happened

Give me a break. This is just so simplistic.

 

[RUJMM78]

Northwestern can still win this game by keeping the margin within 6 points and then hit some 3 pointers.Rutgers often makes these games against mediocre teams too close just because of the woeful 3 point shooting..

 

[rob kight]

its not our game and we dont need it, we had a full 25 seconds to run a better play and attack

As others have said, the game is so much more enjoyable when refs let them play. Also, Paul is a warrior and deserves a purple heart

Only thing I cared about in the last possession was making sure it was the actual last possession.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Amazing how much more enjoyable a game is when the refs let the guys play

🗝

 

[sammybb]

RU's defense was not focused on Gaines, and to his credit, he's made them pay. But I'm fine (for now) taking our chances with a guy averaging 4ppg.

 

[Night Man]

Ron taking it to the rim tonight, only way to play through a shooting slump

 

[RU848789]

Geo needs to use his body better on that fast break

 

[RU Mike73]

Why not make the great pass to Caleb, Geo?

 

[Night Man]

It annoys me when the offensive player extends his body way more conspicuously than the defensive player as they're jostling for position and the defensive player gets a foul called

 

[koleszar]

Why Harper Why?

 

[bac2therac]

sigh...dont need 3s...why

 

[bac2therac]

Geo looks like he has seen a ghost

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

So dumb

 

[bac2therac]

offense terrible the last 4 possessions

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

It has been 8 minutes since northwestern has scored a field goal.

 

[Ronnie_B]

That three never had a shot

 

[RU848789]

Sloppy last few minutes - had the chance to put this away, but haven't yet.