I know the vast majority here have little or no interest in the women’s team, but for those who might be curious, they are on BTN at noon today vs the Illini
OT: RU Women
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Maybe arella and diamond could teach the men how to shoot the 3.
And foul shots. Seriously, they play with poise but also energy. They are a little short handed due to injuries, but they have a good chance to win out and maybe the double bye. Arella could be Big MVP and Diamond is Big Freshman of year and both are on national watch lists. The supporting cast are also fun to watch. If you haven’t seen them play, take the opportunity. You won’t be disappointed.
Playing lights out today, 41-22 at the half.
This team is really good. If they get to dance they will surprise.
This team is really good. If they get to dance they will surprise.
Cviv said a couple years ago in a private event that they were a couple years from being back to a Final Four type team again, that the recruits were coming. Well now they’re here. The #8 recruiting class in the nation is not disappointing. Happy to hear her last press conference saying she wants UConn, Stanford, Notre Dame etc back on the schedule at the RAC in front of a rocking crowd again. Hope next year brings some of those matchups
Let's not get crazy. If you said foul shooting, definitely.
But let's see the women shoot when there are defenders anywhere near them when taking 3 pointers. Just looked them up. Arella is shooting 39% from 3, which is still pretty good. Diamond is at 54%, which is unheard of.
Of course if any of our men players, including the walk-ons played the women(including Arella) in 1 on 1, the games would not even be close, just based on strength and size.
It would be interesting to see a competition at the foul line and also 3 point shooting between the men and women. Not sure if the pressure would get to the women or the non-pressure would make our men shoot it at a much higher %
Best of Luck,
Groz
Of course men are more athletic, however the women are much better shooters than anyone on the men’s team.
Not a fair comparison. Different size ball w/ same size hoop, different 3pt line, different physical abilities, different required release points and setup/release timing.
So you are convinced without a doubt that if Arella and Diamond competed against Geo and Ron in a 3 point shooting contest, that the women would win? I would still bet my money on the men.
Best of Luck,
Groz
Groz
It doesn’t matter. You can only perform against whom you compete against. They’ve faced some tough competition and are playing well. The comments about “teaching the men” are tongue in cheek. We all want the men to shoot better from the foul line and the perimeter but all want Rutgers to shine. Go ru!
I don't think Hinson was really saying it tongue in cheek. Maybe he can confirm that he really didn't mean that the women were better shooters. He said of course the men are more "athletic" which we all know, but he said the women were better shooters. I am not trying to disparage the women at all, they are playing real good basketball.
I think most of our fans would be surprised if they went to some of our practices, how many foul shots and 3 pointers our men players make. I am not sure why our men struggle so much from the foul line during games, versus the women who don't let the game pressures get to them at the foul line. And, this has been forever that many of the women shoot better from the foul line. It just can't be the smaller ball, but maybe it is the reason.
Best of Luck,
Groz
Three things come to mind in reading this:
1) When I was at RU, a friend told me that Anthony Farmer showed up at Werblin and started messing around in pickup games. Not known as a great shooter. Probably below average for a starting BE point guard. My friend said he literally didn't miss a shot in the pickup game. It's the competition and the speed of the game that makes shots tougher.
2) Free throw culture, I'll call it, strikes me as pure idiocy. Virtually the entirety of basketball, probably hundreds of thousands of players playing competitive ball: men, women, pros, college, high school, AAU, PAL, everyone, is willing to take percentage points, sometimes a pretty sizeable number, off their FT% because they don't want to look stupid shooting the ball underhand. Smart people, stupid people, salt of the Earth people, electrical engineers... virtually everyone. There are really bad free throw shooters who couldn't do much worse, and could probably become good free throw shooters... and no one wants to get better because of the stigma around the "granny shot" or whatever it's called.
3) I sure as hell shoot better with a 28.5 ball than a mens' ball in the driveway...