Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. DePaul

[AshCatchEm]

And if Jones isn't ready that's on you! Play him vs the ****** teams to GET him ready

 

[MLBash93]

Pike’s terrible recruiting catching up to him.

Reiber
Palmquist
Miller doesn’t see the floor
Jones barely plays
Agee is just bad

Jones will be a star. Book it

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

We’ve complained about every player but Hyatt. Thing is, we need five in the floor.

And Jones

 

[Plum Street]

Hyatt is a bright spot

 

[RULoyal]

I missed the first three games of the year. Have we looked this slow and out of it every game? This is bad. We have more talent than DePaul. Why aren’t we smoking them. Leave Jones and Hyatt in all game. When cliff went out we went downhill.

Pretty much.

 

[Eagleton95.99]

It's like the whole team, including Pike, is high. We know a lot of these players, and we know Pike. The team vibe is pretty mystifying. This is not the the team personality we have seen from this team and from Pike for many years now. Like they all just got dumped by their girlfriends and are distracted.

 

[RUfan1027]

This is brutal. There is no semblance of an offense. Pike has been awful this season. This team is going nowhere fast. Anyone who thinkd otherwise is delusional.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

And 5 guys with 2 fouls each including Cliff, Geo, and Ron. How is this a 4 point game?

 

[SantaFeScarlet]

2 ***** teens it's all about who wants it more

So far to Depaul does. This team plays with no heart or soul

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

If Hyatt isn't coming out of the half on the floor then Pike has lost it.

 

[Shell21]

I missed the first three games of the year. Have we looked this slow and out of it every game? This is bad. We have more talent than DePaul. Why aren’t we smoking them. Leave Jones and Hyatt in all game. When cliff went out we went downhill.

Yes, we are slow, not athletic and lazy. Besides Hyatt and Ron ( especially on the boards ) and everyone has underachieved

 

[Perricone7]

This team flat out stinks. Hate to say it but the chickens have come to roost. You can’t flop on 2 classes (and transfer portal).

 

[RU848789]

One of the worst halves of the Pike era

Thought the first two games this season were much worse. We actually shot ok, but we fouled too much and were too careless with the ball (8 TOs to 3).

 

[RW90]

Hyatt should be the backup center. Agee and Reiber are both lost.

Maybe even starting at this point.

 

[Eagleton95.99]

Let Ron drive and everyone else crash the boards. It would be better than what we see now.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Reiber is D2 player.

As is Mag

 

[JonathanAlan]

We actually are shooting pretty good. De Paul has a bad defense

Problem is lineup and poor defense

Exactly....DePaul is not impressive at all. They seem undisciplined on both offense and defense but they're scrappy and hungry. And we're not....

 

[bac2therac]

And 5 guys with 2 fouls each including Cliff, Geo, and Ron. How is this a 4 point game?

because DePaul is awful

 

[GORU2014]

Pike’s terrible recruiting catching up to him.

Reiber
Palmquist
Miller doesn’t see the floor
Jones barely plays
Agee is just bad

Decent shot Reiber and Palmquist move down a level. Miller is 4 games into his college career behind 3 returning NCAA tourney guards. Jones should be getting more minutes, he’s clearly talented so that’s not a recruiting issue. Not impressed by Agee so far, we needed Carter and we’re getting Doucoure.

 

[DHajekRC84]

Also telling our 2 nba stars are on the bench in the closing seconds

Sorry. I'm no NBA fan or expert but unless the NBA means some jr. Jr. Jr league these two aren't domestic products.

 

[RU to the Core]

It's like the whole team, including Pike, is high. We know a lot of these players, and we know Pike. The team vibe is pretty mystifying. This is not the the team personality we have seen from this team and from Pike for many years now. Like they all just got dumped by their girlfriends and are distracted.

This.

 

[bac2therac]

wait i cant wait for posters to come here and say that Pikes recruiting is all good

 

[DHajekRC84]

One of the worst halves of the Pike era

Hardly

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Palmquist is a bench warmer

 

[rufeelinit]

First time I have seen the team play. We are not a good team. Lost a lot more than we added to the roster. Look like a B1G bottom feeder to me.

 

[ClassOf02v.2]

Can’t say I’m surprised at the offense we’ve seen. Equally big problem is that this strategy only works if you’re going to play high intensity lights out defense and rebound your *** off. So yeah, about that....

Also, DePaul’s D is atrocious.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

If Hyatt isn't coming out of the half on the floor then Pike has lost it.

Hyatt could have 30 at half and pike would still begin the 2nd half with the starters. He doesnt know anything else. Hes done it his whole career

 

[SantaFeScarlet]

How bad was that foul oh my gosh

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

Jones will be a star. Book it

At a different school. Also we are being laughed at in the half time show

 

[Caliknight]

This.

NIL deals aren't coming in probably.

 

[bitnez]

I’ll take the contrarian view. We didn’t play well but they want to score 90+ and they have 33. Yes, we play ugly basketball but we somehow win more than we lose. And we actually have been better in the second half of these games. I have written this one off yet.

 

[bac2therac]

RU has 8 TOs, De Paul 3....Harper has 4

RU 2-12...now where are all the posters who say we wont shoot that bad every night

we are 11-19 shooting 2s..thats what we need to do, De Paul cant defend inside

 

[Luvscarletknights]

I have not watched the game or score. I popped on here to see what is going on and based on the comments it sounds like we are losing by double digits. I look at score and we are losing by only 4 and we have two of our starters out with foul trouble. Yikes......

 

[kt124]

wait i cant wait for posters to come here and say that Pikes recruiting is all good

it is getting very concerning

 

[mikeyoc]

Reiber is D2 player.

Maybe

 

[MLBash93]

I'm going to bring a sign next game with instructions for pike.

Bench Mag
Don't play PM and CM together

 

[RU848789]

How do you take jones out there. Should get fired on the spot for that. It wasn’t a defensive possession it was an offensive possession. Also Hyatt needs to play the full 20 here in the second half

Hyperbole much?

 

[MV9000]

We should be smoking DePaul lol. That lineup change when we were grooving killed all mojo.

 

[RUTrack94]

The play of our big deuce smells like a big deuce. Watched the final 5 minutes .. Geo looked horrible on those 2 bricks and bad pass.

TV said they are doing well in the paint … why aren’t they going inside more?

 

[bac2therac]

I’ll take the contrarian view. We didn’t play well but they want to score 90+ and they have 33. Yes, we play ugly basketball but we somehow win more than we lose. And we actually have been better in the second half of these games. I have written this one off yet.

actually agree but what kind of lineup will Pike put in, guarantee he rides Paul and Caleb again the first 5 minutes