Almost Horrific all over. Shooting. Coaching. Yes there are some positives but under 20 in the first half is unacceptable. If we made those FTS we would be down at least 5 right now. We better come out hot in the second half because right now this is not it.
Basketball GAME THREAD: RHoops vs. Penn State
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Harper, Geo and Caleb a combined 3-16, while the bench is a surprising 3-5.
Given Jaden some minutes in the second. We need something
It's there, it was just missing shots all half. Need to pass better and get some easy buckets to have a chance here.
Hyatt scores 13 last game, make a move to the basket and draws a foul, then gets immediately taken out and we don't see him the rest of the half?!?!?!?
Rutgers sports can never be “normal”. One game we score 95 and look as good as we have all year then literally the next game we score 19 in a half and look like we never held a basketball before. Just be normal and we’d win going away, PSU offense is horrible
Lucky to only be down by 8 at the half.
We’re still in this game, but need to do a 180 in the 2nd half.
We’re still in this game, but need to do a 180 in the 2nd half.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around that thought process there. Cause I keep coming to the same conclusion, IDIOTIC.
We never play great in these cavernous arenas.
That couldn’t have gone worse and we’re only down 8. PSU is not a good basketball team, and they hit 3s. If we play like we can we win this game.
Mission accomplished. Barely. At least the game is not out of hand.
Hyatt's minutes is the biggest head scratcher coaching decision of the first half
I've seen worse... MUCH worse
Defense was horrible. Focus on him when he is in the game on the defensive end.
We really miss Mag's energy and intensity in a game like this... especially on the road
No, you answered it with your second sentence. That's what the leaders should be demanding and doing.
I thought they were getting good shots at the beginning of the game but nothing was going in and alarmingly some were not even close. Then reverted to too much individual dribbling and TO's. The defense was pretty good but can't tell if that is a function of PSU not being that strong offensively. If they were, we would be down about 15 at this point.
Winning on the road is difficult for the best of teams but for Rutgers it remains a ongoing nightmare.This clearly is a winnable game if Rutgers had a pulse on offense.Penn State is winning because they have a few players that can create and make shots off the dribble.Bottom line its up to Baker and Harper to come out of hibernation or its going to be a very long bus ride back to Piscataway.
Now as a coach I say. No turnovers. Rebound play d and the shots will fall and secretly pray the will actually fall and they usually do if you do 1-3.
Hahah who knows. Hopefully it was a statement from pike at the worst of times. But we’ll see if they come ready to actually play in the second
When the going gets tough for this team they fold like a cheap suit. It’s so annoying because you know it’s coming every time.
We need to speed it up. Penn State, especially Harrar, is slower, but more physical than us. Posting up is not gonna be effective here. If we play at this pace and can’t drive by or make the cutting pass, we’ll struggle. I.e. I like how Dean just drove by and dunked on that one possession.
paul and caleb are playing exactly like they did in the first few games, in fact so are Ron and Geo