Basketball PREVIEW/LIVE THREAD: Rutgers Hoops vs. Notre Dame

[hbr1103]

Better defense in the second half

cliff needs to come alive on offense

and Paul needs to gain his confidence back

and for the love of GOD HYATT PASS

Disagree
Hyatt is getting good shots
Not making them

 

[RU Mike73]

Paul looked better for last four minutes. Mid range jumper and outlet to Caleb. He will be fine.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Ride harp. Play d. Rebound = win.

 

[Jtung230]

Geo and Paul need to step up on D. Let’s hope the O can maintain and D gets back on track.

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

BTW not impressed much with ND. We play better competition for sure. Doesn't mean we can't lose but I'm convinced we're a better team.

Atkinson is good. With Cliff MIA he’s a big problem.

 

[Danprusa_4]

Disagree
Hyatt is getting good shots
Not making them

Which is why I said “PASS” didn’t mean he wasn’t getting bad looks he can’t make ****

 

[bac2therac]

Brey is a good coach. He almost certainly will made an adjustment for his defense

Pike will make an adjustment on his D. Hopefully Cliff learned by observing

 

[RUfanSinceAnderson]

ND offense is running circles on us . Need to make some serious adjustments.

Seems we made a choice to double and close on the three and leave the two one on one.

 

[anon1753890747]

The big east ref is blowing
The big 10 ref is swallowing

 

[FIJI'83]

Need Cliff to stick to Atkinson like white on rice … so to speak. Need points from players other than Caleb and RHJ. And most of all we need STOPS.

 

[gmay8]

Fantastic half by Caleb. I hope he doesn’t try to do too much in the second half. Keep playing his defense and midrange/hustle game.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Replays look like nobody touched Caleb on that last layup. Real time, I thought it was a foul. Slow mo, no touchie. Are these high powered beers affecting me?

 

[Danprusa_4]

Seems we made a choice to double and close on the three and leave the two one on one.

Better than them making 3s all night. I’ll take it

 

[RUboston]

Why do the announcers say this is an “old time Big East game”? That’s Villanova - Georgetown, not RU-ND.

 

[bac2therac]

Their AA did very little in the first half

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

This. Refs are fine, so far.

refs can piss on you guys and you'd call it a fine spring shower

 

[cubuffsdoug_rivals]

ND offense is running circles on us . Need to make some serious adjustments.

If that's running circles around us, then why are they not winning? Rutgers has taken away their ability to shoot threes. The trade-off is ND scoring in the paint. That has to be digging at their souls. Watch ND scheme up ways to get most 3 point off.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Not sure why Brey keeps going away from zone defense. Every time he plays it, we struggle.

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

Fantastic half by Caleb. I hope he doesn’t try to do too much in the second half. Keep playing his defense and midrange/hustle game.

Agreed. I usually worry when he makes a 3, but we had nothing else at that juncture so I wasn’t about to quibble.

 

[mugrat86]

Did we just see RU score at the buzzer in the first half of a game? Has that happened at all this year!

Great play by Paul and Caleb!!

Caleb is in the zone … sometimes coming back to your roots gets you comfortable!!!!!

Geo against Indiana

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Not sure why Brey keeps going away from zone defense. Every time he plays it, we struggle.

Shhhhhh

Lol

 

[RW90]

Davis thinks it’s Paul who’s having his career night.

And Cliff blocked the shot while sitting on the bench.

 

[bac2therac]

Notice we stopped turning it over..thats a big deal

 

[Danprusa_4]

Why do the announcers say this is an “old time Big East game”? That’s Villanova - Georgetown, not RU-ND.

Haha I feel like most of these announcers are just their for the money they don’t do too much research on Every team just learn the top players on each team

 

[RUby RED]

Disagree
Hyatt is getting good shots
Not making them

Hyatt puts the blinders on the second he touches the ball and has all year. Good looks or not, needs to make a more concerted effort to work the ball and play within the offense. He’s averaging the 2nd most shots per 40 mins on the team, yet only shooting. 36% from the field. Play your role

 

[Loyal_2RU]

Why do the announcers say this is an “old time Big East game”? That’s Villanova - Georgetown, not RU-ND.

Brey said it

 

[Joey Bags]

This studio crew is a bunch of mooks

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

refs can piss on you guys and you'd call it a fine spring shower

I lol’d. Loudly

 

[anon1753890747]

Half time highlights at least 2 and 1s whistle swallowed
Caleb was fouled on the last shot

 

[SleepingGiantIsAwake]

Replays look like nobody touched Caleb on that last layup. Real time, I thought it was a foul. Slow mo, no touchie. Are these high powered beers affecting me?

He got tripped…it’s a foul

 

[ScarletteK80]

Up 41-36 at the half. Anyone else feeling anxious?

Me, very.

 

[FIJI'83]

refs can piss on you guys and you'd call it a fine spring shower

☔️

 

[Knightmoves]

Hyatt puts the blinders on the second he touches the ball and has all year. Good looks or not, needs to make a more concerted effort to work the ball and play within the offense. He’s averaging the 2nd most shots per 40 mins on the team, yet only shooting. 36% from the field. Play your role

Hyatt has 2 assists, 2 rebounds and a block, so he is helping. Also helping cover Atkinson on D.

 

[anon1753890747]

Replays look like nobody touched Caleb on that last layup. Real time, I thought it was a foul. Slow mo, no touchie. Are these high powered beers affecting me?

Watch it again he was tripped

 

[ClassOf02v.2]

When was the last time a bench player scored a point?

 

[RUJMM78]

Plenty of offense but little defense frrom both teams.Notre Dame scoring too easily around the basket.Rutgers bench needs to score.McConnell and Harper are double digit scorers.Cliff once again in early foul trouble which could be a problem in second half because Notre Dame center getting great position around the basket.Rutgers needs to keep scoring to win because defense not stopping Notre Dame.Twenty minutes between moving on or going home.

 

[tfio]

20 for another 40. LFG.

 

[RW90]

I'm just saying the 45 seconds he takes to do the interview doesn't change anything

Except the coaches have a team timeout to worry about.

 

[RUby RED]

Hyatt has 2 assists so he is helping. Also helping cover Atkinson on D.

Not faulting the effort. It’s been good mins overall, but feels like going to him can be a sinkhole on some possessions

 

[FIJI'83]

Me, very.

Here this will help.