Hyatt looking more like the Hyatt we expected last season. His confidence level is way up
Basketball Rutgers vs Fairfield Exhibition Game Thread
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Had pretty textbook footwork on hedging and switching too. Offense will come but he doesn’t look scared and looks like he grew since high school
Yea he looks very comfortable and smooth defending on the perimeter. Does not look like a true freshman who was going to play TE at all
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Spencer is a strong ball handler and passer.
Grabs a steal in the passing lane. He reads plays very well. His shooting is off tonight but that's not really concerning for me
Grabs a steal in the passing lane. He reads plays very well. His shooting is off tonight but that's not really concerning for me
Not watching but best news I’ve heard so far is the Hyatt stuff. If he develops under Pike like most do, he will be a big piece of this team.
Hyatt looks much better today. Very encouraging for him as he takes it to the basket for another layup
Mag has had an excellent game, but he really could have had a bunch more points. A few missed layups and shots around the rim
Mag is the starting 4. The break out is here. He will be a major contributer
Mag has to do a better job finishing, spencer off from outside but hopefully his shot will come. Simpson better than I expected. About what you would expect from Paul and Cliff.
not much Reiber or Jalen Miller out there.
Will be interesting to see who loses minutes when Caleb comes back. My guess would be a combo of Hyatt, Mag and Spencer.
not much Reiber or Jalen Miller out there.
Will be interesting to see who loses minutes when Caleb comes back. My guess would be a combo of Hyatt, Mag and Spencer.
Team looks decent, especially considering no Caleb today. Gave up too many threes and ORs and we were a little sloppy around the rim but there's a lot to like here.
Not sure about his line, but he really looked smooth and poised out there as a freshman. Nice shooting touch, quick to the basket. Kid can play
Biggest takeaways
Cliff is a monster. He has improved his outside shooting and post game. He will dominate as expected
Mag breakout is happening. He's big strong athletic and attacks the rim with and without the ball. Scored some in the mod range game. He will be a tough cover and draw fouls
Simpson is the real deal. He will play major minutes and will be quite the spark off the bench. He is very athletic and really played hard on D with some steals and closing out well. If Cam struggles, it'll just mean even more Simpson. He's ready to play ad a freshman
Hyatt is more confident and can score the ball attacking the rim. The confidence should help him with the 3 ball as well. He looks to be locked into a solid role off the bench when Caleb is back
Woolfolk can play as a freshman. His defense was very good. He might be our best defensive big already. His perimeter defending and switching looked smooth and effortless. He moves very very well for a big man
Dean either tweaked something or they just wanted to not risk it. He only played a few minutes and did nothing.
Miller and Chol barely played. Oskar didn't play at all I don't think?
Projected rotation based on today's game.... Paul Cam Simpson Caleb Hyatt Mag Dean Cliff Woolfolk. If he goes more of an 8 man rotation maybe Woolfolk loses out to Dean there but he can contribute this season if called upon
Cliff is a monster. He has improved his outside shooting and post game. He will dominate as expected
Mag breakout is happening. He's big strong athletic and attacks the rim with and without the ball. Scored some in the mod range game. He will be a tough cover and draw fouls
Simpson is the real deal. He will play major minutes and will be quite the spark off the bench. He is very athletic and really played hard on D with some steals and closing out well. If Cam struggles, it'll just mean even more Simpson. He's ready to play ad a freshman
Hyatt is more confident and can score the ball attacking the rim. The confidence should help him with the 3 ball as well. He looks to be locked into a solid role off the bench when Caleb is back
Woolfolk can play as a freshman. His defense was very good. He might be our best defensive big already. His perimeter defending and switching looked smooth and effortless. He moves very very well for a big man
Dean either tweaked something or they just wanted to not risk it. He only played a few minutes and did nothing.
Miller and Chol barely played. Oskar didn't play at all I don't think?
Projected rotation based on today's game.... Paul Cam Simpson Caleb Hyatt Mag Dean Cliff Woolfolk. If he goes more of an 8 man rotation maybe Woolfolk loses out to Dean there but he can contribute this season if called upon
dont have it front of me, but yes he looks the part. Played with intensity, hit some outside shots, had some nice drives. Confident. A couple of turnovers but correctable. I see a lot of potential
This. Simpson looked excellent overall. A couple turnovers but he's a true freshman guard in his first exhibition game. He looked very confident and athletic. Drained a couple 3's, a nice move to the bucket, made plays on D with steals and deflections, closed out pretty well on 3 point shot
As a Rutgers fan, Simpson was possibly the biggest "stock up" from this game along with Mag and Cliff... Hyatt honorable mention
Simpson had 12 points in 21 minutes and was very active on D.
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It’s one game so I don’t want to get my hopes up too much. But Simpson looked awesome. A few times I almost forgot it wasn’t Geo out there.
My thoughts is we are much faster team both on offense and defense than last year. Simpson is Jacob Young quick if not quicker. Much more well rounded team as far as who can score.
Yeah was getting Jacob Young energizer bunny vibes with Simpson. Impressive debut.
He also has the same fire, yelling, pounding his chest. All as a freshman.
Rebounding and 3 point shooting were poor.Simpson very impressive on offense .Cliff was unstoppable on offense but let too many baskets on defense.Mag and Hyatt scored on drives to the basket .Mulcahy had double digits in assists but wasn't looking to shoot .Spencer had a poor shooting performance but hustled on defense.Fairfield played a solid game especially making far more 3 pointers than Rutgers.McConnell didn't play but was sitting on the bench giving advice to players .
This is one of the more impressive things. This team needed that last year and didn’t have it. Nice to know we have a leader in the making.
Good summary.
Correct Oskar didn't get in at all. Miller came in a couple times but didn't do much. Chol came in only once and looked a little lost. Reiber only came in once too but assuming that's chalked up to easing him back?
Agreed looked good but we still insist on coming off our men and hedging down low and giving up wide open 3’s this has to be on the coaching staff as we have always done this and today was no different don’t understand why especially against this team when there was no reason to double down low
At one point in the first when this happened, Pike yelled at the team, "That's what he does!" He was not happy that they had left one particular shooter open for a 3.
Overhelping has been an issue for a while. It's annoying when the help really isn't necessary at all. Paul gets caught doing this too often
Also was a lack of open looks for Cam. We didn’t play Paul and Simpson that much with Cam but it seemed like he was open more with the extra ball handler in to help Paul. I see Cam being most effective with 2 other guards and expect him to benefit in that sense when Caleb returns. We’re not going to have great perimeter ball rotation with Mag, Hyatt and Cliff all playing together.
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