Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. Northwestern

[RUfromNJ]

Decided not to play for the shutout in the final minute

 

[bethlehemfan]

I swore after the other night I wasn't going to get all worked up, WRONG.

Impossible!!!

 

[koko2315]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

I mean he’s giving Mulcahy Hyatt’s time now
Not a huge fan on Mulcahy and Simpson on court together

 

[runner1954]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

Simpson

 

[greenknight]

Wow!!! I just finished a semi-painful but necessary chat with the Mrs. I turn this on and 21 points in the half? WTF?? I had more pleasure with the semi-painful talk than seeing this score!!! Although my turning the game on resulted in RU going on a 6-0 run. Just saying.

Rutgers had to get hot to get that 21

 

[Rokodesh]

If we lose this like 45-44 there’s going to be a lot of gnashing of teeth about coaching. It’s not really clear to me what you expect a coach to do with a bunch of players that just miss shot after shot after shot.

Don't take out 3 starts after six minutes and replace them with MAAC players

 

[mugrat86]

I think it is

If it was pouring out you would say it’s sunny

 

[Rokodesh]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

Paul doesn't deserve any minutes the rest of the season

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

Cliff 2 points. All at the buzzer


Edit: ESPN box is screwed up. I’ll blame them.

 

[bac2therac]

Pike better win halftime

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

dumbass NW player celebrated his block on Cliff then Cliff puts it back in...LOL

 

[shields]

Play Simpson please.

 

[koko2315]

Cut the turnovers give Simpson some more burn

 

[PatrickRU92]

Does the back court violation clock restart when it's tipped out of bounds?

yes

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

Cliff 2 points. All at the buzzer

he has 4...the first bucket and the last.

 

[scarletknight077]

I can’t believe this is how Paul is gonna go out. He has completely forgot how to play basketball. It’s sad this is the best our offense can do in this do or die game

 

[greenknight]

PM should not be anywhere near the ball. He dribbles w/o a purpose then picks his dribble up when he puts HIMSELF in a trap position and then turns it over

 

[Big boy stan]

Very few fouls called so... Cue the ridiculous amount of whistles in the 2nd half

 

[koko2315]

he has 4

First 2 and last 2

 

[Duff366]

Need to play Simpson ALOT the second half.

 

[ScarletteK80]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

Derek by a mile.

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Strong finish to the half

No worries...Rutgers loses this and next game and still makes it. You are a bigger joke than your outfits.

 

[koko2315]

PM should not be anywhere near the ball. He dribbles w/o a purpose then picks his dribble up when he puts HIMSELF in a trap position and then turns it over

It’s really mystifying

 

[LETSGORU91_]

Ladies and gents. Kindly relax. Rutgers is a second half team. We got this.

LETS GO RU!!!!

 

[RedTeamUpstream94]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

This should be rhetorical question

 

[RUsojo]

If it was pouring out you would say it’s sunny

Ever hear of a sun shower? Way to try and hiJack a thread

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Need to hire an offensive assistant this off season.

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

I swore after the other night I wasn't going to get all worked up, WRONG.

I’m admittedly pretty calm here. Left my angst and frustration on the hardwood in the frozen tundra.

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

First 2 and last 2

and a whole lot of WTF attempts in between.

 

[Degaz-RU]

NW hedging HARD on the high PnR and completely disrupting our offense. Time for Pike to come up with a new strategy.

 

[kupuna133]

Based on 1st half , who deserves more minutes-Paul or Derek in 2nd half?

Is this a rhetorical question?

 

[bac2therac]

We need to do better on boards

We need to stop turning it over

We need to make shots

 

[Nycrusupporter]

The good news, we held them to 25 points. The bad news, I don’t even know where to start . . .

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

If we lose this like 45-44 there’s going to be a lot of gnashing of teeth about coaching. It’s not really clear to me what you expect a coach to do with a bunch of players that just miss shot after shot after shot.

We barely run any sets. I think people wouldnt complain as much if he regularly ran sets when in the half court. We dont really have any offensive identity. Like when you think of rutgers bball offense nothing comes to mind

 

[read option]

Simpson has to be the primary ball handler. The O just needs to be Simpson using a screen or beating his man off the dribble and getting into the lane. From there it’s score, dump off to Cliff, or kick out for an open shot or ball rotation to get an open shot. Asking Caleb or Paul to create doesn’t work.

 

[greenknight]

They get stuffed trying to go to basket

Because they are all SOFT. There is not one player on the team that can finish at the basket. The only guy last year that could finish at the basket was RHJ. Cliff O has the weakest hands in D1 hoops

 

[Rokodesh]

Pike coaches like he has money on Northwestern.

 

[The RUT]

I can’t believe this is how Paul is gonna go out. He has completely forgot how to play basketball. It’s sad this is the best our offense can do in this do or die game

Pike needed to sit him like last week. He needed a little time on the bench to reset and chill out.

For some reason the dude continuously gets 35 minutes and Pike expects it to just magically change.

 

[LETSGORU91_]

he has 4...the first bucket and the last.

Bookend scoring!!!

 

[Colbert17!]

One plus about us playing so badly. It's taken attention away from how many rows of seats have been set aside for football recruits