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THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-PRINCETON PREDICTION THREAD

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Degaz-RU

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Dec 19, 2002
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Unfortunately, I think it's bombs away for Princeton.

Princeton 82
Rutgers 80
 
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RUby RED

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I’m down on this team’s tourney prospects but seems to be a lot of doomerism on this board. This is not a good Princeton team. Think we win by 10
 
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Mr. Magoo1

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Nov 15, 2001
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Princeton 74
Rutgers 67

Relying on freshmen (regardless of how good they are) playing Princeton for the first time and our inability to guard the 3 pt line is worrisome.
 
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RUJMM78

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Jul 25, 2001
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Rutgers 68 Princeton 65

Princeton has the better half court offense but Rutgers has the two most talented players.This could be similar to Notre Dame game but with less scoring by both teams.
 
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Greene Rice FIG

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Dec 30, 2005
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several posters have said some real bad things about bart and kenpom. not sure how I can now come up with a prediction. I guess I'll now have to watch the game and be surprised.

Rutgers 54
Princeton 45

couldn't help myself, checked bart
Rutgers 81
Princeton 70
 
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Kbee3

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Aug 23, 2002
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Mr Magoo said:
Princeton 74
Rutgers 67

Relying on freshmen (regardless of how good they are) playing Princeton for the first time and our inability to guard the 3 pt line is worrisome.
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Can't see what Princeton can do against Dylan and Ace.
 
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wheezer

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Jun 3, 2001
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Have not followed Princeton at all
If they still run a methodical offense looking for backdoor cuts, they will get way too many easy points

That could be the difference
 
bac2therac

bac2therac

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wheezer said:
Have not followed Princeton at all
If they still run a methodical offense looking for backdoor cuts, they will get way too many easy points

That could be the difference
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they shoot a ton of 3s as their main offense but dont worry they will backdoor us too but no its not the same Princeton from the 80s and 90s. More octane but they are not quite as disciplined as those old teams
 
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lion1983

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bac2therac said:
they shoot a ton of 3s as their main offense but dont worry they will backdoor us too but no its not the same Princeton from the 80s and 90s. More octane but they are not quite as disciplined as those old teams
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Pre-season some NBA scouts thought Lee and Pierce might be NBA prospects.

Both are having decent to good seasons, and Princeton is 8-4, but despite scoring 70 or more points 8 times, and 80 or more points 4 times and 90 or more points 2 times, Princeton's overall resume is not quite as impressive as it has been in some years. They are 1-3 when scoring 70 points or fewer.

Won close games vs a poor Iona (3-8, +300 NET), a poor Duquesne, a decent Northeastern (8-4, 149 NET) and Monmouth ... won relatively easily (but not by huge margins) vs Merrimack, and a nice win vs St. Joes (probably their best win - 7-4, a 114 NET). Lost to a very good Furman (8-1, top 100 in NET), a decent Texas St (around the same territory as Kennesaw St and Wright St), an okay Wright St (5-6, 160 NET - comparable to Kennesaw St, slightly lower NET) and a pretty good Loyola-Chicago (8-1, top 110 NET). In other words, they have lost to every team with a distinctly better NET than them, except maybe ST. Joes (slightly better NET), played close games with teams around their NET, or even much worse. Draw from that what you will: Scores are not transitive.

Princeton always scares me, thought, and they shoot a TON of 3's (like 48% of their total FG tries)at a high make percentage (38%) ... a team like that could get hot from 3 and give anyone a problem.
 
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bac2therac

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lion1983 said:
Pre-season some NBA scouts thought Lee and Pierce might be NBA prospects.

Both are having decent to good seasons, and Princeton is 8-4, but despite scoring 70 or more points 8 times, and 80 or more points 4 times and 90 or more points 2 times, Princeton's overall resume is not quite as impressive as it has been in some years. They are 1-3 when scoring 70 points or fewer.

Won close games vs a poor Iona (3-8, +300 NET), a poor Duquesne, a decent Northeastern (8-4, 149 NET) and Monmouth ... won relatively easily (but not by huge margins) vs Merrimack, and a nice win vs St. Joes (probably their best win - 7-4, a 114 NET). Lost to a very good Furman (8-1, top 100 in NET), a decent Texas St (around the same territory as Kennesaw St and Wright St), an okay Wright St (5-6, 160 NET - comparable to Kennesaw St, slightly lower NET) and a pretty good Loyola-Chicago (8-1, top 110 NET). In other words, they have lost to every team with a distinctly better NET than them, except maybe ST. Joes (slightly better NET), played close games with teams around their NET, or even much worse. Draw from that what you will: Scores are not transitive.

Princeton always scares me, thought, and they shoot a TON of 3's (like 48% of their total FG tries)at a high make percentage (38%) ... a team like that could get hot from 3 and give anyone a problem.
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what scares me is RU leaves alot of shots open. It seem as if every time we play Princeton they are hot from 3. Can we have one night where they are off. Maybe the cavernous arena will help throw them off.
 
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LeapinLou

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On defense, we need Ace on the glass to reduce 2nd chance attempts. If they get a bunch of offensive rebounds, we're hosed. Maybe this is the game where Martini comes out of his slump and gets some boards as well.

On offense, let Dylan make plays.
 
PiscatawayMike

PiscatawayMike

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Jul 27, 2001
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RUJMM78 said:
Rutgers 68 Princeton 65

Princeton has the better half court offense but Rutgers has the two most talented players.This could be similar to Notre Dame game but with less scoring by both teams.
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Quite a coincidence you wrote this. One of the main reasons I'm confident RU will win Saturday: Allocco is no longer a Tiger.
 
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rob kight

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Martini finally shows up against his old team and Jwill and Derkack play their best games so far.
Ace and Dylan do their thing and RU wins and gives fans a better feeling going forward.
RU 76- Tigers 65.
 
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BigEastPhil

Heisman
Nov 25, 2007
19,338
13,608
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I expect a close game.

I think outcome of game will be determined whether we can defend Pierce and Lee well and minimize their 3 point shooting and typical Princeton back door plays

Our defensive issues get me concerned and are heightened given Princeton’s unorthodox offense

Hoping for a Zach Martini winning shot at the buzzer ! 😂
 
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richthedentist

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Aug 2, 2001
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BigEastPhil said:
I expect a close game.

I think outcome of game will be determined whether we can defend Pierce and Lee well and minimize their 3 point shooting and typical Princeton back door plays

Our defensive issues get me concerned and are heightened given Princeton’s unorthodox offense

Hoping for a Zach Martini winning shot at the buzzer ! 😂
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Hoping for some Zach Martini 3's during the game and no need for a buzzer beater my heart can't take those games anymore
 
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Miggins

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Jul 25, 2001
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I think Rutgers will not be slowed down too much on offense. Key question is can we play some defense or not? I don’t think we shut them down but play better defensively than we have and win this 77-67. Think we are up 10-15 early in the 2nd but don’t put them away until late
 
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