Basketball Rutgers Basketball ends season with loss to Creighton in College Basketball Crown

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Hit 5 of 7 and 9 of 14(4-7)...

Hitting onky 2 of their last 21 shots before hitting 2 of the last 3.

 

[RAC93]

A Zrno sighting!!!!

 

[dark_check]

TQ 2-10 fg

I mean career wise he’s not a very efficient scorer

 

[shields]

Nice shot Powers.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Rutgers 3 of their last 23fg

Unfortunately - Big O only seems capable of completing open drive rehearseddesign plays. Kind of like Gavin Wimsatt was. We’re not having a good shooting day from the outside which means we’re in trouble because the interior offense is a big black hole. Eventually your guards get shut down when your forwards give you absolutely nothing.

 

[cRURah]

I have to agree here. We had guys on the floor playing well together to open the game. He brought in a line up that allowed Creighton to find their ground and start hitting shots.

It’s his MO. It’s like subs are scheduled regardless of the flow of the game.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Rutgers 3 of their last 23fg

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

I doubt anyone practiced for this game since Big Ten Tournament loss

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Francis forcing

Yeah he is. But even on his worst day he’s getting to the line and has 13 points. we have no other option. Need him and Lino to drive, get fouled, and force some turnovers.

 

[dark_check]

I doubt anyone practiced for this game since Big Ten Tournament loss

Sure looked like they did the first ten mins

 

[ScarletDave]

Grant has naked pics of Pike or something. How has he started the last 2 months and plays 100 minutes. Sit him

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

We have no ability to stop that without Big O.

 

[BOCA93]

Graves getting way too much respect from the refs with these whistles

 

[bac2therac]

Z sighting wtf

 

[The RUT]

Yeah he is. But even on his worst day he’s getting to the line and has 13 points. we have no other option. Need him and Lino to drive, get fouled, and force some turnovers.

Need a coach that runs an efficient offense if what we need.

There is no player out there making this better.

 

[RAC93]

Nwuli

 

[ScarletDave]

Goodnight with this lineup

 

[RUforJERSEY]

Not at all surprised by Grant's non-contributions, but Buchanan yes. He had been playing well to end the season. But zero points at last check.

 

[bac2therac]

Ouch

52-39

4-28 fg

 

[fatsam98]

Feels like half the team just trying to pad stats. And failing miserably

Glad I stayed up

 

[RC80]

4 for the last 28.... don't know who we are bringing in - but we're going to find out soon

 

[RAC93]

Refs feeling sorry for us

 

[bac2therac]

Challenge on goaltend

 

[RU82]

I think our team is on a hookers and blow bender.

 

[bac2therac]

4 for the last 28.... don't know who we are bringing in - but we're going to find out soon

Need ALOT of new

 

[bac2therac]

I think our team is on a hookers and blow bender.

They looked like on speed at the beginning

 

[ScarletDave]

Goodnight with this lineup

Dortch
Zrno
Nwuli
Jmike
Powers

LOL

 

[rsegall]

I am absolutely tired of watching these Pike coached teams. No offense.
Rutgers needs new blood.

 

[Kbe4]

Yeah he is. But even on his worst day he’s getting to the line and has 13 points. we have no other option. Need him and Lino to drive, get fouled, and force some turnovers.

That whole "we have no other options" thing needs to be addressed in the offseason.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Need a coach that runs an efficient offense if what we need.

There is no player out there making this better.

Without Big O, we are awful on both ends inside. There’s no magical coaching that could change that. And Ogbole isn’t great either but he’s by far the best we’ve got.

 

[RUgal]

Yeah he is. But even on his worst day he’s getting to the line and has 13 points. we have no other option. Need him and Lino to drive, get fouled, and force some turnovers.

This is the problem. No one can win with only one offensive threat on the entire roster. We desperately need a reliable three-point shooter next year.

 

[The RUT]

Without Big O, we are awful on both ends inside. There’s no magical coaching that could change that. And Ogbole isn’t great either but he’s by far the best we’ve got.

A motion offense solves a lot of our problems tbh.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

This is the problem. No one can win with only one offensive threat on the entire roster. We desperately need a reliable three-point shooter next year.

we’ve had days where guys shoot well from deep. What we need most of all is interior presence on both ends. Not having that is debilitating for the offense. Opponents don’t even have to consider the possibility of us feeding the paint.

 

[NickRU714]

I vote for a reconsideration on a Mark- Francis starting backcourt for next season.

 

[Scarlet Beach]

Dortch does his best. Not saying he's a starter nor that he's playing in the right position, but he's useful in the right role.

 

[rsegall]

15/47 fg …

 

[bitnez]

Zrno has done nothing — get him off the floor. I also don’t understand why EO never plays. He’s limited but they don’t have a real big. At the very least he’d be a better paint presence than Dortch

 

[seansherm]

Yeah he is. But even on his worst day he’s getting to the line and has 13 points. we have no other option. Need him and Lino to drive, get fouled, and force some turnovers.

Well, they aren't forcing turnovers, but have combined for six baskets and 5 turnovers themselves. Sadly, they are still a couple of our best performers. I'll be happy not to see Nwuli for a while.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

A motion offense solves a lot of our problems tbh.

You still need one interior player who can post up at least a little. Not so much even as a major scoring threat but enough to keep teams honest and be a threat to kick out. We have nothing. Grant is a turnover if he gets the ball inside.

 

[OkRUguy]

Coach is a glorified cheerleader