Again! – they’re going on and on about 23 assists on 25 baskets for Minnesota and never mentioned that RU had 22 assists on 25 baskets. These guys obviously wanted Minnesota to win.
Basketball Francis, second-half defense powers Rutgers to Big Ten Tournament win
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Francis and Davis are musts to return next year.
100%. Luni needs PT. He has been MIA all year and we need production from him, Sheridan and Vogel tomorrow to have a chance to win.
I thought from the beginning we would win more games this year than last year. May fall 1one short.
Offense vs. the zone looked much better. It did take 10 years.
I can live with everyone else leaving. They’re the two I really want back.
Nah. Buchanan, Powers, Mark and Zrno before Davis. Dont be swayed by 1 game. he’s always been a decent foul shooter but only gets to the line when the losing team fouls at the end.
Not sure. They did score 67 points with only six guys. Let's see how our defense is tomorrow. Loved Rutgers +5 1/2 tonight.
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Hajek said Yup and that guy #21 who sucks too whos been a factor last 3 -4 games..including again tonight.
Oh I’m not. I’ve always liked him (I’ll admit he’s better off the bench than as a starter) and it will be nice to have a player stay for four years.
If those two come back, along with Buchanan and Manny, that’s 4 veteran seniors to go with next season’s returning sophomores, a couple of promising freshmen, and hopefully 2 difference-makers in the portal. Need older guys who can play.
"Swayed by ONE game"? Zrno ahead of JMike? You can't be paying much attention, plus you just refuse to stop sh&ting on JMike. Please stop that.
A 4th year senior ball handler who has been with Pike and can make end game foul shots and play D. And willing to sit bench and played best in that role end season. He isnt going anywhere.
Multiple guys played well but the primary reason for the win was speeding up the game and tiring out UM. Quick passing, reversals, pressing, etc. took the starch out of Minnesota down the stretch due to their short bench. They ran out of gas on offense which is why they went cold and had 10 or so turnovers in the second half.
Notice not 1 pnr all game.
Pikiell was the mv”p”
Notice not 1 pnr all game.
Pikiell was the mv”p”
Sure, fine as a backup. Was disagreeing with the idea that he’s the #2 priority keep. Besides the team got killed on the boards in most games all year and three short guards had a lot to do with that. Of the three of them, Davis is least worth keeping.
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Last game against Minnesota Medved kicked Pike’s butt. Tonight, Pike gets his flowers as he returned the favor and won the coaching battle. His players played with poise, discipline, patience and great execution in attacking Medved’s zone defense. We also slowed their offense compared to the first game with more pressure and better halfcourt defensive execution. In this first matchup, Minnesota was either hitting a wide open shot in the paint or a wide open three. Different story tonight with improved half court defense.
Fourth on the team in rebounds per game at 3.4. The great 6'5" Geo Baker averaged less than 2 I believe.
We really did not pass quickly, there were at least 20 times I was yelling for the ball to move quicker. We did finally get guys to spots that were open in the zone which in turn opened up the foul line a little bit.
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Medved missing his 2 best players and only has 6 players. Those may be 2 reasons.
Good win by the boys
Powers had about as bad a game as you can have. Unless our guards are in foul trouble he needs to watch.
Point taken but Cade Tyson played last night so going to have to disagree here
ha - I did a few pages back.
There was under a minute left - and being a real Rutgers fan who is familiar with our library of “wtf just happened losses” - I changed “game” to “work” to avoid jinxing it.
Friendly fire bud - I’m the furthest thing from a negatoid.
But as Rutgers fans, I think we know better than to celebrate until the clock is at 0:00. And then we need to verify.
and by all means, take them to task. The negativity is annoying.
Nah, everyone is going to have a bad game - reduce his minutes when he doesn’t have it. But confidence is important.