UConn wins as Duke chokes on their last possession allowing a UConn 3 pointer for the win.Hurley now has three Final Four appearances in last four seasons.I will take that head coaching any day.
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The repeated hate Hurley remarks are purely jealousy for how good a coach he is and how envious we are we missed out on him
in sports history most of the most hateable faces and characters were hateable because of how good and successful they are
As if I didn’t have enough reason to root for the Illini already……
RU fans rather be content with 14 to 17 wins a season
What a choke job by Duke
I would take Hurley in a heartbeat, BUT when he’s not your coach as he is not for all the other programs around the country , he is very, very, very annoying to look at and watch his histrionics and constant (and I mean constant) whining on the sideline. One of the most unlikable coaches. But, I would take him as my coach in a second, then he becomes YOUR guy just like he is for UCONN fans. I want a coach who delivers NCAA appearances and hopeful final four appearances as opposed to one who talks about GPAs and what a great band we have.
Oh i would take him and Hobbs was a buffoon for not giving him 7 years..yet he has a complete hateable face. He got me to root for Duke over Uconn
Yup sad but I see them post here daily..some now rallying around waxing poetically about EO
Well we’ve now established that Rutgers fans would like a coach that delivers multiple final four appearances. Keep dreaming guys.
Who had the possession arrow? Holding the ball creates risk of tie up.
I wonder if the Duke players were aware that they didn't have to get it across half court. I got the feeling that they weren't.
I agree about Hurley. But root for Puke? No thank you. I loved that Puke choked this game away.
Experience trumps freshmen ability. Saw that in the last 10 minutes. Bottom line it never really should have been a one possession game where some crazy like that can happen
Duke board should be fun tonight
Duke board should be fun tonight
I will take one that just gets us NCAA appearances for a start. We can work with that and build from there.
In the last four yeas Hurley is 17-1 in the NCAA Tournament which is John Wooden excellence.
John wooden won 7 straight championships. Hurley is a great coach. When he wins 7 straight championships you can make that statement. Until then no
Why didn't Duke just hold on to the ball in the backcourt? Looks like there were 10 seconds left on the game clock. I had turned it off at halftime. Glad Duke lost though.
That was like a rutgers finish.
Exactly- 8 assistant coaches and you wonder if they told them that.
Total choke by Duke. They had this in the bag and failed to execute 6 times in last 2 minutes
Danny would have won a ton of chanpionships if he had Jabbar and then Bill Walton at center.
They liveWho are these imaginary people that live in your head?
I know I'm a Rutgers fan when the first thing I said to myself after watching Boozer try to pass the ball instead of holding it and get fouled was:
"That's the worst decision I've seen on a basketball court since Andre Hyatt refused to dribble the ball past half court at Minnesota."
Not doing it now, and frankly in this age of NIL it feels like ages ago when he did do it. We’ll see what he can with $10 mil and whether we can get back or not this year. I am hoping so, but Pike looks lost in the woods without a map or compass in today’s landscape.