Core is back.🩸🩸🩸

Tango Two

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RUfan1977

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Great to have them all back. Together Francis , Davis, Buchanan, Powers and Mark had 80 starts and combined for 48.8 point per game in Big Ten play which accounted for over 68% of the 71.5 points per game Rutgers scored in Big Ten play.

Will be great to have Ware back from his medical redshirt year.
 

Loyal-Son

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Way to sh*t on the guys who busted their asses out there for us and improved as the year went on.

A "thank you" for the effort they gave would be more appropriate. In addition, several of them became much better players as the season went on.

I realize it is too much to ask for just a little class from some of you.
 

dark_check

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Great to have them all back. Together Francis , Davis, Buchanan, Powers and Mark had 80 starts and combined for 48.8 point per game in Big Ten play which accounted for over 68% of the 71.5 points per game Rutgers scored in Big Ten play.

Will be great to have Ware back from his medical redshirt year.
What’s the win loss record in those 80? Not trolling just asking. I know of our limitations in roster building, some NIL, some not. Retention can be a good thing but it’s hard to get excited about retaining players who don’t have a winning record under their belt.
 
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Jerseylegends

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What’s the win loss record in those 80? Not trolling just asking. I know of our limitations in roster building, some NIL, some not. Retention can be a good thing but it’s hard to get excited about retaining players who don’t have a winning record under their belt.
The backcourt is small no doubt...but all of these guys are ballers at least. These are the players that were actually showing some promise. Jmike gets better every year. Powers and Mark will get better as well. They have brought in some big wings and a center. If they can bring in one big pg another big wing and another center that's the best looking preseason roster Rutgers has had in over 5 years...Also want to see how ware has developed, maybe he will surprise..
 
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dark_check

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The backcourt is small no doubt...but all of these guys are ballers at least. These are the players that were actually showing some promise. Jmike gets better every year. Powers and Mark will get better as well. They have brought in some big wings and a center. If they can bring in one big of another big wing and another center that's the best looking preseason roster Rutgers has had in over 5 years...Also want to see how ware has developed, maybe he will surprise..
I’m sure they’re all nice people. And they have improved, and I’m sure that will continue. I just can’t get that excited about a returning core that can’t win in the big ten is all. I’ll root for them. Hope they surprise, but it’s not like the core of a sweet 16 team is running it back.
 

bac2therac

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Way to sh*t on the guys who busted their asses out there for us and improved as the year went on.

A "thank you" for the effort they gave would be more appropriate. In addition, several of them became much better players as the season went on.

I realize it is too much to ask for just a little class from some of you.
Oh the pearl clutching

These are paid professionals

They can take some ribbin about being a vertically challenged backcoirt
 

RUfan1977

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What’s the win loss record in those 80? Not trolling just asking. I know of our limitations in roster building, some NIL, some not. Retention can be a good thing but it’s hard to get excited about retaining players who don’t have a winning record under their belt.
They went 14-19 overall and 7-15 in the Big Ten, which is one less win than with Ace Dylan and I would not hesitate to say I would want them back too even though they didn’t have anything close to a winning record when they played here either.

Most of the 8 players we lost this season had some positive moments, but frankly the ones we lost not living up to their potential or being overmatched in Big Ten play was a big part of why we didn’t have a winning record. Overall, the players we kept should make it easier to have a winning record. Richie was asked how many more games would we win with the player retained and he suggested 3, which would get us to 17 wins and a winning record. Absent some surprises 3 more wins seems like a fair bet.
 

dark_check

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They went 14-19 overall and 7-15 in the Big Ten, which is one less win than with Ace Dylan and I would not hesitate to say I would want them back too even though they didn’t have anything close to a winning record when they played here either.

Most of the 8 players we lost this season had some positive moments, but frankly the ones we lost not living up to their potential or being overmatched in Big Ten play was a big part of why we didn’t have a winning record. Overall, the players we kept should make it easier to have a winning record. Richie was asked how many more games would we win with the player retained and he suggested 3, which would get us to 17 wins and a winning record. Absent some surprises 3 more wins seems like a fair bet.
I hope you’re right. I just feel very fortunate last year we had a bad Penn st and Mary twice each, and played the NW and Ore OT games at home.