Watched last night's game on DVR late at night, as I had other things going on and after seeing us play so well for 25 minutes, holy crap did the wheels fall off. From up 40-33 to down 62-46 on a 29-6 run by MSU. Even without their top 2 guys, they probably have a slight talent gap over us, but the key was Winston - he just destroyed us, along with them playing great D and us seemingly going into an offensive shell and forgetting how to rebound. Was a trainwreck for us in every way - not sure what Pike could've done, alhough I do think not having Mathis in on D against Winston for most (all?) of it hurt. We could've won that game. Oh well.
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Winston was the best player on the court and it wasn’t even close.
We desperately need a guy who can hit contested/off balance 3-pointers... We've run into a bunch of them this year (Winston, Cline, Powell, Heron, Brazdeikis, Frazier, Bohannon, Ayala, the list goes on)
We covered 3 spreads...LV, kenpom, and bart.
30 minutes after the game who gives a flying......
15 hours after the game.......we played a fantastic 1st half, progress was made yesterday. Not looking for a trophy, but we are making progress.
6-14 and top 100 KenPom was my "slightly optimistic" goal for the season. 5-15 and 90-110 ranking was my basic expectation.
Got a good shot of pulling it off. Thought our shooting would be even more improved, and the turnovers kill me sometimes, but there's definite progress happening.
this.....Rutgers had a 21-5 run over a 9 minute stretch in the first half vs Michigan State....an second half 11 point lead ON THE ROAD vs Michigan State....RU still had a 40-33 lead with 15 minutes left in the game. It was still a one point deficit with 11 minutes left in the game. TONS of positive to actually take. This team clearly competes on the road, all that stuff from yesteryear is gone, now the next step is winning on the road more.
From the 15:08 mark (40-33) to the 3:37 mark (46-62):
RU: 1/11 FG (9%), 1/8 3P (13%), 3/6 FT (50%), 5 tov, 5 DReb, 3 OReb, 4 PF (6 pts)
MSU: 10/19 FG (53%), 3/9 3P (33%), 6/7 FT (86%), 0 tov, 11 DReb, 5 OReb, 5 PF (29 pts)
Just a brutal stretch where we went completely cold, and they got very hot.
We also absolutely settled for 3 pointers during this stretch, taking 8 threes to just 3 twos. Meanwhile, MSU shot 9 threes to 10 twos, continuing to get inside the arc.
RU: 1/11 FG (9%), 1/8 3P (13%), 3/6 FT (50%), 5 tov, 5 DReb, 3 OReb, 4 PF (6 pts)
MSU: 10/19 FG (53%), 3/9 3P (33%), 6/7 FT (86%), 0 tov, 11 DReb, 5 OReb, 5 PF (29 pts)
Just a brutal stretch where we went completely cold, and they got very hot.
We also absolutely settled for 3 pointers during this stretch, taking 8 threes to just 3 twos. Meanwhile, MSU shot 9 threes to 10 twos, continuing to get inside the arc.
Three point shots are needed but not with this teams lack of shooters.It was a game of two different halves but Rutgers second half was so bad that the game got out of hand .Its very difficult for Rutgers to sustain offense for 40 minutes especially after multiple substitutions leave a absence of scorers on the court.
At least two of those turnovers came from us throwing the ball away trying to get it inside.
I know one was Carter lobbing it over Johnson's head when he was open underneath - Omoruyi probably would have made that pass, but it just got away from Carter.
Those are some tough stats to look at... If we only had a kind of bad stretch and not absolutely atrocious we would have still been in the game
True but what were MSU's stats vs. ours while we went on our own run? Probably just as bad, but in our favor.
I think the point is we all have big runs and bad stretches. Indiana was up 10 on us (on the road) at 27-17 and we went on a huge run like MSU did (including 22-0) and we were ahead by 14 after the run. A 24 point swing.
They never fully recovered. And neither did we. It will happen less as we get more talent and more experience. As many have said, we lack a guy who can penetrate at will and create problems. Maybe Young can help with that.
They never fully recovered. And neither did we. It will happen less as we get more talent and more experience. As many have said, we lack a guy who can penetrate at will and create problems. Maybe Young can help with that.
True. In the first game, Ward dominated us and Winston and Langford played extremely well. Now, without Ward and Langford, Winston dominated. If Winston went down, it would be McQuaid or Goins or someone else. It just hammers home the difference in the talent level between us and a Top 10 team. Their "role" players are very talented but not often given many chances to perform.
MSU played their typical defense in the second half and were complacent in the first. Our second half defense was extremely disappointing.
The one where Omoruyi threw in at the shins of either Johnson or Doorson from about 5 feet away was just horrible. With no angle and no chance to lead to a play.
I think you know that is ridiculous. If Winston went down...they would have trouble winning any of their remaining games.
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We are not looking for a participation trophy. At this level, it is all about winning. Complete game, not 1/2. Even with a thinner than normal Michigan State roster, they put their foot on our throat. Tougher, ballers. All the officiating noise on multiple threads is tiresome. Extremely weak. Nothing worse than watching a game with a guy who is officiating the game from his arm chair.
a couple of plays and someone bringing calm could have changed everything about this game
the game was over when MSU had 5 chances on one possession due to hustle plays and then drained a 3 and the Breslin Center went nuts
the game was over when MSU had 5 chances on one possession due to hustle plays and then drained a 3 and the Breslin Center went nuts
There's a reason Izzo is a HOF coach, and why Vegas had us as 16-point dogs. He knows what adjustments to make, and sometimes it's as simple as, our offense goes through Geo--shut him down and have Ward take it to his replacements when Geo (and Mathis) are on the bench.
Spot on comment that a segment of the fan base doesn't want to hear. Its the talent of the teams more so than referees that decide games.
Winston's late-in-the-shot-clock sidestep three from the corner was also a dagger. Played great defense for 28 seconds, thought we forced them into a bad shot - then just a killer move to beat us.
Yep, they rolled out that guy Tillman....never saw him play much.....19 points 10 rebounds.
It's about depth, they have it , we don't (yet)
Tillman had 11 pts, 8 rbs against us in the first meeting, too. He's averaged 8.7 pts, 7.0 rbs in just 21.7 min for them this year, with 11 games in double digits. He and Goins are their best rebounders on the season.
Yeah, guess I just paid attention to Ward, Langford and Winston the first time around.
Hope we can be like MSU, soon.
Love your sig line - huge Elvis Costello fan and that's one of his best lines (and there are many). My favorite might be from Watchin' the Detectives: "she's filin' her nails while they're draggin' the lake."