Excuses

RUChoppin

Heisman
Dec 1, 2006
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if RU does not make it they only have themselves to blame, it will not be a screw job

schools played their way in this weekend, RU had alot of warts that they didnt fix this week.....the losses to NW and Minny loom as large as the one to Lafayette

Worst losses, imo:
- Lafayette (should never have been close)
- @UMass (late game collapse)
- @Minnesota (should have beat depleted weaker team)
- @Northwestern (missed golden opportunity)
- Maryland (just flat as hell at home against a team we should have beaten)
- @DePaul (another golden opportunity missed)

Too many "almosts".... we win one more of those 6, and we'd be a lot more confident. We win two of them, and we're talking about seeding right now instead of crossing our fingers.
 

ru66

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Jul 28, 2001
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I think the fans are to blame,no the refs, no the icy sidewalk ,no not blaming the refs. Blame game is so typical of some of "experts ", sounds like the bitching in the threads during games-- let's hope they're wrong like usually then. In any event try not doing the dishonorable,kicking the team when they're down.But we know it will be the usual suspects.
 

bac2therac

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Jul 30, 2001
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i made peace with this...while we are a tourney team by any eye test and by important wins, we also left the window open to be left out with just one too many mistakes and if we are left out I would be okay with it

if we get in we are a tough out and can get the sweet 16 meaning 3 wins including Dayton, lets see if we get the opportunity.

Coin flip
 

RUChoppin

Heisman
Dec 1, 2006
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i made peace with this...while we are a tourney team by any eye test and by important wins, we also left the window open to be left out with just one too many mistakes and if we are left out I would be okay with it

if we get in we are a tough out and can get the sweet 16 meaning 3 wins including Dayton, lets see if we get the opportunity.

Coin flip

Yeah, if we can sneak into the tournament, we'll be a dangerous team for our seed line..... we'd likely end up with an 11/12 seed, even though we've been playing like a 6 seed the last 3 months. Unfortunately, we weren't really ready to play our first 6 games, and we dropped @DePaul (103), vs. Lafayette (319), @UMass (178) in rapid succession. Lesson learned for the team - every game counts.
 

RUTrack94

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It’s a shame RHJ was hurt and Geo missed games early due to injuries…. If RU was any of the other teams (Mich, Indy) the argument would be key player was hurt and other best player played injured.