Smart post. We can't control what the refs do or call, but we can certainly change our defense (for a few stretches) to put our bigs in a better chance to weather foul trouble.
Game 7: pathetic second half
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Smart post. We can't control what the refs do or call, but we can certainly change our defense (for a few stretches) to put our bigs in a better chance to weather foul trouble.
The hard foul on Paul M said it all to me. Young literally pushed him to the floor. Dirtiest play I’ve seen in a while with no ejection or extended review. That’s where the refs change games.
Did Rutgers get looks yes and they missed because they rushed. Needed to kill the game and kept pushing - that made no sense to me especially with such limited depth
Did Rutgers get looks yes and they missed because they rushed. Needed to kill the game and kept pushing - that made no sense to me especially with such limited depth
The one I remembered most on Paul was when Ahrens braced himself and threw his body into Paul's chest, which I thought should have been a flagrant. Ahrens had a couple of wrecking ball plays out there.
Yes - sorry I named the wrong player for tOSU. That was bad and went unpunished.
Pike is coaching a top 25 team and needs to fight just like his players to keep the refs honest. Every high level coach gets on the refs early and often and it helps - Don’t think we haven’t fallen victim to that multiple times over the years.
Not as simple as you make it. When you lose both Myles and Young it is very tough. Cliff not being able to come in for meaningful minutes hurt too.
Granted that Douc is an awful basketball player, then Pike needs to figure out a rotation To go small