Does anyone think Pike substitutions and the combinations he chooses prevent us from achieving any sort of flow
Basketball GAME THREAD: RHoops vs. Maryland
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I absolutely hate this team at 59 an all In sports fan since the age is 7
This team offends every sports sensibility I have been exposed to in the entirety of my life
Being a D1 scholarship athlete myself
I have no words for the disgrace this team represents to me
Don’t give a crap if Rutgers Bball some how pulls this out still
Never have a seen a team underachieve like this to my LIFE
This team offends every sports sensibility I have been exposed to in the entirety of my life
Being a D1 scholarship athlete myself
I have no words for the disgrace this team represents to me
Don’t give a crap if Rutgers Bball some how pulls this out still
Never have a seen a team underachieve like this to my LIFE
When the leaders in baker and mulchahy play with their heads up their *** , it’s hard to win
somewhere/ sometime you got to give Jones an opportunity - go with Ron at the 5; and play Jones at the 4 -- can't play Reiber (at least not until next season after he hits the weight room) and certainly can't play Agee.
It was foul.
did the kid sell it? of course he did.
just as Miller SHOULD have sold the attempted purposeful and totally DIRTY) elbow to the face. had he done that they would have been forced to kick him out.
100% yes. Been a complaint since day 1 with Pike. I’m convinced the substitutions are part of the game plan and they will happen regardless of how the game is unfolding on the court.
11 first half TO against Maryland who ranks 334th in defensive TO rate
What I don’t get
Why haven’t we pressed them once? Why haven’t we switched up to a zone on defense to avoid the following and block up the middle?
Why why why haven’t we tried ANYTHING new when we get in these ruts? Poor subs, poor lineups..not sitting kids who are playing poor
That is all coaching
Why haven’t we pressed them once? Why haven’t we switched up to a zone on defense to avoid the following and block up the middle?
Why why why haven’t we tried ANYTHING new when we get in these ruts? Poor subs, poor lineups..not sitting kids who are playing poor
That is all coaching
Agree 100 percent. Jones hasn’t showed much but he has more talent than most of the team. How can he be worse than this mess?
You have a margin for error man....FIVE turns in a game is ugly.....he scored 2 baskets.....how many points were scored off the turnovers.....?? A LOT
Please start holding Mulcahy accountable.....and you will say RHJ and Baker didn't deliver?? "Go clean up the mess made with 5 TOs and don't make any mistakes or miss any shots too".....LOL
second part not entirely true (true for most of the team). Harper has. unfortunately he is the only player we have that can attack the rim. he needs to do it more in second half.
Harper needs to take over - otherwise we have no chance. from what Ive seen Maryland is unable to stop Harper today. he needs to ATTACK
Yes. Been saying this all year. We take the lead and he goes to the bench with Paul and Agee. Happens time and again. He did it with Myles and JY last year. No different this year - keep the hot hands on the floor and sub when needed. This isnt a hard concept and something I learned in 5th grade travel basketball.
Its maddening - and has been maddening for years.
p.s we are disrupting our flow for Palmquist and Reiber. Oy
It hurts we do not have a point guard on this team. It hurts that we do not have a player than can play the post on offense or defense. It hurts that we cannot run the court or push ball up court.
Must run the offense through Ron , mostly in loa or mid post this half to have a chance. I’d be doesn’t touch the ball every possession this half fire the entire staff
No doubt. Our rotations are entirely driven by the game clock. Zero feel for the game.
We had two players that did it and we made sure they wanted to leave (and did). Obviously Pike has zero interest in pushing the ball up the court.
Most of our turnovers were not caused by especially great Maryland defense or crafty steals.... They were caused by bonehead passes, bad hands, and bad ball handling.
Then I'll use the Edey and the Dickinson excuse every ref uses for them, it's not his fault he's so much taller than his opponent. Caleb's arms never came above his shoulder height, it's not his fault a 5'8" guy is guarding him.
I’m not putting Ron and Geo in the same bucket. Ron has made an effort to forego the 3 and drive the ball. He’s trying. OTOH, Geo is in full mail-in mode.
This. They don’t adapt on how the game is unfolding besides taking guys out for fouls. Bad or good play or bad or good units are rarely taken into consideration
Baker has been MIA for most of the season. He gets too much credit for bringing so little.
On defense Rutgers can't play man to man defense without fouling.On offense the ball handling is abysmal and the players lack the skill set to create and make shots off the dribble.Baker another no show appearance in the first half.Its so sad to watch these road games.because the team clearly lacks the mental toughness and talent to win even against mediocre opponents.
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He can't be
Mulcahy has been terrible. Everyone agrees. Geo is also a no show. Game after game after game
They scored EIGHTEEN points off TOs and THIRTEEN at the line, SEVEN non TO or foul related points. Maryland are a BAD team and has been doing nothing that we aren't doing to ourselves. Maryland is a badly coached team but they don't seem to be missing their Danny Manning acting classes, guess Danny Manning theatrics must be taught to the players because Danny Manning was great at that in college and the NBA for his career.
he's been scoring in the paint today. and he has scored WITH EASE every time he went into the paint (other than the missed dunk). what game are you watching?
Yeah, they're scoring off of our mistakes. I don't see them doing anything especially great defensively or offensively, we are just playing really really badly and with terrible basketball IQ. We're serving up this game on a silver platter for them by throwing the ball away and committing dumb fouls. If we could get our heads out of our asses, this game is totally winnable.