Basketball GAME THREAD: Rutgers Hoops vs. Penn State

[koleszar]

Did we really give Pike two more years? Seems premature.

Just saying, Hobbs did it with Ash too.

 

[RUsojo]

Really scary we’re not recruiting a guard. If Mathis transfers we are in ***** creek without a paddle.

Pike can’t afford that (well he can $$$) so I think he plays Mathis a ton the next 4.

 

[jordkap]

Every team we play going to drain every freaking shot? Can one team have an average to below average shooting night

 

[RU848789]

0-3 vs. 6-11 from deep and 1-2 v. 5-7 from the line - think I've seen this movie before.

 

[RW90]

Think BTN is showing a rerun again

 

[MV9000]

This teams a joke. We’re certainly not an offensive team but defensive team? Wtf happened to that.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Shaq Carter is truly awful.

Hes played fine tonight. Hes our best big man right now

 

[IL Lusciato]

Team flat out sucks.

Finish 12 where we belong.

 

[RUTrack94]

My betting streak continues ... always pick the B1G opponent to win straight up on the road.

Need to bet higher amounts to get the BB Gods to let RU win on the road.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Pikiell did a horrific job tonight in preparing his team

Times a million. After the last game we should have been chomping at the bit to play well. Awful coaching job and awful play.

 

[fluoxetine]

NBA players make open 3s at ~40% and you will tell me that our defense is bad enough to give up 6/11.

 

[Caliknight]

Dear Pike- please recruit kids that can shoot. For the love of God. We can't keep attacking the rim as an offensive philosophy. Teams collapse making it hard to finish just daring us to kick out and shoot. But we can't. We need shooters!

 

[BOCA93]

Wow, the D is awful tonight. These are WIDE open threes. How are PSU shooters so open!?

 

[Rufaninga]

We need to get it under 10 pt difference by halftime

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

I hate how teams are so confident shooting threes against us.

Its easy when youre wide open. We got so lucky early in big ten play that teams couldnt hit wide open 3’s.

 

[bac2therac]

This team has totally crumbled but no surprise because the coaching staff never adjusted games ago...we all saw this coming but we had stubborness to keep doing the same thing and thinking our opponentswould not figure things us out

 

[koleszar]

Hes played fine tonight. Hes our best big man right now

HUH? He left Watkins wide open, before that missed a 2' shot badly, before that missed two foul shots. If that's our best then we have no best.

 

[RW90]

Its almost as if we intenionally avoid recruiting shooters

 

[Terry_2426]

Its a poorly Coached team. Alot of people wont admit this tho

Some won’t admit any of his faults but yet some won’t give him any credit either

 

[RutgersChow]

Its a poorly Coached team. Alot of people wont admit this tho

On offense it is for sure.

 

[JudgeSmails56]

Mentally weak team.. another choke job on the road

 

[satnom]

Caleb is lost for the time being. Carter defense might be right there with him.

GO RU

 

[Caliknight]

Well because they run sets. Our “offense” is every stand around, set a screen and let someone go 1 on 1 and take a tough shot. Again, this is a poorly coached team and its time people start admitting this

We run sets too. Put one of their shooters on our team and our offense looks completely different.

They have zero respect for our shooters. And no reason to.

 

[brianoc]

2 assists in 14 minutes....

 

[jerzeyguy]

Gonna get blown out, and its gonna carry over to the Maryland game. That second wind isn't coming

 

[BillyC80]

Usually teams light us up from 3 in the first half and then they shoot bricks from the arc in the second half.

I wish we would overplay the 3-point line in the first half, knowing those shots are harder to make with tired legs in the second half.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Dear Pike- please recruit kids that can shoot. For the love of God. We can't keep attacking the rim as an offensive philosophy. Teams collapse making it hard to finish just daring us to kick out and shoot. But we can't. We need shooters!

At this point I'd like to see some catch and shoot 3s even if they miss em.. its like we have no plan to shoot the 3 at all.. they catch passes out there facing anywhere but the basket

 

[IL Lusciato]

Hobbs gave his boy an extension.

Hobbs sucks. And so do his hires.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

NBA players make open 3s at ~40% and you will tell me that our defense is bad enough to give up 6/11.

Nba make wide open 3’s probably
Closer to 50-60%.

 

[MV9000]

Can’t believe what I’m watching. Didn’t even show up

 

[RUJMM78]

Penn State now has six 3 pointers.What really concerns me is the pregame interviews prior to the last two games where Coach Pikiell said the team had great practices the day before the games.

 

[Rufaninga]

Every team we play going to drain every freaking shot? Can one team have an average to below average shooting night

Sure, but usually we are that team

 

[hiwater]

Hes played fine tonight. Hes our best big man right now

Not even close.he has no defensive presence

 

[RUsojo]

We’ll always have Illinois

Pikiell did a horrific job tonight in preparing his team

too busy working on contract negotiations too strike at his high point

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Some won’t admit any of his faults but yet some won’t give him any credit either

Again good guy, good motivator, not a good x’s and o’s coach though, im sorry.

 

[bac2therac]

Airball 3 by harper..wtf is wrong with them

 

[RUsince52]

We hit air a lot from three.

 

[RU848789]

did RH just shoot an airball trey with nobody guarding him in the corner?

 

[koleszar]

Nice airball Harper, maybe see you at Purdue or the B1G tournament.

 

[fluoxetine]

Nba make wide open 3’s probably
Closer to 50-60%.

No. There's data. I posted it. It's like 42