This is an awful take but, looking at our next 10 games......
They are all pretty winnable
Will revisit in February
They are all pretty winnable
Will revisit in February
Honestly
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Why is it an awful take? You're right. All the chicken littles should just take a deep breath and see how it plays out. We've got a good team.
Our first half of the Big 10 slate is way easier than our back half thats for sure
We will be favored in 2 or 3 of those games. I’d be surprised if we are over .500.
Gun to my head 4-6
Gun to my head 4-6
1) CCSU 4-10
2) *vs #42 Michigan 7-5(1-1)* Road 1-2, win @ Nebraska by 35, lost at @ #46 UNC by 21, and lost @ #41 UCF by 14,
3) *vs #220 Nebraska 6-7(0-2)* Road 0-2, L @ #40 Ind by 13, Lost vs Mich by 35, lost @ #176 NC St by 4
4) *@ #108 PSU 5-5(0-2)* Home 4-2, loss vs #107 Miami by 5, vs #20 OSU by 12, best home wins Wagner, Cornell
5) *@ #115 Maryland 8-4(0-I)* Home 6-3, loss H #112 George Mason by 5, vs #29 VA Tech by 4, vs NW by 6
6) *vs #25 Iowa 10-3(0-2)* Road 1-2, W @ #104 Virginia, Losses @ #19 Iowa St by 20, Lost @ #9 Purdue by 7
7) *@ #39 Minnesota 10-1(1-1)* Home 5-1, lost home vs #13 MSU by 8, Best home win vs #146 Jacksonville by 11
8) *vs #115 Maryland 8-4(0-1)* Right now 0-0 Road, will play @ Iowa, @ Illinois, @ NW, and @ Michigan before this game
9) *@ #44 NW 8-2(1-0)* Home 5-0, 5 Q4 wins and 1 non D1, Best win @ Maryland
10) *@ #220 Nebraska 6-7(0-2)* Home 6-4, All Q4 wins, Best win #238 Southern
The schedule fell right once for us this year.
Besides never beating Michigan and that's winnable this year, there are no given losses on the schedule. They are all teams in the bottom half of the conference and if we can build enough momentum we could get really good by the time we hit the tougher side of the schedule. Over the last 3 years, we've won home and road vs Nebraska, vs Maryland, we've won @ PSU, 2 close losses at home vs Iowa by 2 & 1, we've won @ Minnesota, we've won @ NW. No B1G game is intimidating or a daunting task to win, 5 home, Michigan and Iowa being the hardest, 5 Road, maybe Minnesota the toughest. We have to get the bench to contribute more which hopefully starts today vs CCSU, running the table, or 9-1, 8-2, isn't out as a possibility if we regain the form like we did vs Purdue or even the Clemson win.
2) *vs #42 Michigan 7-5(1-1)* Road 1-2, win @ Nebraska by 35, lost at @ #46 UNC by 21, and lost @ #41 UCF by 14,
3) *vs #220 Nebraska 6-7(0-2)* Road 0-2, L @ #40 Ind by 13, Lost vs Mich by 35, lost @ #176 NC St by 4
4) *@ #108 PSU 5-5(0-2)* Home 4-2, loss vs #107 Miami by 5, vs #20 OSU by 12, best home wins Wagner, Cornell
5) *@ #115 Maryland 8-4(0-I)* Home 6-3, loss H #112 George Mason by 5, vs #29 VA Tech by 4, vs NW by 6
6) *vs #25 Iowa 10-3(0-2)* Road 1-2, W @ #104 Virginia, Losses @ #19 Iowa St by 20, Lost @ #9 Purdue by 7
7) *@ #39 Minnesota 10-1(1-1)* Home 5-1, lost home vs #13 MSU by 8, Best home win vs #146 Jacksonville by 11
8) *vs #115 Maryland 8-4(0-1)* Right now 0-0 Road, will play @ Iowa, @ Illinois, @ NW, and @ Michigan before this game
9) *@ #44 NW 8-2(1-0)* Home 5-0, 5 Q4 wins and 1 non D1, Best win @ Maryland
10) *@ #220 Nebraska 6-7(0-2)* Home 6-4, All Q4 wins, Best win #238 Southern
The schedule fell right once for us this year.
Besides never beating Michigan and that's winnable this year, there are no given losses on the schedule. They are all teams in the bottom half of the conference and if we can build enough momentum we could get really good by the time we hit the tougher side of the schedule. Over the last 3 years, we've won home and road vs Nebraska, vs Maryland, we've won @ PSU, 2 close losses at home vs Iowa by 2 & 1, we've won @ Minnesota, we've won @ NW. No B1G game is intimidating or a daunting task to win, 5 home, Michigan and Iowa being the hardest, 5 Road, maybe Minnesota the toughest. We have to get the bench to contribute more which hopefully starts today vs CCSU, running the table, or 9-1, 8-2, isn't out as a possibility if we regain the form like we did vs Purdue or even the Clemson win.
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If they want to keep the NCAA dream alive they have to go 6-3 in this stretch
That is true but there is no margin for error because of the four out of conference losses.
6+3 is not 10. Mask wearing effecting oxygen levels to your brain.
I suppose the dream is alive until we get loss 14 or even crazier lose in B1GT.
I get what you are saying. Harper is going to have the carry the team on his back if we have any chance. I can see that happening on a specific game, but I don’t see it for a long stretch.
Cliff’s game against Dickinson on Tuesday will be very telling about the chances in next 8 games. He looks more comfortable with short pull-ups and dunking with either hand. Hope he can do this with big step up in competition.
Rutgers will look good in some of these games and bad in others. We have evidence on both sides. Before Purdue we really couldn't say that
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Think 7-2 is the minimum
8-3/14-7 with 9 regular season games to go
Think 7-2 is the minimum
8-3/14-7 with 9 regular season games to go
Based on how this team has played through 12 games it's hard realistically expect much more than 5-4. Hope I'm wrong.
the 4 home games...Michigan, Nebby, Iowa, and Maryland will all be wins if the Purdue level of play shows up. Likely though they slip up one game.
the road games are the easiest you will get in the league but all of these schools see RU as a great opportunity to pick up a home win. You want to pick up 2, if RU is truly a NCAA team they pick up 3. We were thoroughly embarrassed by Nebby last year. Can anyone have much confidence in this teams road play.
the performance vs Michigan should give us hints on where we are headed and if we are truly turning the corner
the road games are the easiest you will get in the league but all of these schools see RU as a great opportunity to pick up a home win. You want to pick up 2, if RU is truly a NCAA team they pick up 3. We were thoroughly embarrassed by Nebby last year. Can anyone have much confidence in this teams road play.
the performance vs Michigan should give us hints on where we are headed and if we are truly turning the corner
And Cliff staying out of foul trouble because we have no serviceable backup center.
Ron went 5 of 7 from 3 and scored 30 points.
We shot 7-14 from 3
Purdue shot 7-26 from 3
Yes we need to take in to consideration our defense had some to do with the low percentage and our offense had some to do with the high percentage.
If we play like we did vs. Purdue we win 1 out of 10. The Purdue game was the 1 of 10 where we shot at it better than we normally do and Purdue didn't. We made a half court heave to win.
none of these schools are close to Purdue with multiple weapons. We also didnt have Geo that game. I think 3-1 is a reasonable expectation in this stretch
We will be favored in 1 of those 4. I think 2-2 is highest probability
if we are talking MD at home we may be slight favor.
I hope all of our guys got COVID. Maybe we get lucky and face teams missing people. I fear we wasted that on CCSU