Indiana just won at Iowa

[rutgersfan1766]

Maybe they're due for a letdown

 

[jordkap]

Maybe they're due for a letdown

Or turning the corner

 

[bac2therac]

just the opposite, they are coming home not going on the road

RU has played awful there in our time

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

We weren’t beating Indiana anyway. The game to win was tonight.

 

[kcg88]

So they beat a top-10 team, and play a top-10 team right after us (Michigan).

Perfect recipe for a letdown/lookahead game. With us coming in desperate. If we can't win that one...

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

In a 22+ game season (Syracuse and B1GT) I hate to hear labels of must win games.

this one is extremely important

 

[MGSA99]

We've run out of must win games.

 

[bac2therac]

In a 22+ game season (Syracuse and B1GT) I hate to hear labels of must win games.

this one is extremely important

I told you tonight was a must win because it makes the next 2 games must wins. I dont like this matchup with Indiana now that they are coming off a huge win

 

[Duff366]

I've watched Indiana a few times. They have looked very ordinary some games and other games great. They have two excellent players (Trace Jackson-Davis and Armond Franklin). Jackson-Davis should dominate but sometimes looks disinterested. Franklin is a very talented guard.

Phinisee and Race Thompson are above average too. Other than that.. some decent players, they do have a lot of depth.

 

[kcg88]

Indiana's defense is legitimately very good, the numbers are just bad because teams have torched them from 3. That's mainly a product of luck and it started to swing back in their favor tonight. We're in big, big trouble.

 

[RUsojo]

I told you tonight was a must win because it makes the next 2 games must wins. I dont like this matchup with Indiana now that they are coming off a huge win

We talked about Indiana when you ranked us 8th in conference last week hehe boy oh boy the free fall is in full force Indiana D is going to eat this offense up

 

[bac2therac]

honestly I see a 26 point beatdown

RU has won 3 of its last 4 vs Indiana but we have played terrible going 0-3 in Bloomington including the post Issa gone game two years back where we were beat up and it was way worse than the 16 point margin of defeat

 

[IL Lusciato]

Indiana is going to dominate us.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I am expecting lineup changes and a lot of film work not involved with watching the opponent.

I think/hope Pike will go all in on defense and effort.

 

[TDIrish27]

Might be the perfect time to play them after a day or two of people telling them how good they are.

The key on the road is getting out of the gate well.

The players are likely not long on confidence right now and nothing gets you confident like knocking down some shots early.

 

[rufeelinit]

Very good win for them. Shouldn't it be easier to win games on the road this year? That is certainly the case in Piscataway but it makes sense that the home court advantage should be significantly less this year right?

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

Indiana got fortunate as a team will from time to time. Fredrick, a sharpshooter, was out for Iowa, and the rest of their three-point shooters couldn't hit a thing. That enabled them to swarm Garza in the second half. When Northwestern played Iowa the first time, Bohannon went on a 5-for-5 three-point streak that killed us. Last night he was 0-8 from the three-point line and 0-9 for the game. The Northwestern student section was mocked a couple years back for wearing T-shirts that simply said, "Make shots." Well, that is simplistic, but when it comes right down to it that's the name of the game. Don't make shots and you lose, no matter what else you do right.

 

[Tango Two]

Maybe they're due for a letdown

And lost at home to Rutgers

 

[rutgersfan1766]

I told you tonight was a must win because it makes the next 2 games must wins. I dont like this matchup with Indiana now that they are coming off a huge win

How about now?

 

[bac2therac]

i thought we would be handed a beatdown today....so

 

[RUPete]

GRF called today’s game with his post.

 

[rutgersfan1766]

i thought we would be handed a beatdown today....so

Alright negative Nancy

 

[RUJMM78]

BIG games this season are seeing far more road team wins.

 

[RU848789]

This thread didn't age well, lol, although hard to fault folks for being negative about the team before this game. Let's just hope our team is back to "normal" and wins at least 5 of the next 10 to go dancing.

 

[rutgersfan1766]

This thread didn't age well, lol, although hard to fault folks for being negative about the team before this game. Let's just hope our team is back to "normal" and wins at least 5 of the next 10 to go dancing.

Negativity wasn't warranted. Did you see the NET ranking of the teams we played in January? Without Cliff. Caleb getting adjusted. Geo coming back. Lazy fans just love to whine. This isn't just Rutgers fans. People need to look at full picture before letting their emotions take them over.

I'd also say my initial post was correct but the negative Nancies in here detailed it.

 

[BillyC80]

Iowa doesn’t defend like we do. I think Indy thought we’d be a pushover, easy win, the way we’ve been playing and after they beat Iowa. But we turned a corner in the second half of the PSU game, and I had faith that Pike would build on that, which is why I predicted win for RU.