It wasn't really an upset

[PhilaPhans]

Very proud of the win for the ladies, but this wasn't an upset.

For the sake of rankings, it's nice to say that we beat a top 20 team.

That being said, I believe that RU is a MUCH better team than Nebraska.

 

[Kbee3]

Wasn't Nebraska's best player sitting on the bench in street clothes ?

 

[HeyHuey]

RU is the most entertaining team in the B1G (or maybe anywhere). BTN must love televising the games....but those shots just don't fall. They could have won by 23 tonight. When was the last time they put a team away in the 4th quarter? They played some of the best D in women's B-ball tonight and didn't do a lot of fouling. Tough stretch coming up - Maryland on the road is a bear.

 

[dmd78]

Originally posted by HeyHuey:
RU is the most entertaining team in the B1G (or maybe anywhere). BTN must love televising the games....but those shots just don't fall. They could have won by 23 tonight. When was the last time they put a team away in the 4th quarter? They played some of the best D in women's B-ball tonight and didn't do a lot of fouling. Tough stretch coming up - Maryland on the road is a bear.

Nebraska is #1 in the conference in scoring defense. Perhaps that had something to do with our shots not falling?

 

[ecojew]

"Nebraska is #1 in the conference in scoring defense. Perhaps that had something to do with our shots not falling?"

True, and RU is the #2 team, and, IIRC, is #1 in shooting % defense, which probably has a lot to do with Nebraska shooting just 22% from the field last night.

 

[RUCONN]

Nebraska's defense was not good last night. we have as we have all season missed a lot of open shots. They also missed a lot of open shots particularly in the first half. Ive never seen a player have so many great looks miss so many as that Nebraska girl last night (forgetting her name but she shot like 20 threes lol)

 

[bac2therac]

I don't know what they look like with their best player but without her, I was not impressed by Nebraska. They don't really have any post play, they don't particular shoot the 3 well. I just saw them as sort of average compared to RU. RU should have blown them off the court with the strength and talent that they have. Didn't see the stats but they did have that one girl who kept outrebounding RU. I think hustle and effort wise they played harder than RU did last night even though their shots were way off.

 

[HeyHuey]

Originally posted by dmd78:

Originally posted by HeyHuey:
RU is the most entertaining team in the B1G (or maybe anywhere). BTN must love televising the games....but those shots just don't fall. They could have won by 23 tonight. When was the last time they put a team away in the 4th quarter? They played some of the best D in women's B-ball tonight and didn't do a lot of fouling. Tough stretch coming up - Maryland on the road is a bear.

Nebraska is #1 in the conference in scoring defense. Perhaps that had something to do with our shots not falling?

This time the statistic doesn't hold up. The RU (90's Lakers) ran Nebraska up and down the floor and were shooting open shots from 8 to 18 feet that (once we had the 12 point lead) started clanging off the rim. Nebraska wasn't getting stops or making us run the clock out until very late.....we were missing our shots. On the other hand RU was stealing the ball and blocking shots all night. The fact that Nebraska scored 43 had everything to do with our D. The fact that RU only scored 46 had everything to do with our shooting.

 

[RUCONN]

Originally posted by bac2therac:

I don't know what they look like with their best player but without her, I was not impressed by Nebraska. They don't really have any post play, they don't particular shoot the 3 well. I just saw them as sort of average compared to RU. RU should have blown them off the court with the strength and talent that they have. Didn't see the stats but they did have that one girl who kept outrebounding RU. I think hustle and effort wise they played harder than RU did last night even though their shots were way off.

That annoyed me to no end. we have top end size and athleticism and should NEVER be out-hustled on the glass like that. we honestly could have held Neb. to like 25 points last nite

This post was edited on 2/6 9:22 AM by RUCONN

 

[PhilaPhans]

I've watched other Nebraska games, like the Maryland game. Their PG is easily their best player. She's incredibly rail-thin. Great shooter. But tough D like RU's SHOULD be able to knock her around and make her uncomfortable. As for the rest of the team, they just seem relatively average. A few more players on the thin side that are easily pushed around and a couple more well-rounded players that just aren't that athletic. It's one of those "don't do much wrong" teams that end up as top 25 teams because other teams let Nebraska impose their own will on the court instead of taking it to them.

 

[sammybb]

No one out-hustled Davis last night, but I get your point. The team did not run the break well last night, and missed more than a few opportunities in transition. The problem is that two of our guards are off their game right now. Tyler is struggling with her shot, her confidence, and her decision making. It seems that Canty is way too hesitant since returning from her injury--she barely looks to score anymore. Teams are going to give Davis all the room she wants to shoot, and she needs to make some more open shots, but her defense is far too valuable to keep on the bench.

 

[motorb54]

How many offensive fouls were called on Rutgers last night?

The two by Canty were very bad decisions on her part

 

[bac2therac]

There was a key point in this game that happened almost exactly the same time it did vs Minnesota maybe 3-4 minutes with the same circumstance....RU up 8 looking like they are going to put it away, they rebound and start the break and turn it over and the opponent comes down hits a shot and then game goes down to the wire. Even Copper last night at 42-37 took an ill advised quick jumper maybe only a few seconds off the shot clock. You have the lead, you have time to work the offense

RU needs to be smarter at times in figuring out when to run and when to slow it down. It seems like they are pushing the transition every opportunity but late in the game it might be wiser to hold back a little. RU seems to be one or two shots from blowing these games wide open but for some reason something holds them back on shutting the door on their opponents.

 

[BeKnighted_rivals]

Originally posted by bac2therac:

Didn't see the stats but they did have that one girl who kept outrebounding RU. I think hustle and effort wise they played harder than RU did last night even though their shots were way off.

RU outrebounded NU 54-49 (very unusual to have more rebounds than points, but that's the kind of game it was). Cady had 14 rebounds for NU, the same as Betnijah.

From watching the game, I felt that Nebraska was dominating the offensive boards, but in fact offensive rebounds were 16-19, so not much of a margin, and RU got just about 2 out of every 3 rebounds on the Nebraska end of the court, more or less the same as what Nebraska did on the RU end of the court.

 

[bac2therac]

it just seemed like that one girl I guess it was Cady kept swooping in for those rebounds in the 2nd half. I will say it was more enjoyable playing a team which didn't seem to be a huge 3 point threat, yes they made a couple late but this wasn't like Iowa.

 

[ScarletDave]

The key stat of the game ... Nebraska 6 for 31 from 3pt. Live and die by it. We won by 2, if they made just 1 of the 25 they missed, they win.

 

[MSRU71]

Frustrating game to watch. For us to blow out a team, we need to do it in transition. Nebraska is known for not turning the ball over, so it wasn't like playing Penn State. We have trouble in our half court offense playing against the 2-3 zone (although Nebraska did play some man-man). We try to get the ball down low, and our bigs are having trouble finishing. That leaves the 15 foot jump shot which comes and goes with streaks. One of the waeknesses last night is that the 2-3 zone leaves open a lot of opportunities for offensive rebouunds, because it is more difficult to box out. In the first half, we did a lot better on the boards than in the second half, when Nebraska out hustled us on both ends.

So it came down to defense, which is a pretty good bet with this team. Loved watching Essie. I liked when Canty started and the game got into a rythm. Essie came off the bench and hit the turbo chargers.

As they say, rather win ugly than lose pretty.

 

[MC1974]

Originally posted by bac2therac:

There was a key point in this game that happened almost exactly the same time it did vs Minnesota maybe 3-4 minutes with the same circumstance....RU up 8 looking like they are going to put it away, they rebound and start the break and turn it over and the opponent comes down hits a shot and then game goes down to the wire. Even Copper last night at 42-37 took an ill advised quick jumper maybe only a few seconds off the shot clock. You have the lead, you have time to work the offense

RU needs to be smarter at times in figuring out when to run and when to slow it down. It seems like they are pushing the transition every opportunity but late in the game it might be wiser to hold back a little. RU seems to be one or two shots from blowing these games wide open but for some reason something holds them back on shutting the door on their opponents.

Agree.

 

[Ewecon]

A couple of posters said they weren't impressed with Nebraska and that they were sort of average compared to RU. Yet, RU only won by 3 points, on your home court, with NE's leading scorer on the bench. It was a really good win for you. Maybe they do have less talent than RU, but I thought NE played hard and it was a good game.

 

[MC1974]

Originally posted by Ewecon:
A couple of posters said they weren't impressed with Nebraska and that they were sort of average compared to RU. Yet, RU only won by 3 points, on your home court, with NE's leading scorer on the bench. It was a really good win for you. Maybe they do have less talent than RU, but I thought NE played hard and it was a good game.

I was impressed by them and feel that we would have lost last night if they had Theriot, unless we would have had more focus and urgency because she was in the game.

Nebraska lost a few games because of injuries which led to depth problems. They did bring Iowa into overtime last week. Last night they had turnovers and threw up a lot of clunkers that missed badly (which appeared to be the cause of some of their many offensive rebounds) but I attribute this to our defense, which looked very good.

Before the game, when I reviewed Nebraska's game scores, I did notice that they don't surrender a lot of points (I think I only gave Rutgers 67 points in my prediction which was very generous but I admit I am a homer

)

 

[RUgrad]

The Iowa Nebraska game was more an issue of Iowa playing terrible most of the game. The 2nd half of the 2nd half, they started to take it to Nebraska, catching them late and then cruising in OT. In watching the game, it looked to me like Iowa was a much better team and just had an off night. I didn't view it as Nebraska playing well and forcing OT.

We are better than Nebraska, we are probably as good as Iowa. Sure Neb can beat Iowa or RU, but it takes an off night.

 

[CPCU]

Originally posted by ScarletDave:
The key stat of the game ... Nebraska 6 for 31 from 3pt. Live and die by it. We won by 2, if they made just 1 of the 25 they missed, they win.

To simplistic a statement. Along the lines of "if" we had made our free throws and not turn the ball over at critical times late in the game it is a blow out. There was a reason they missed so many three point shots we were in their grill for most of them.

 

[RUCONN]

Originally posted by CPCU:

Originally posted by ScarletDave:
The key stat of the game ... Nebraska 6 for 31 from 3pt. Live and die by it. We won by 2, if they made just 1 of the 25 they missed, they win.

To simplistic a statement. Along the lines of "if" we had made our free throws and not turn the ball over at critical times late in the game it is a blow out. There was a reason they missed so many three point shots we were in their grill for most of them.

also their last basket was a garbage basket

 

[rufeelinit]

Certainly not giving out any style points for last nights outcome. We should have put them away more efficiently. Glad for the W but need to play better to beat higher caliber opponents.

 

[RUJMM78]

I don't know if its the travel or the players having injuries but they look like a tired team especially in the second half.Playing two games in three days won't help the situation moving forward.
This post was edited on 2/7 11:39 AM by RU-JMM78

 

[CPCU]

Originally posted by rufeelinit:
Certainly not giving out any style points for last nights outcome. We should have put them away more efficiently. Glad for the W but need to play better to beat higher caliber opponents.

I agree this team seems to lack the killer instinct that the better teams possess. I cannot put my hand on it, but let's hope the light comes on at tournament time.

 

[RUClassof67]

Originally posted by CPCU:

Originally posted by rufeelinit:
Certainly not giving out any style points for last nights outcome. We should have put them away more efficiently. Glad for the W but need to play better to beat higher caliber opponents.

I agree this team seems to lack the killer instinct that the better teams possess. I cannot put my hand on it, but let's hope the light comes on at tournament time.

We have never shown a killer instinct. Let's just win. Playing and winning close games against quality opponents is a good thing.

 

[KnightsofChrome]

Absolutely no scoring from the paint. All three of the centers don't seem to understand that they can dominate, based on just size and physicality alone. But, they always seem to be in a panic mode. Strong hands, strong body = soft layup.
when other teams put a team away, as stated above, it usually comes from the biggies.

 

[tru2ru1]

Originally posted by KnightsofChrome:
Absolutely no scoring from the paint. All three of the centers don't seem to understand that they can dominate, based on just size and physicality alone. But, they always seem to be in a panic mode. Strong hands, strong body = soft layup.
when other teams put a team away, as stated above, it usually comes from the biggies.

RU outscored Nebraska by +18 in the paint, it does not matter who scores the points in the paint, it matters if you can score in the paint.