JY HAS TO START/Substitutions

[richthedentist]

I am losing so much more faith in Pikell every game as we sit here and watch; His lineups are just mind boggling
He has got to start JY over Mulcahy that is by far our best lineup not only offensively but also defensively!!!!!!!!!!
He then needs to put the subs in one at a time and not all at once and not at the 16 minute mark he needs to let the starters play at least til the second TV timeout!!!

 

[The RUT]

End of the year collapse has happened every single year at Rutgers. It’s a trend, not a fluke.

Myself, Kyk, and others have been saying this for the past 3 years. Maybe some will start listening now?

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

this for the past 3 years. Maybe some will start listen

And this is exactly why you, kyk and the others are idiots and no one should listen to you... it becomes obvious that you do not know what the word "collapse" means. it becomes clear that this is what people like you, kyk and the others do. Show up only when we lose and keep repeating the same things over and over and over again so people start to believe. kind of like the media. just keep repeating something and it becomes true.

2021 - We are currently 5-3 over last 8 games with losses to #15 Iowa(currently #9) at Iowa, #3 Michigan at Michigan and Maryland at home. I guess you could probably argue we should have beaten Maryland because we were at home and supposedly maryland isnt good.

2020 - we finished february/March 4-6 with losses to Michigan by 6, @ #9 Maryland by 5, @ Ohio state by 6, michigan by 8, @ Wisconsin by 8, @ #16 Penn state by 1. Wins over NW by 4, #22 Illinois by 15, #9 Maryland by 11 and @ purdue by 3... If you take just the back hald of February/march we are 3-3. 2-1 against top 20 teams.

 

[The RUT]

And this is exactly why you, kyk and the others are idiots and no one should listen to you... it becomes obvious that you do not know what the word "collapse" means. it becomes clear that this is what people like you, kyk and the others do. Show up only when we lose and keep repeating the same things over and over and over again so people start to believe. kind of like the media. just keep repeating something and it becomes true.

2021 - We are currently 5-3 over last 8 games with losses to #15 Iowa(currently #9) at Iowa, #3 Michigan at Michigan and Maryland at home. I guess you could probably argue we should have beaten Maryland because we were at home and supposedly maryland isnt good.

2020 - we finished february/March 4-6 with losses to Michigan by 6, @ #9 Maryland by 5, @ Ohio state by 6, michigan by 8, @ Wisconsin by 8, @ #16 Penn state by 1. Wins over NW by 4, #22 Illinois by 15, #9 Maryland by 11 and @ purdue by 3... If you take just the back hald of February/march we are 3-3. 2-1 against top 20 teams.

It’s not even from a wins and losses perspective.

Every year the team has struggled in games towards the end of the year (even in wins). Play becomes extremely sloppy and we don’t look in unison at all.

Some chalk it up to poor shooting, but from what I see, other coaches game plan and make adjustments against us, and we don’t make them back.

I’m very curious to see how this team handles games against talented OOC teams.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

End of the year collapse has happened every single year at Rutgers. It’s a trend, not a fluke.

Myself, Kyk, and others have been saying this for the past 3 years. Maybe some will start listening now?

I think what will happen is 2 or 3 things with the anti Pike crowd that thrive on controversial things.

A) Is RU playing at their talent level, above their talent level or below.....?? Do they have a roster of players equal or better than Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana and Maryland most years?? If the answer is no, then 5 of your losses to Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland and Ohio State is equivalent to losing to Michigan and Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin in football....

Right now 3 teams in the B1G are in the Top 5, and Illinois who RU has beaten is currently #5 in the country today.

B) RU is playing to their talent level (6th through 10th in a very good B1G this year).....and fans believe they should be recruiting at a Top 5 B1G level.

C) RU has recruited poorly or not well enough and the coaching has not been sufficient to raise the talent level to a Top 25 level, where RU is a 4, 5 or 6 seed and safely in the NCAAs with 3 to 4 weeks before Selection Sunday.

D) Or that the coaching is adequate and that RU is probably in a best case scenario a 6th to 7th place team in the B1G (usually at .500 or 2 games above). Or a 8th to 10th place level, at .500 in B1G or at .500 or 2 games under .500.

I say at .500 or 2 games under because you can't be 1 game under .500 in a 20 game schedule, you are either 2 over, at .500 or 2 under.

With the remaining schedule, the anti Pike crew will chalk it up to beating non bubble teams or not good teams.....and still hold firm that RU is still a bubble team.

The logic is your not a bubble team, if you can win the majority of your games against other bubble teams and most of the games against teams below you in the standings.

I don't know what the right answer is, but somehow, someway, whatever RU accomplished last year or this year will be minimized by the RU fan that is skeptical in general or somehow believes that finishing 11-9 in the B1G last year wasn't an accomplishment and that potentially finishing in a position for an NCAA bid this year, is somehow not enough either.

RU beat out Indiana, Purdue last year for what would have been spots in the Dance....and right now, RU holds the advantage over other teams like Minnesota and Indiana.

I'm not a schedule maker but I tend to think who you play in the last 4 games dictates how you finish or is a "collapse". The last 5 games are Michigan, Maryland, Indiana, Nebraska and Minnesota. A mix of very good/Final 4 capable, 3 similar teams, to one team RU should beat 4 out of 5 times.

If it was easy, don't you think it would be done, year in and year out around the country with other programs from other leagues??

 

[ScarletDave]

End of the year collapse has happened every single year at Rutgers. It’s a trend, not a fluke.

Myself, Kyk, and others have been saying this for the past 3 years. Maybe some will start listening now?

Really last year when we beat #10 Maryland up by 20 in the second half and beat Purdue on the road in Mackey where they never lose? That was an end of the year collapse? The year before when we made a run in MSG and almost made it to the B1G final four? Interesting to see what your view of success would be

 

[The RUT]

Really last year when we beat #10 Maryland up by 20 in the second half and beat Purdue on the road in Mackey where they never lose? That was an end of the year collapse? The year before when we made a run in MSG and almost made it to the B1G final four? Interesting to see what your view of success would be

Actually down the stretch I said home against Maryland was our greatest shot at a win in the final 4 (I think) games. You can go look it up if you’d like.

I said Purdue was our toughest test. And they certainly got a gutsy win, which I gave them credit for.

As for the B1G Tourney run, that was 110% Corey just being Corey. Watch those games back. Pike had very little to do with it. It was legit just Sanders going nuts in the Garden to make an NBA push.

I’m not saying they can’t win these games by the way. I’m simply saying time and time again we put ourselves in a very difficult position losing games down the stretch that we should win. To me, that’s on Pike.