I agree that soccer requires players to be superbly conditioned if they want to excel at the sport... But our soccer team plays 14 games at home and only 7 on the road, with 2 of those being back to back in Omaha. And of the 6 times they have to travel, they have at least 7 days, and usually much more time, in between away games. So travel fatigue due to repeated traveling and the associated issues from prolonged relatively cramped seating on planes and buses, differences in sleep, diet, etc, would have a much greater chance of affecting the basketball team at times, especially if they're traveling multiple times during a week..
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The primary reason most young players do not see any meaningful minutes in NBA or have to spend time in the G-league is to learn to play NBA level man to man defense.
False. Playoff ppg averages are much less than reg season averages. Outside shots are often not contested for 3 quarters in the regular season.
Regular season NBA is exhibition
Those who don’t think three games away from home in a week was not a crucial factor and perhaps even the factor are sorely mistaken.
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Nah. These are 20 year old kids who play for 30 minutes max 2X a week. Again, these are kids who played 6 games per weekend in HS at aau tourneys
The rangers for example just played 4 games in 6 days in a much more physically taxing sport and beat one of the best teams in hockey last night in carolina after playing in manhattan on Friday night until 10pm.
We need to stop the fatigue thing imo
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is a kick *** song by ZZ Top. And the video ain’t bad either.
is a kick *** song by ZZ Top. And the video ain’t bad either.But do our players know how to use them ?Legs
The NBA season is a long one so of course the regular season is not quite as intense, but the bigger factor in the playoffs is that the best teams are playing each other, so of course scoring averages are lower.
I don’t deny that they play hard and I agree with you that the main reason people think NBA defense is bad is because it’s just impossible to stop offense once it gets good enough. I just don’t think it’s because they’re playing harder (though they are playing more minutes and more games, which is harder).
I also think it’s an exaggeration to say that our players couldn’t score a single point.
The whole nba reference is a red herring. Ok they play a lot of games. Doesn’t mean fatigue doesn’t affect performance. Nor does one game or hockey match or a soccer match. Haha fatigue impacts performance. Pretty much irrefutable. Whether they should be fatigued or it contributed to the outcome is up for debate. It seems to me pretty obvious that it’s easier to play home games than to be on the road for two weeks and not unreasonable to think it could have been a factor. Arguing that’s impossible seems very illogical. I mean if refs don’t matter and travel doesn’t matter is the issue simply those nasty road fans. Seems implausible.
Well the NBA figured out that it did which is why stars only play like 35 mpg now.
I don’t even remember the genesis of the conversation lol. I think it’s obvious fatigue affects things, though I don’t see any particular reason Rutgers would be more fatigued than anyone else.
Sometimes is inexplicable. You think you should be good and your kids come out and can’t move. It could be a party a girlfriend who knows. Haha
Pike said 2 weeks. They’ve only managed 3 practices since he went down. Cliff getting in foul trouble killed us. He’s going to have to be careful and smart going forward.
Maybe harder is the wrong word, better, much better could be appropriate. and yes, most Rutgers players could not score in an NBA game. Mulcahy would get stripped of the ball anytime he dribbled past the three point line.
I wonder what the score would actually be in a game between Rutgers and an average NBA team. I think we would score at least 30 points.
Let me modify that, if the NBA team plays hard and doesn’t treat it like a joke.
24 second shot clock is huge difference we would not do well with
If NBA players got bonus for holding us lower we’d be lucky to get to 30
Offensive rebounds and transition points would be almost zero and our half court offense would be close to getting shut out
Not a single one of our players is fast enough or a good enough ball handler to get downhill and drive to the basket against an NBA defender. Any 3s would be taken 2 to 3 feet further out from what we take today, and they would all be contested. And we would give up over 150 points.
If we could have scored 70, would have won both road games. Is that asking too much?
Yes, absolutely. When you lack quality depth, fatigue is going to be a problem. We ran out of gas.
Our defense slipped due to fatigue and lack of quality depth.
I’ll believe the mental fatigue way more than any physical fatigue. We play this game at the RAC, and the crowd wills us to a win. As Yogi said about baseball, “90 percent of this game is half mental”.
That's the part that makes me wonder if Paul will be back.
I wonder if that part gets to him far more than the physical part.
I think it’s the biggest factor with Caleb. 36 minutes is too much for the way he plays on both ends. He needs more breaks but we don’t have the ability to give them to him now.
I watched him quite a bit at Gill in HS. He always struck me as kid who will do anything to win with a tireless and non-stop competitive steak…the type of player who would not want his college playing career to end (like Davison at Wisconsin or Bohannon at Iowa). Mentally, I would worry less about him than others but that obviously is just my opinion.
I haven't watched him that long at all but I don't get the "anything to win" because it's obvious to everyone he needs to shoot more and he won't do it, especially shoot more 3's and hunt 3's more.
No offense intended, I agree he seems like he's run through a brick wall or knock himself out trying for RU and Pike and I enjoy watching him play.
To me, he’s a stand-still shooter who thinks he needs more time to set than he probably does. His release is very slow.
Highly conditioned athletes with tired legs after 25 games...I don't buy it.
However, I was expecting a totally different subject matter in this thread
However, I was expecting a totally different subject matter in this thread
She looks tired.Highly conditioned athletes with tired legs after 25 games...I don't buy it.
However, I was expecting a totally different subject matter in this thread
Geeeeze com'on with this stuff, please, we lost two games on the road to 2 NCAA teams. That's it!
I see some of the "joined" dates on guys, read some comments and wonder what this place must have been like in 2015. Were there daily callings for beheadings??
Women weaken legs!Highly conditioned athletes with tired legs after 25 games...I don't buy it.
However, I was expecting a totally different subject matter in this thread