Let's go Buckeyes
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Nobody is being “quiet.” Most are just too busy laughing at your incessant whining at this point.
I’ll still go with the extremely quick turnaround, three games from home in a week, Indiana and MSU get home games. RU has to travel. Paul and Caleb having great emotional games at The Garden. Exerted far more energy at the Garden then last two laughters at the RAC. Let down was real. First half shooting percentage. Hyatt and Oskar had very nice game with no emotional impact. I think facts support nicely. Whatcha got? The Garden The Garden? Sorry firmly believe Garden did more bad than good and people underestimating effect on Indy game. Didn’t see any conversation on that….
@G- RUnit has to just be ******* with us now. I mean, if not, good lord.
I am PRESIDENT of the fan club "PLAYERS NEED REST AND IF THEY DON'T THEY WILL CRASH AND BURN IN MARCH WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST"
Playing the game at MSG vs RAC has very little, if any impact, on their "power meter"
I do think Caleb and Paul can just be tired from all the cumulative games and minutes. When Paul "misbehaves" and is over emotional that is a great clue. It occurred after his great 4 1/2 game stint where he was Oscar Robertson or Magic Johnson.
Maybe not. Don't predators become uninterested when their prey is dead?
Remaining regular season:
Michigan State (home and home)
at Iowa
at Purdue
Penn State
Illinois
Maryland
I agree it is unlikely they go 1-6. Beating Penn State probably wouldn't count anyway as PSU does not likely to get a bid. But I would take the under on 3.5 wins at the moment, and probably the under on 2.5 the way things are going.
It’s kinda silly NET doesn’t account for when you play a team. When we lost* to osu they were ranked. They’re not the same team now.
Bart thinks they're favored in 4 of those matchups, and will go 3-4 across that span. Then again, bart has expected them to win a lot more games than they already have, too, so ymmv
2-9 against NW they shoot 1-14 from 3 (unlucky)
Their offense has been subpar over the past 9 games. They finally have a good offensive game scoring 70 in 65 possessions against IU and then they have their worst defensive game giving up 86
They are losing a lot of close games.
Their offense has been subpar over the past 9 games. They finally have a good offensive game scoring 70 in 65 possessions against IU and then they have their worst defensive game giving up 86
They are losing a lot of close games.
BTW since Jan 10 (last month)
Bart
2 Purdue 8-1
13 Indiana 7-2
16 Maryland 5-3
28 Illinois 6-2
31 Rutgers 5-3
32 Iowa 5-3
35 MSU 4-5
49 Michigan 5-4
58 Northwestern 5-4
66 Penn State 3-5
82 Wisconsin 3-6
96 Villanova 3-5 oops wrong conference
130 Ohio State 1-8
182 Nebraska 2-7
258 Minnesota 1-7
Bart
2 Purdue 8-1
13 Indiana 7-2
16 Maryland 5-3
28 Illinois 6-2
31 Rutgers 5-3
32 Iowa 5-3
35 MSU 4-5
49 Michigan 5-4
58 Northwestern 5-4
66 Penn State 3-5
82 Wisconsin 3-6
96 Villanova 3-5 oops wrong conference
130 Ohio State 1-8
182 Nebraska 2-7
258 Minnesota 1-7
They've had 4 games decided by one possession and gone (1-3)
vs. Purdue Loss by 2
vs. Rutgers Win by 1
@ Nebraska Loss by 3
vs. Minnesota Loss by 3
They've had 4 games decided by two possessions and gone (0-4)
@ Rutgers Loss by 4
(N) UNC Loss by 5
vs. Northwestern Loss by 6
vs. Wisconsin Loss by 5
That leaves 6 games lost by more than two possessions.
So they were #10 through Jan 1st, and are 130th over the last 31 days.... and that averages out to #45.
I’m the President of the B1G does RU no favors and giving away home conference games to the Garden does more than harm than good.
I’m only commenting on what I saw against Indy. I never saw Paul more out of it in four years of watching RU hoops. I know Caleb can have some rough shooting games but that was right up there with the worst. Coincidence? Maybe. Some people don’t believe in coincidences.
Can’t dispute despite the B1G ‘s answer of logistics that RU has three games away from home in a week. Indy after their big win gets a home game. MSU after the Garden gets a home game. RU goes on the road for toughest portion of schedule of the year. Logistics rings hollow. They didn’t care about RU’s logistics.
I’ll throw in last two MSU results at the RAC, first half shooting at the Garden, MSU significant foul advantage in first half, MSU lead, emotional uphill comeback after down 8 in 2nd half….Do think Paul and Caleb were emotionally wiped. I think Garden game was indeed a factor. And did play a factor in the Indiana loss and the power meter.
But we also have wins against better teams to go on - they don't have many of those.
In NET, their best 10 wins are 21 Rutgers (which they lost if the rules were followed), 35 Iowa, 49 Northwestern, 74 TTech, 78 Cincy, 255 Maine, 274 Robert Morris, 293 Charleston Southern, 332 St Francis, 337 Alabama A&M
In NET, our best 10 wins are 1 Purdue, 20 Indiana, 28 Maryland, 41 MSU, 46 OSU, 49 NW, 62 PSU, 67 Wake, 136 UMass-Lowell, 189 Rider.
Lol! Saw little or no conversation of MSG effect on Indy game. You don’t have to read it. It’s a message board. I think Caleb and Paul may have had all time worst games on the same day and we still almost won. Some fans may wonder why. You might ask what was so different about this game? Hmmmmm. You obviously don’t want to consider it. To each his own but don’t think it really is beating a dead horse, more akin to sticking head in the sand to the obvious answer.
Agreed. There are intangibles that the quant-obsessed people are not able to account for so they ignore them altogether. OSU has definitively proven this. The NET seems to value various inconsequential efficiency metrics over the only metric that actually means anything (let’s call it “winning efficiency”). OSU is a bad team. They have an omega way of playing that the NET is not accounting for. There is still a place for eye tests.
Again, your definition of facts is your anecdotal observations. I’ve already shown how flawed your logic is - I could make all the same arguments attributing it to Mag being out. I know this isn’t a court of law, but you can’t just claim things are facts for your arguments when they clearly aren’t. For instance, you mention MSU gets a home game - that is true, but it in now way supports your argument. The sky is blue so the Garden is to blame!
Just ran it again.... up through 1/1/23 they were 8, and from 1/2/23-present they are 108. Just a continental-shelf-like dropoff.
Get used to it! They have CBS games each weekend in February. After this week, 2 more weekends in a row on CBS.
What happens when the CBS schedule is set before the season.
How about this:
We were NEVER winning Tuesday's game. Could have played at THE RAC or MSG (MAKES ZERO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER), had Mag, and we were still losing. IU was "due" to beat us and TJD had a chip on his shoulder after being "punked."
That's it. I'm right. Now for the LOVE OF GOD let's move on. Please.
We were NEVER winning Tuesday's game. Could have played at THE RAC or MSG (MAKES ZERO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER), had Mag, and we were still losing. IU was "due" to beat us and TJD had a chip on his shoulder after being "punked."
That's it. I'm right. Now for the LOVE OF GOD let's move on. Please.
