Basketball LIVE GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. Bryant

[bac2therac]

Finally Mathis

 

[RutgersRockies]

Gio completed his eligibility last college football season, folks. Geo plays hoops.

 

[czxqa]

Mulcahy and Young are the story so far

Mathis and McConnell were shaky

Mulcahy and Young are exactly what this team was missing.

 

[BillyC80]

Mathis with a nice put-back.

 

[bac2therac]

Really??? Is that serious?

Bad shot selection and couldn't finush his run out

Did just get a putback. I just think he needs to relax

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

Mathis is terrible

He is not a good outside shooter but c'mon, this is not true. Strong defender and fearless attacking the rim on offense.

 

[kcg88]

We shoot like we did 20 sets of heavy squats before the game.

 

[BillyC80]

We are playing fantastic, imo.

If we only had shooters we’d be up by 20-plus

I stand corrected. We are SHOOTING ******, and up 10.

 

[RU Mike73]

Really??? Is that serious?

Bad shot selection and couldn't finush his run out

Did just get a putback. I just think he needs to relax

That I agree with. “Terrible” not so much.

 

[RU848789]

LOVE our defense! If we could shoot we'd be up 20.

 

[BillyC80]

There will be games when Mathis defense will be CRITICAL for us to win. Hopefully he does enough offensively. He’s starting to feel it now.

 

[bac2therac]

Mathis nice floater....he is such an x factor for us. I agree with GRF

 

[koleszar]

We look completely disjointed now.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Another 3...and another 3...lol

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Mathis is terrible

Good thing he is terrible....with those 7 points.

 

[RutHut_rivals]

Need to start calling some fouls on Bryant.

 

[bac2therac]

Rutgers was up 12 but now down to 4

 

[AreYouNUTS]

OMG ANOTHER ONE

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

Guard Grant please

 

[BillyC80]

Kwasi with a big answer.

 

[RutHut_rivals]

Young having a hard time.

 

[kcg88]

Harper make a FT please

 

[Mikemarc]

Very concerning we play this well and are only up a handful.

 

[bac2therac]

Good thing he is terrible....with those 7 points.

How about you follow along sport...ive been updating...he was terrible for awhile there and now is heating up

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Should be up 20

 

[BillyC80]

Grant reminds me of that guy from Fordham that burned us for 30 last year.

 

[bac2therac]

Harper make a FT please

His form is really bad

 

[kcg88]

50% at the line and 20% from 3. Yikes.

 

[Salvi's Headband]

it's ok to stink the first half of the season....dont panic

 

[RutHut_rivals]

No Pete Kiss or Duke?

 

[koolraddad]

KISS didn’t see the floor. Dog house, hurt or just not enough minutes to go around?

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Geo remains an ENORMOUS liability on defense. The kid just has zero agility to get around screens, it’s killed us for 3 years now. All you have to do is simply set a screen on geo and the other team will score every time

 

[koleszar]

Should be up 20

I completely agree, however that's contingent on if we could shoot.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

How about you follow along sport...ive been updating...he was terrible for awhile there and now is heating up

Okay, so miss a few shots and he is a terrible player....make shots, not terrible....got it.

He is 2-4, 7 points.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Mathis is terrible

Hes lost out there. Hes always lacked confidence but his shot selection remains poor and his shots that go in are circus shots.
We look bad

 

[richthedentist]

50% at the line and 20% from 3. Yikes.

Same stat line as last year can’t shoot 3 ‘s or foul shots. I think too much substituting players can’t get into a flow. Would like to see more Shaq

 

[bac2therac]

We played pretty sloppy on offense..in fact without much purpose...that has to be nipped in the bud in the lockerroom

Defense good at time...poor at times. Bryant seems streaky with those 3s

Overall not unexpected for a first game when Bryant already has a game under their belt. I think we wear them down eventually

I do think there has been too many substitutions...would like to see linger lineup durations

 

[AreYouNUTS]

@kyk1827 this is why you never talk **** about teams on opening night buddy :ThumbsUp

 

[Shell21]

I expect us to settle down and shoot better in the second half . Guys just too amped up for the first game and playing too fast . Will settle down in second half . Can’t judge a player or season on one half of b-ball . Remember what we said about Caleb last year

 

[Degaz-RU]

50% at the line and 20% from 3. Yikes.

yeah this is the story of the game thus far.

2-10 from 3-pt range

8-15 FTs