I'll be there wherever we are. Considering I don't have a car a flight probably easiest mode of transit.
NCAA now considering MSG a HOME game
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So when we play another B1G team two years from now for an “away” game, will the NCAA consider it away, neutral, or home?
And the people who were adamantly against this game and ripped and mocked are owed an apology?
Let’s just win. Should totally be an RU home atmosphere if we truly think we’re a top 25 team in the largest market in the country.
Our fanbase complains sooooooo much.
Our fanbase complains sooooooo much.
Penn State game vs Purdue at the Palestra was a home game supposedly because Penn State controlled game day ops and ticket sales.
Yeah, let’s all show up and make this count as a neutral court game on our team sheet, that’s how it works
Didn’t have a problem with this before, now I do. Anyone who thinks this is fine doesn’t understand team sheets and selection/seeding criteria
We're blatantly getting screwed. But sure, will stop sticking up for our program now ("complaining").
This is about appeasing Michigan State and their potential resume.
A) If they win the game, it counts as a Road Win, Q1 win.....
B) It is technically a home game for RU. I know it's not the RAC, but it's in our radius, against a conference opponent.
C) Any mention of two separate conferences playing a game in Milwaukee (Stanford vs Wisconsin) or Gonzaga vs Alabama in Birmingham, are non league games.
I don't think we need to find any more motivation to fill the seats and show up. But it is definitely looking and feeling like a Michigan State lean, in terms of balancing things out a bit.
I don't think it's going to hurt RUs resume and RU as a program is going to benefit by playing outside the RAC. In the long run, I wouldn't want to be in Michigan States shoes on Saturday, but they did have a full week off (could be good or bad) and RU had a glorified scrimmage last night vs overmatched Minnesota.
Let's play the game and tee it up
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A) If they win the game, it counts as a Road Win, Q1 win.....
B) It is technically a home game for RU. I know it's not the RAC, but it's in our radius, against a conference opponent.
C) Any mention of two separate conferences playing a game in Milwaukee (Stanford vs Wisconsin) or Gonzaga vs Alabama in Birmingham, are non league games.
I don't think we need to find any more motivation to fill the seats and show up. But it is definitely looking and feeling like a Michigan State lean, in terms of balancing things out a bit.
I don't think it's going to hurt RUs resume and RU as a program is going to benefit by playing outside the RAC. In the long run, I wouldn't want to be in Michigan States shoes on Saturday, but they did have a full week off (could be good or bad) and RU had a glorified scrimmage last night vs overmatched Minnesota.
Let's play the game and tee it up
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How are we getting screwed? Our mindset should be no different now then it was before this “news” broke. Shouldnt effect the way we play at all.
A home game in front of 18000 seats instead of 9000 is huge for our program. If we’re truly NY’s team…truly a top 25 team….the place should be rockin
It would most likely be a Q1 win for MSU regardless of home/away/neutral
Since this is considered a home game now at MSG, does this impact our ability to get placed in the East Regional in the tournament, since the games are played at MSG?
Fonseca’s quote:
Essentially, Rutgers is playing a home game without the benefits of hosting on its home court.
Damning!!! That’s why this is so wrong and so stupid. It should never ever happen again! It’s not whining, it’s making voices heard.
Essentially, Rutgers is playing a home game without the benefits of hosting on its home court.
Damning!!! That’s why this is so wrong and so stupid. It should never ever happen again! It’s not whining, it’s making voices heard.
It turns this from a Q1 game to a Q2 game. Screwed from a resume perspective.
A week ago this thread was full of complaints about playing on a neutral court. Now all the sudden neutral court matters……..sigh.
Again, let’s just win. We wanna prove we’re a top 25 team? We shouldn’t have an issue winning wherever we play. If this is an issue….we ain’t too 25
The court we're playing on is not any less neutral than it was yesterday.... it's just how it's going to count in NET (which is to say, a Q2 game instead of a Q1 game). The court is the same court... it's just one benefit of the game being stripped away.
difference between Q2 and Q1 is pretty big.
We’ll be fine either way. Quad 1 win…quad 2 win..whatever. It’s not gonna make a huge difference in the long run.
That’s not the issue at all and if it was it’s considered our home court. Lose lose. Quad 1 v Quad 2. Lesser seed in tourney?
It's neutral for the conference. It hurts RU and helps MSU.
If MSG is considered home, then when the RAC is being renovated, MSG should be our home for that season.
If a "home" game at MSG prevents us from placement in the East Regional, this decision also potentially strips a chance at playing a 2nd weekend tournament game in our own backyard.
Only thing it does for them is tallies it on the team sheet under "away" game instead of "neutral site" game. And "Away wins" are something the committee supposedly puts value on.
So, essentially, a win for MSU is a tiny bit better looking for them, and a win for Rutgers is a tiny bit worse looking for us, as far as the black-and-white of the team sheets.
A home win against MSU does very little for our resume at this point. A Q2 loss hurts. This just went from a great opportunity to something more like a no win situation.
The most impactful consequence of this change is that the game becomes a Quad 2 game for RU instead of a Quad 1. This could have real consequences regarding seeding.
its major league ********
and so is the notion of being NYCs team..we are NJs team, there seems to be some sort of old school fascination wth nyc and msg which is fading in general.
and so is the notion of being NYCs team..we are NJs team, there seems to be some sort of old school fascination wth nyc and msg which is fading in general.
What does that have to do with anything? I'm confused why you or any RU fan is okay with this
It’s bad for the conference in the sense that it reduces the likelihood that RU agrees to it in the future.