Next Two and Ranking
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Maryland game massive. RAC will be rocking. Need to hammer down. A win is huge, but crushing them like Wake would be big for NET
Isn’t it amazing how we fans use every game as a barometer.
Players get into their routine, prepare and play without any of the thoughts us knuckleheads have.
Players get into their routine, prepare and play without any of the thoughts us knuckleheads have.
And this is where that OSU game burns me...with a 2-0, if we were given our win against OSU- we could possibly be inside 10...
2-0 definitely deserve to be ranked, but think some folks are overly optimistic given the 4 losses, including Temple and SHU. Most likely in the 20-25 range.
I'm still counting the OSU game as a win, lol.
Putting the cart before the horse would be dreaming about rosy scenarios that might not happen. The OP covered all possibilities. Asking people to make predictions is one of the major activities on this board.
I gave three options, one of which will come true. No cart, no horse.
There are so many possibilities to talk about and so much to look forward
For me i am waiting on these next 2 games. Win them and the skies is the limit. A critical 2 game home stretch against schools Rutgers should be beating at home
For me i am waiting on these next 2 games. Win them and the skies is the limit. A critical 2 game home stretch against schools Rutgers should be beating at home
This is a message board sir...
This is the sole reason why message board gets created...
To talk about the Past, the Current, & the Future
that 2-0 jump to 11-12 would be a pretty drastic change
I would figure around 20.....the world is/will forget about the OSU game unfortunately...... had we won that one.......
Looking at this week's polls, we're not receiving any votes. To move up to 11-12, even with an impressive 3-0 week, we'd have to jump thirty teams. That's not gonna happen.
Do you expect Rutgers NOT to play two games between now and Sunday for some reason?
Weather postponement?
Maryland and/or Iowa don't show up?
Armageddon?
These are games we need to win if we want to be serious contenders for the title. We should win. Just need to take care of business
Maryland is going to want to bounce back after an embarrassing loss and Rutgers needs to prevent an emotional let down after such a huge win. Could be a sneaky tough spot here
It’s not a “sneaky tough” spot, this is an overtly, all stars aligning, text book tough spot for us tomorrow.
All eyes on going to be on whether Rutgers can build on a big win or have a big letdown after a big win. A big win goes a long ways towards starting to remove a narrative of Rutgers is inconsistent.
First of all we have not sniffed any AP votes in last 4-5 weeks. We were getting Coaches votes for 3 of the past 5 polls but the Coppin State beat down resulted in some coach deciding to drop us out of votes. From unranked to beating Purdue #1 on the road to beating a # 37 Kenpom and # 47 Net Maryland team and # 50 Kenpom and #69 Net Iowa team although impressive , will get us ranked 20-25 but not into the teens . Too big of a jump. Can we play and beat the ranked # 10-25 teams , well sure we can but National perception is built and poll voters Coaches and Media look at records and streaks. That would be 7 in a row. Would like to get there but just a tad leary of to tomorrow’s Maryland game because of letdown mentally after beating #1 and Maryland trying to erase their worst loss since they entered the Big 10 in 2014 last time out against Michigan.
Let's get 2 beat downs of Maryland and Iowa and make AP & Coaches look at our overall record. Make them realize, and they say, "Oh **** wait, they beat OSU! Let's f'ing rank them in #15-#18s!"
Of course we need alot of these top 25 teams to lose during this process also. If that doesnt happen, then we sneak into top 25.
thanks
Of course we need alot of these top 25 teams to lose during this process also. If that doesnt happen, then we sneak into top 25.
thanks