That’s why high level sports is a young man’s game.
imo at their age the great players recover and play well regardless… they find a way
Not a "bad" 66-60 loss, IMO
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imo at their age the great players recover and play well regardless… they find a way
agree.....i cant believe people are looking at the refs when we had 6 awful plays in a row while down just 3 and 5.
People miss all the fouls that could have been called on RU and there were several.
this is high level basketball..you are right. These guys cannot fall back on tired excuse..everyone is tired. Trace played 39 minutes vs Purdue and 39 tonight, Paul was bad because his decision making was bad and also didnt deliver the ball to the right people
I am criticisl of officiating …but officiating had nothing to do with tonight’s result …Either way
We lost this game because we fell behind (mostly due to toughness issues early ), and just crested too big of a hole to climb
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We got our ten minutes stratch where we Iocke them down and just don’t play good enough offensive basketball to finish it off
Kinda of a blown opportunity ….
We lost this game because we fell behind (mostly due to toughness issues early ), and just crested too big of a hole to climb
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We got our ten minutes stratch where we Iocke them down and just don’t play good enough offensive basketball to finish it off
Kinda of a blown opportunity ….
Please, please, please just stop with your stupid rants about MSG. You look smaller and smaller with each futile attempt to denigrate one of the 2 or 3 biggest wins of our season, which has gotten us more positive press than anything other than the Purdue win. Winning nationally televised games at the World's Most Famous Arena really means something (read @RU72's thread on that).
And this attempt is your worst, to date. Energy expended? Hours on both ends? Travel? Seriously? Does it take more energy to play a game in NYC vs. NJ? That's just tinfoil hat stuff. And MSG is an hour away, so maybe the team lost 2 whole hours "traveling" - and yeah, celebrating in NYC is so hard on players. Move on.
Paul hardly shot at all. Caleb shot way too much. Hard to say Pauls legs were too tired when he never shot. And Caleb is just not a good shooter. He should never shoot ahead of passing to a teammate.
It has almost nothing to do with it. Our bench guys Hyatt and Oscar hit 5 threes in the first half and Cam got his touch back and hit 1 in the first half and 1 right out of the gate to tie the game in the second half. We got it to 38-35 at the half with the bench doing the heavy lifting. We held them without a field goal for almost 9 minutes in second half and got a few foul calls against us to get them to the line to early and too often. But despite all that , our 2 seniors played lousy offensive games , Caleb was great defensively and on the boards and took Hood Schfino out of the game in the second half. Paul was terrible defensively and left Kopp open for 3 of his 4 three pointers and somehow he scored 18 points and a lot of it against Paul or on Paul’s side of the court. Being on the road had almost nothing to do with the loss just some really bad offensive performances.
18 points on 7/11 and 4/8 might be the best bench game we see the rest of the season
He is unplayable on the defensive end. Winning games 81-75 hoping Hyatt and Oskar shoot 50% from 3 is what 3-17 B1G teams do.
3rd straight game Hyatt can’t stay on the court because of defense.
What was their impact on the defensive end? Why did Pike not play them in the 2nd half? Is the game won if our captains played average offensively in the last 10 minutes?
Stop being dramatic. We need bench scoring. Where do you think it comes from?
if not for Oskar and Hyatt, RU down 21 at half loses 75-50
Yea, but we wouldn't have even been in the game if it wasn't for the bench scoring in the first half
Not being dramatic. What is it not night and day the defense with starters plus Simpson vs any other lineup?
2 for 2 in non Mag games it is the 4 plus Simpson with the game on the line.
Exactly. This game was on the verge of getting into blowout territory
FIG is lost on this one. How was the defense with the starters in the first half?
the game wouldnt be reachable if not for them.
dont blame Hyatt and Oskar that Paul and Caleb **** the bed tonight
dont blame Hyatt and Oskar that Paul and Caleb **** the bed tonight
how great were the starters giving up 15 in the first 4 minutes, how about 30 by 7:30 minutes...how good was Paul leaving Kopp opening shot after shot...how about Cliff being abused on the boards by the guy from Friends...only 1 board in the first half
who gave RU all the momentum heading into halftime where the starters f'd it up again in the 2nd half with their woeful offensive performance
I dont expect Oskar to be playing in the last 5 minutes..why would he
there will be games where Hyatt will be playing in the last 5 minutes, I guarantee you that
That was the starters! The starters gave up a huge lead. The bench closed that lead.
Do you honestly think Oskar was a net negative tonight??
Oskar enters game at 12:49 and we are losing 11-13
Oskar leaves the game with 2:34 left and we are losing 26-36.
23 points scored in 10 minutes with RU playing a lot of zone
My starters didn’t play at all in the 1st half. They closed the game out for the 2nd straight game. Galloway and Drew-Schifino were quiet (except Galloway OREB against Simpson) and the IU offense was completely different with those 5 together in the game.
Tired legs? He told someone that? Then something is wrong with his S&C routine. He looks to be in great shape, and is no baby anymore. He just looked very "lost."
We lost....Get over it. Moving on to the next game.
Should we sit Caleb and Paul? They struggled in a game...why do we need to annihilate them.
Good to know that bench played better.
Most on here discussed 2-3 would ve great after this 5-game gauntlet and now you all whine. Still have a chance to go 3-2.
GO RU!!
Should we sit Caleb and Paul? They struggled in a game...why do we need to annihilate them.
Good to know that bench played better.
Most on here discussed 2-3 would ve great after this 5-game gauntlet and now you all whine. Still have a chance to go 3-2.
GO RU!!
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I can't believe there is so much drama after a close loss on the road against a very good team.
This team is going to need time to figure out how to compensate for the loss of Mag on both ends of the court. It doesn't happen overnight. During this time, the seniors needs to step up and lead by example. They were sloppy with the ball and were lucky there weren't even more turnovers than there were. We are sorely lacking a. player who can penetrate and break down a defense while driving. The seniors on this team that try look like bulls in a china shop at times. (I'm looking at your Caleb and Paul).
We have our strengths and limitations on this team. We're going to have to grind out more games and throw people into the fire to get them game experience. Reiber needs to play more than Wolf. He has more experience and is a better all around shooter. The defense will be what it is.
Overall, I thought this was a pretty good game and wasn't shocked by the outcome at all. Yeah it's a missed opportunity but I think once we get past the Illinois game, the pressure lets up a bit and we can see what our new normal will be.
This team is going to need time to figure out how to compensate for the loss of Mag on both ends of the court. It doesn't happen overnight. During this time, the seniors needs to step up and lead by example. They were sloppy with the ball and were lucky there weren't even more turnovers than there were. We are sorely lacking a. player who can penetrate and break down a defense while driving. The seniors on this team that try look like bulls in a china shop at times. (I'm looking at your Caleb and Paul).
We have our strengths and limitations on this team. We're going to have to grind out more games and throw people into the fire to get them game experience. Reiber needs to play more than Wolf. He has more experience and is a better all around shooter. The defense will be what it is.
Overall, I thought this was a pretty good game and wasn't shocked by the outcome at all. Yeah it's a missed opportunity but I think once we get past the Illinois game, the pressure lets up a bit and we can see what our new normal will be.
Not shooting to me means he did not feel comfortable. Not sure why...maybe sick.
Killing Paul is not going to help.
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Wait. Are you saying my bed isn’t the world’s most famous arena? The hookers have been lying to me?
The defense had a truly atrocious 5 minute stretch while we tried out a few deep bench line ups. This will hopefully be scrutinized in tape review. First half from the 12:49 mark to 7:54 mark - we gave up 17 points. Over the course of a 40 minute game that rate of scoring translates to an astounding 136 points of offense for Indiana.
In the other 35 minutes we gave up only 49 total points (including 3 points from intentional fouls). I’m not saying this excuses Paul and Caleb’s poor performance in the last 3 minutes but if the sub defense could just be bad and not terrible we’d be able to overcome bad offensive spells from our veterans. We’re a defense first team so Pike needs to figure this out.
I think you misheard them - they said your bed was the world's most heinous arena...Wait. Are you saying my bed isn’t the world’s most famous arena? The hookers have been lying to me?
Loss is a loss.
We need to be get over that hump to be a consistent winner and not accept losses because we played well despite all these reasons.
True winning program, does not accept losses in any share of form. We figure all the wrong doings in details and move forward so we dont make the same mistake again.
there is no, I tried hard. it's about results.
We need to be get over that hump to be a consistent winner and not accept losses because we played well despite all these reasons.
True winning program, does not accept losses in any share of form. We figure all the wrong doings in details and move forward so we dont make the same mistake again.
there is no, I tried hard. it's about results.