Purdue or Sunday-which is more daunting today

[RU72]

No one expected Rutgers to win yesterday,but in retrospect the match-up was not awful.Ivey is a showboat and Edey doesn't have a hint of athletic ability. Seton Hall has more team speed,is deeper and does not have to endure the RAC which was worth 5 plus points last night.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

Different rosters, different challenges indeed.

Game tape and preparation is drastically different from 2 weeks ago or even 3+ weeks ago when the season started.

If you scouted RU 2 weeks ago, you had little reason to worry about Caleb McConnell or Geo Baker, who had been out. You also have no real idea what to expect (or not expect) from Mawot Mag or Jalen Miller.

RU has far fewer items to rely on and that could present a problem for SHU to prepare for OR could be an issue for RU thinking they can rely on Mag, Miller (for defense against a veteran backcourt) and how much can RU really ask of RHJ.....

SHU probably has to decide where they want to get their points and they can get points from all 5 starters. That is a great problem to have, when the ball is going in the basket.....if it's not going in, is SHU going to decide to go to Jared Rhoden, into the teeth of the better defenders in Caleb McConnell and Mawot Mag.....or will they look to exploit the weak link on RUs defense at guard and just have whomever Mulcahy is guarding, become the primary atrack/scorer??

Myles Cale is really the mismatch for SHU, he can drive and score and can make 3s, if he scores early.

If Obiagu is out of the game for SHU, it helps RU on offense, because whatever lanes are open to drive, can potentially draw fouls. The way RU climbed back into the game last night, was attacking Purdue off the dribble and getting fouled/to the FT line.

If RU lost last night, it would be tough to expect a bounce back effort here....now, RU can let it fly and really has nothing to lose here.....the longer this game is close, the more pressure falls upon the home team....

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I am more worried about SHU. I gave us a chance against Purdue. I’d be very surprised if we win on Sunday.

 

[Danprusa_4]

Yes, I am worried for Sunday’s game. It really comes down to us hitting our shots and them being home because we’ve struggled with confidence and leadership in away games. It Geo does come back Sunday than I hope that gives RHJ a little stress reliever because Geo hopefully comes in and steps it up on Sunday night, of course as well as the rest of the team. But having Geo our veteran leader hopefully looking like he wants to play, will definitely help boosts our confidence of winning against SHU.

 

[Dpgru]

Sunday is simply because we haven’t played it yet. Also, SHU is now definitely going to be ready. We better not come out slow, which we tend to do on the. Road.

 

[Danprusa_4]

Sunday is simply because we haven’t played it yet. Also, SHU is now definitely going to be ready. We better not come out slow, which we tend to do on the. Road.

If start off slow our defense better start off great. But if we start off fast than our defense needs to be there for the whole game regardless because we get lazy when we think we’re the best shooters and totally forget who were playing against

 

[fluoxetine]

I think they are similar in terms of challenge level.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

This is what we can expect from Jalen Miller

 

[Rutgers25]

Seeing that in slow mo and I’d say it was over the top. Surprised he didn’t get t’d up.

 

[walshtrips]

Seeing that in slow mo and I’d say it was over the top. Surprised he didn’t get t’d up.

Cale got T'd up for much less last night. Looked like the Purdue player didn't notice what he was doing.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

More or less daunting, it is a must win game for our ncaa hopes.