Rutgers vs Michigan State / Game Thread

[MadRU]

How was that not a foul on Winston, he was in Young’s cylinder

 

[soundcrib]

Is Steve about to check in Paul with :51 left?

 

[bethlehemfan]

Simply cannot compete when Baker is this unproductive. 1-7. 0-3 from 3.

This is an issue.

 

[Night Man]

We're getting worse at the Breslin Center... OT 3 years ago, double digit lead last year, now this shart of a game that people are applauding. We're better than this

 

[bac2therac]

We don’t have the killer instincts

we don’t have the killer instincts or confidence to make a few more plays against these teams especially in the road . We’re satisfied being close .

and to grow as a program we need to win games like these against better opponents...or bring the same level of play against Pitt or middling St Bonaventure. If you keep getting the same results whether its a top 10 school or a 200 school then it means you are really arent moving forward

 

[PatrickRU92]

and we have been doing that for a program for two decades now, how many of these close games vs ranked teams in the past...vs MSU seemingly the last 3 years. we saw it during Rice and during Waters and during Bannon...just not good enough

not enough offensive firepower

 

[Shell21]

We all know from last game that's a cylinder foul on Winston.

Was just thinking this myself . It’s not the calls against us that anger me it’s the lack of consistency . Same thing with moving screens . How many did they call on Sparty tonight ?

 

[bac2therac]

We're getting worse at the Breslin Center... OT 3 years ago, double digit lead last year, now this shart of a game that people are applauding. We're better than this

for me I wouldnt applaud, but given what we looked like vs Pitt and St Bonnies, I do feel better..most importantly Mulcahy looked sharp and we will need him for Wisconsin to play a big role

 

[BillyC80]

Tillman with another travel. Our D is making them work.

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

For the negativity about coaching what is truly obvious today is we just don’t have Big 10 caliber players. We just don’t. We keep seeing this type of game because we haven’t upgraded our talent. Pikiell needs to make changes to his staff at the end of the year. We need guys on staff who are ruthless on the recruiting trail.

 

[G- RUnit]

Young nice game and nice edge. Please stop the demonization of Young and Sainthood of Harper.

 

[jerzeyguy]

Good F'n lord! Why doesn't Pike tell them to foul the big man. WTF is going on..

 

[bac2therac]

not enough offensive firepower

no legit 3 point shooter

 

[RUJMM78]

Most fans predicted correctly that Rutgers wouldn't score 70 points.

 

[Night Man]

Young nice game and nice edge. Please stop the demonization of Young and Sainthood of Harper.

You're talking to yourself at this point.

 

[bethlehemfan]

For the negativity about coaching what is truly obvious today is we just don’t have Big 10 caliber players. We just don’t. We keep seeing this type of game because we haven’t upgraded our talent. Pikiell needs to make changes to his staff at the end of the year. We need guys on staff who are ruthless on the recruiting trail.

the coaching comments are just ignorance.

 

[Duff366]

for me I wouldnt applaud, but given what we looked like vs Pitt and St Bonnies, I do feel better..most importantly Mulcahy looked sharp and we will need him for Wisconsin to play a big role

What game are you watching? Offensive basketball was horrible. Too much one on one, bad turnovers, Myles and Geo invisible

 

[jerzeyguy]

Pike stopped coaching this team

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

Nah they haven't played well. Losing plays at just the wrong times. Past moral victories

Aren’t you a little curious why we never play well against teams with better talent? I think there may be a theme.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Just another double digit loss. Ho hum. Same as it ever was.

 

[BigEastPhil]

All and all, with poor games from Harper, Myles and Baker, team played ok as it was good to see step up games from Mulcahy and Yeboah. We need to somehow jell and win a big game on the road. MSU is #11 for a reason.

 

[Night Man]

For the negativity about coaching what is truly obvious today is we just don’t have Big 10 caliber players. We just don’t. We keep seeing this type of game because we haven’t upgraded our talent. Pikiell needs to make changes to his staff at the end of the year. We need guys on staff who are ruthless on the recruiting trail.

This is kinda where we should be at this point, RU basketball coming off the Eddie Jordan era was not getting many guys that other schools really wanted. We get guys who can make plays at this level but have holes in their game. Just wish those holes weren't so often "outside shooting" and "free throw shooting."

 

[RUsince52]

Right until the end can't hit the little jumpers even when they don't matter. Only a.little part of the game, but.........

 

[BillyC80]

Man I wish we could have played this game at home, but if we have to lose to MSU, better we do it on the road. Now on to two big games at the RAC.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

The starting lineup needs to change the rotations need to change as well. You can see who enjoys playing with who like Young/Mathis backcourt is effective. Not sure what to make of Geo this year.

 

[Night Man]

Aren’t you a little curious why we never play well against teams with better talent? I think there may be a theme.

What are you talking about, we've played several good games against top 15 teams under Pike and taken teams to the final minute or OT. This wasn't one of them.

 

[Joey Bags]

Pike seemed to have low energy this game. Izzo is a nuclear reactor compared to Pike.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Our only positive offensive contributor was from a guy who won't be here next year - Yeboah. Enjoying the build.

 

[Caliknight]

Good effort against a very good MSU team at home. We need to build off of it. Next game is huge.

 

[Pancho1939_rivals]

What are you talking about, we've played several good games against top 15 teams under Pike and taken teams to the final minute or OT. This wasn't one of them.

Sorry I should not have said ”never“ I should have said ”95% of the time”

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

For the negativity about coaching what is truly obvious today is we just don’t have Big 10 caliber players. We just don’t. We keep seeing this type of game because we haven’t upgraded our talent. Pikiell needs to make changes to his staff at the end of the year. We need guys on staff who are ruthless on the recruiting trail.

it’s on him not his staff. Recruiting is part of coaching.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Young nice game and nice edge. Please stop the demonization of Young and Sainthood of Harper.

maybe if he wasn’t built up so much, no one would be as disappointed as they are.

 

[G- RUnit]

Harper declaring for NBA?

 

[Night Man]

Sorry I should not have said ”never“ I should have said ”95% of the time”

While we did ourselves few favors this game, I do look at the MSU series and shrug, they just have too many good players and one or more of them are going to make a few plays to win. It's a little frustrating but that's a great program. Much more frustrating to me is the fact that we haven't really been competitive against Maryland, who is typically not in the same class as MSU or Michigan. We've stolen one or two from everyone else.