Rutgers vs St John’s / Game Thread

[BillyC80]

Myles! Get that **** outta here!

 

[BillyC80]

Damn. big 3 by SJU there. Need a little run in the last 4:00. We got this.

 

[ScarletDave]

GO INSIDE !!!!

 

[FrankZ_RU93]

Keep it close to end the half please

 

[ScarletDave]

Have to be within a basket or 2 by halftime. No stupid fouls. So much to ask for

 

[RU206]

Sloppy

 

[BillyC80]

Unforced errors.

 

[RU82]

Unforced errors.

Yep. We are just flat out beating ourselves in this game.

 

[RUsojo]

St John’s is not good. Ugh. Just don’t give up and Rutgers can easily get back in this.

 

[JQRU91]

I think we win this going away. St. John's has hit some 3-pointers, but they haven't shown anything else on the offensive or defensive end. We've just been beating ourselves. Just need to clean things up and make some shots.

 

[ScarletDave]

RAC is a morge, on the court and in the stands

 

[Mikemarc]

God awful half.

 

[RU82]

Horrible half of basketball.

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

Feels like the first half of last years Seton Hall game. Everytime we got close they nailed a 3. I think the second half will be different.

 

[Scangg]

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong

 

[ClassOf02v.2]

We're a young team, and we looked really young in that half. Let's see what the coaches can do.

 

[bethlehemfan]

St John’s is not good. Ugh. Just don’t give up and Rutgers can easily get back in this.

They’re not?

 

[tfio]

Free throws. Just make a few

 

[zebnatto]

Zone.

 

[RUTrack94]

Back to life, back to reality ...

 

[BillyC80]

Well that couldn’t have gone much worse. Gotta believe too much time off is hurting us too. We have the talent to come back, if we can stop some of their threes and make some of our own, along with some FTs.

 

[ScarletDave]

We are young but this one is on Pike. Totally playing to the other teams strengths instead of ours. Not guarding close on 3s because why, they’re gonna burn us? We have the height, keep a man inside. Johnson not playing enough minutes. Not moving the ball around their zone to dish inside. Playing to lose not to win. 11? Worse case scenario

 

[BOCA93]

Piekiel needs to make some defensive adjustments at the half. Force these 3 guards to drive. They’re perfectly content camping out behind the 3 pt line and hoisting up shot after shot. The upside is RU can’t shoot much worse from field or the line

 

[Degaz-RU]

If SJU continues to hit threes like that, we’re done.

 

[RUChoppin]

About as ugly as you can play to end the half. Sloppy, unforced errors, butter fingers, missing one foot shots, poor defensive rotations and positioning, missed FTs, cold from range.... Oof.

Hopefully we pick it up in the second half.

 

[miketd1]

Could have been a lot worse.

Yeah, their 3pt shooting is way better, but it’s the bad turnovers and poor free throw shooting killing us, IMO.

Make just half the free throws and this is a 5 point game.

 

[TheAtlanticFiles]

Damn, one below average 20 minute span and this board is about to jump off a ledge

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

The one big dude kept hitting 3's and his shot is so awkward. started 0-10 from 3 and 1-8 from the line. CLEAN THAT UP

 

[RUChoppin]

Refs have mostly been calling a loose game with some random whistles on nonsense. Tighter whistle would benefit us, but looser benefits them.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

In Asheville on my way back to Jersey—what’s the score?

 

[Degaz-RU]

We are 12-36 for 33% overall

2-14 from 3-pt range

1-8 on FTs

Can’t really play much worse on offense and we’re only down by 11.

The team just looked way nervous, some shots were WAY off. Youth showing its colors.

 

[Degaz-RU]

In Asheville on my way back to Jersey—what’s the score?

38-27 at half

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Well good news it, we cant play worse in the 2nd

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

Still young..Still learning and figuring each other out.We'll get there.

 

[anon_xekqhstck0ygt]

Well good news it, we cant play worse in the 2nd

no kidding...tons of bricks, bad passes, poor foul shooting, poor 3 pt shooting. didn't do much right.

 

[bac2therac]

Negatives all around...alot of Rutgers issues are self inflicted...came out overhyped...1-8 ft..sloppy ball handling..poor shot selection..bricking 3 pointers...eugene 2 fouls sitting

Its two halves and Pike is a better coach then Mullen...we will see but it may be a case of asking too much too soon...may not be ready to win a game like this...we have the ability but not sure whether we can do it...will really have to chop 20 minutes and get the crowd back into it

 

[Tango Two]

After St Johns opening 9-2 run we played them basically even rest of the first half

 

[rufeelinit]

Figueroa is good. Need to make him put it on the floor. Not sure we want the guards doing the same. Sju looks like the better team. Getting open threes in the context of their offense. Let’s see if we can make a run in the second half.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Aside from Figueroa’s shooting, St. John’s is not impressive at all. We played an absolutely terrible 1st half.

 

[78CollegeAve]

Scared pussies. Time to grow up in the seond half.