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RW90

RW90

All-American
Feb 2, 2002
8,412
7,694
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Been conditioned to expect the worst the remainder of this season. That way I'm no longer disappointed.

MSU More
RU Less
 
LeapinLou

LeapinLou

All-American
Jul 24, 2001
13,534
7,640
113
A close win or blowout loss wouldn't surprise me.

A close loss or blowout win would surprise me.

Should be a great atmosphere.
 
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Greene Rice FIG

Heisman
Dec 30, 2005
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bac2therac said:
if this happens, they will be burning masks in the bowels of the RAC
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I really have been unsuccessful on a game in game out basis figuring out this team.

when you look back at RU at its best Caleb is a very important part of the success. It was only few weeks ago most would say he is one of our most important players.

Fast forward to today and he has been benched 2 straight games, appears to have the shooting yips, and has to prove to Pike he deserves to play.

we are going in to MSU game assuming Caleb isn’t going to play an important role. I think this teams ceiling only happens if Caleb is a big part of the success.

I also think Our offense is very easy to defend and we are playing the wrong team for that tomorrow.
 
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bac2therac

bac2therac

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Jul 30, 2001
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Greene Rice FIG said:
I really have been unsuccessful on a game in game out basis figuring out this team.

when you look back at RU at its best Caleb is a very important part of the success. It was only few weeks ago most would say he is one of our most important players.

Fast forward to today and he has been benched 2 straight games, appears to have the shooting yips, and has to prove to Pike he deserves to play.

we are going in to MSU game assuming Caleb isn’t going to play an important role. I think this teams ceiling only happens if Caleb is a big part of the success.

I also think Our offense is very easy to defend and we are playing the wrong team for that tomorrow.
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the Caleb that plays defense and rebounds is the one we need, the one that shoot more than 6 times no...i think the visit to watch Mathis play was bad news...3 games since then all horrible

he only needs to shoot a few baskets here or there, instead he is selfish and looking to take his shots, remember his freshmen year there were peeps here that insisted he was better than Baker overall and that he deserved to start over him. Caleb is a solid contributor in his role, the problem is his role got expanded and Pike should have known better. I do LIKE that Pike has recognized that Caleb isnt helping and his pulled him 3x now.
 
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fluoxetine

Heisman
Nov 11, 2012
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bac2therac said:
the Caleb that plays defense and rebounds is the one we need, the one that shoot more than 6 times no...i think the visit to watch Mathis play was bad news...3 games since then all horrible

he only needs to shoot a few baskets here or there, instead he is selfish and looking to take his shots, remember his freshmen year there were peeps here that insisted he was better than Baker overall and that he deserved to start over him. Caleb is a solid contributor in his role, the problem is his role got expanded and Pike should have known better. I do LIKE that Pike has recognized that Caleb isnt helping and his pulled him 3x now.
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I don't think Caleb is selfish. I think Caleb recognizes that he needs to be somewhat of a threat on offense and he definitely forces things sometimes. But I don't think it's selfishness.
 
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RUJMM78

Heisman
Jul 25, 2001
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12,659
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The key to this game and every remaining game is the number of points scored by Baker and Harper.The difficult part of the schedule begins with Michigan State and the lack of consistency by these two players and the rest of the team allows for very little margin for error.

Michigan State 68 Rutgers 62
 
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GimmeSomeMore

Junior
Jan 26, 2006
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366
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Another 3 point or less game - this one gets us to 5-5

RU 64 MST 62
Geo breaks out of his slump 18-5-5
Cliff with another solid outing 14-12-4 blk
 
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RU89

All-Conference
Oct 30, 2001
2,329
1,604
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bac2therac said:
if this happens, they will be burning masks in the bowels of the RAC
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In the last 187 basketball and football games that he has given a prediction he has picked against Rutgers 183 of those times.
 
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mikeyoc

All-Conference
Apr 19, 2005
1,250
1,238
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bac2therac said:
the Caleb that plays defense and rebounds is the one we need, the one that shoot more than 6 times no...i think the visit to watch Mathis play was bad news...3 games since then all horrible

he only needs to shoot a few baskets here or there, instead he is selfish and looking to take his shots, remember his freshmen year there were peeps here that insisted he was better than Baker overall and that he deserved to start over him. Caleb is a solid contributor in his role, the problem is his role got expanded and Pike should have known better. I do LIKE that Pike has recognized that Caleb isnt helping and his pulled him 3x now.
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Yep. MSU has length (similar to RU). We need Caleb on D against them.
Hopefully, when he shoots, he will actually hit the rim
 
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Greene Rice FIG

Heisman
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Scangg said:
Too many people predicting wins. We haven't reached capitulation yet

Might mean we see another poor showing, everyone truly gives up with 5+ threads of how bad the team is... then win the next one
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Need capitulation. A bad loss here you will finally get it……and a win over OSU on Wednesday
 
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toby83

All-Conference
Dec 23, 2014
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fluoxetine said:
I don't think Caleb is selfish. I think Caleb recognizes that he needs to be somewhat of a threat on offense and he definitely forces things sometimes. But I don't think it's selfishness.
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Spot on, my opinion also

We need Caleb and what he can offer, 20+ mins too much for Mag give some to Caleb. Obviously can backfire but there is some decent ceiling there with his contribution vs a very good team. Which we obviously need in game like this.
 
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BillyC80

Heisman
Oct 23, 2006
17,353
15,928
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Out of their last 6 games MSU has played in 4 really close ones, including 2 losses.

Gotta guard the arc and keep it under 70, preferably under 65.

RU wins 64-61.
 
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