THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS vs. INDIANA PREDICTION THREAD

[HeavenUniv.]

Rutgers 65
Indiana 60

Rutgers Basketball
2020 NCAA Basketball Tournament

 

[zappaa]

70-58
Indiana
8 minutes without an FG will put it out of reach for us.
We are now a poor come from behind team

 

[fluoxetine]

Rutgers 68, Indiana 64

 

[RutgersLarry]

RU 72 IU 65

They worked too hard all year to let it slip away, RHJ gets back on track!

 

[Yeah Baby]

Indiana does not play D like MD. Myles the monster has a big game and dare I say we hit a few wide open 3’s?

 

[Freddy Stubbs]

This team has lost any ability to execute an offensive game plan, or our coaches have lost any ability to put one together. Either way, Indiana wins.
68 - 60

 

[Joey Bags]

IU 71
RU 54

This team funks HARD

 

[fluoxetine]

Amazing how many people are now scared of a team that just lost at home to Michigan St because of one bad game.

 

[RUJMM78]

Amazing how many people are now scared of a team that just lost at home to Michigan St because of one bad game.

There have been far more than one bad game but Rutgers was still able to grind out some wins.The shooting/scoring is on a downward spiral which makes the margin for error very slim regardless of opponent.

 

[Joey Bags]

Amazing how many people are now scared of a team that just lost at home to Michigan St because of one bad game.

It's not the team I'm scared of, it's the fact a lid is on the basket and Pike refuses to do anything with the offense anymore.

 

[fluoxetine]

There have been far more than one bad game but Rutgers was still able to grind out some wins.The shooting/scoring is on a downward spiral which makes the margin for error very slim regardless of opponent.

What downward spiral?

Adjusted O
at Indiana 122.3
Michigan St 104.3
Northwestern 101.1
Minnesota 118.1
Iowa 106.5
Northwestern 100.8
Michigan 107.7
Maryland 94.4

I see no downward spiral, I see one game that is worse than the others and a consistently pretty bad offensive performance.

If we were able to grind out wins before why should it stop now?

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

right now, the better team is Indiana and we are a mentally fragile mess:

Indiana 68
Rutgers 61

 

[fluoxetine]

There is just no evidence of this at all lol. I swear some of you guys would pull out a coin, flip two tails in a row, and declare the coin too mentally fragile to ever produce a heads again.

 

[zappaa]

There is just no evidence of this at all lol. I swear some of you guys would pull out a coin, flip two tails in a row, and declare the coin too mentally fragile to ever produce a heads again.

Like that!
The reason I feel the way I do is before the season even started I said I think RHJ needs to be considered one of the top wings in the B1G....his play early was exactly that.
I don’t think we can compete at a high level without him.
Their is no evidence he will return.
I’m not comparing RHJ to Ayo, but I do feel RJH is as important to us as Ayo is to Illinois.
If Ayo disappeared for any length of time, Illinois could probably over come it for a few games, but eventually they would drop an entire level.
Without RJH, we are an average team at best...imo

 

[RUbytheshore]

Rutgers 70 - Indiana 65

 

[rudad02]

Like that!
The reason I feel the way I do is before the season even started I said I think RHJ needs to be considered one of the top wings in the B1G....his play early was exactly that.
I don’t think we can compete at a high level without him.
Their is no evidence he will return.
I’m not comparing RHJ to Ayo, but I do feel RJH is as important to us as Ayo is to Illinois.
If Ayo disappeared for any length of time, Illinois could probably over come it for a few games, but eventually they would drop an entire level.
Without RJH, we are an average team at best...imo

He is clearly a key, maybe as you say the key. Can't remember as prolonged a slump. He sure looks heavier than earlier in the year, not moving as well. Believe there is also a mental aspect. Zap as I'm sure you probably know with slumps, they are really tough to break out of. The worse you go the more you press, the more you press the more your technique gets fouled up.

My junior year in college I was coming off a year when I really hit the sh*t out of the ball. When the coach had me third in the lineup I was really surprised. I didn't have a big ego & didn't expect it. We also had two other guys who could really hit & could have played anywhere. Long story short we went to LI for our spring trip. Played NYU, Fordham, CW Post, & Brooklyn College I believe. I couldn't hit a beach ball and a couple of the pitchers didn't have much. I was lunging, striking out, popping up, dribbling the ball. Just gruesome. The worse it went the more I pressed. Just put all kinds of pressure on myself. Eventually the coach dropped me down in the lineup. Started to hit & wound up hitting .360 that year. It was all mental & affected all my mechanics. Believe a lot of Harper's woes are mental.

 

[YoucancallmeRay]

RU 78
IU 74

Had a pretty comfortable lead throughout in the first game. Ron, Geo, and Myles all had strong games. History repeats.

 

[red sail]

Rutgers 79
Indiana 68

 

[shields]

Myles can give Davis fits.

 

[zappaa]

He is clearly a key, maybe as you say the key. Can't remember as prolonged a slump. He sure looks heavier than earlier in the year, not moving as well. Believe there is also a mental aspect. Zap as I'm sure you probably know with slumps, they are really tough to break out of. The worse you go the more you press, the more you press the more your technique gets fouled up.

My junior year in college I was coming off a year when I really hit the sh*t out of the ball. When the coach had me third in the lineup I was really surprised. I didn't have a big ego & didn't expect it. We also had two other guys who could really hit & could have played anywhere. Long story short we went to LI for our spring trip. Played NYU, Fordham, CW Post, & Brooklyn College I believe. I couldn't hit a beach ball and a couple of the pitchers didn't have much. I was lunging, striking out, popping up, dribbling the ball. Just gruesome. The worse it went the more I pressed. Just put all kinds of pressure on myself. Eventually the coach dropped me down in the lineup. Started to hit & wound up hitting .360 that year. It was all mental & affected all my mechanics. Believe a lot of Harper's woes are mental.

Extremely common story.

 

[Corycord1]

We need to win. Enough with the ME ball they’ve been playing, share the ball we win. Don’t share the ball these next few games and they’ll be watching the tournament from home.

 

[fluoxetine]

If anything we could use more "selfish" play. Too many guys are afraid to shoot.

 

[RUBOB72]

Rutgers 72 Indiana 65

 

[RW90]

 

[BOGDANOVICH]

If Pike cant get this team not to tank the season as they apparently are ready to do , then they will wander the wilderness again for another decade.

 

[hiwater]

If anything we could use more "selfish" play. Too many guys are afraid to shoot.

This. I'm tired of Harper and Mulchahy hesitating, passing, or just dribbling every time that someone runs at them. They are open and obviously looking at the guy running out on them instead of locking onto where the ball needs to go. Harper especially needs to shoot when he has a few feet separation on his guy. Geo passes on too many. he doesn't seem to shy away from someone out there though. He looks like he is trying too hard to get others the ball. Mathis won't attempt a 3 now unless time is running out, but he usually is not open then. He had several open looks yesterday. You could tell that he thought about it, but he just dribbled to the middle and passed on the weave. The benching and restricting his playing time has man him too hesitant too. They are all too tight

 

[RUONTHERISE]

Rutgers wins

67 to 65

 

[RUonBrain]

We need to win. Enough with the ME ball they’ve been playing, share the ball we win. Don’t share the ball these next few games and they’ll be watching the tournament from home.

This might not be true for some guys (Mulcahy) or when guys are open for 3, but it is definitely true when we are running a fast break (Montez, etc.)

 

[ScarletDave]

Rutgers beats the historic Indiana Hoosiers for the 4th straight game, and by 14 points 74-60. Thus ending their March Madness hopes, ripping the heart out of an entire state. Yet that will still not be good enough for some people on here. That’s my prediction haha

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Indiana 75
RU 50

God I hope I’m wrong about everything about this team

 

[rudad02]

This. I'm tired of Harper and Mulchahy hesitating, passing, or just dribbling every time that someone runs at them. They are open and obviously looking at the guy running out on them instead of locking onto where the ball needs to go. Harper especially needs to shoot when he has a few feet separation on his guy. Geo passes on too many. he doesn't seem to shy away from someone out there though. He looks like he is trying too hard to get others the ball. Mathis won't attempt a 3 now unless time is running out, but he usually is not open then. He had several open looks yesterday. You could tell that he thought about it, but he just dribbled to the middle and passed on the weave. The benching and restricting his playing time has man him too hesitant too. They are all too tight

They are absolutely all too tight.

 

[REDRICH65]

Get the kids to drink b4 the game and “lighten up”. They act afraid to shoot and sulk when they do. And stop waiting till 5 seconds on clock to hoist one.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Very good news per Coach Pike—JY is fine and will play vs the Hoosiers.

 

[RUSK97]

Hoosiers aren't that good.

Indiana 72 Rutgers 69.

We got Nebraska.

 

[koko2315]

RU 68
IU 59

 

[GimmeSomeMore]

Another rock fight - RU 54 IU 52 [PLEASE Pike, let us get up and down and leave the 'hot' (for us, luke warm will do) hands in the game to get some damn rhythm! If he does, I'll revise to RU 75 IU 67]

 

[fluoxetine]

How come leaving the hot hands in leads to worse defense?

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

RU 65
IU 64

 

[GimmeSomeMore]

more possessions because we'll be less likely to stand around for 28 seconds afraid to shoot; maybe even press a bit to speed it up - see "let us get up and down..."

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Indiana does not play D like MD. Myles the monster has a big game and dare I say we hit a few wide open 3’s?

Maybe Indiana has changed. The Indiana I know the past 5 years doesnt fight possession by possession and unless they play their A game can be had by just playing harder.