We need killer instinct
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I do not think killer instinct has anything to do with today's loss...odd take again
Deja vu from you from the other day.
Oh, I get it....it’s the whole Groundhog Day thing....funny.
I agree a top 25 should win this neutral site game, but I dont think it has anything to do with killer instinct
When you shoot 36 more shots than the other team and are within 3 with under 3 minutes left it’s not rocket science what the issue is. Has nothing to do with killer instinct. Every time we lose now you’re gonna post that we don’t have killer instinct? Wait...you also posted that after we win....
Possibly my most despised cliche in sports.
Does "killer instinct" mean the ability to extend leads and put teams away? Yeah, really good teams can do that -- because they're really good. We are not really good, at least not relative to our competition in the B1G, a really good conference.
no they don't...did SHU have a killer instinct when got blown out 31-13 in the opening minutes vs a team that lost 5 of 6. What about top 10 Nova losing at home to unranked Creighton
killer instinct is the wrong word here
lack of killer instinct would be RU leading by 6-7 points most of the way and letting Michigan hang around and beat them in the end.
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Actually ...I kinda agree
We came out of the half time down three and had Michigan on the ropes and didn’t give up a point in the first four minutes ...and we had great looks that we just didn’t finish ...and we only scored four and had a one point lead that we outplayed them by three or four more baskets instead of finishing
Would have been a much different game there if we had a 7 point lead there instead of 1...which we could have had
They fought their way back but they took so many low quality shots all game. 4 assists today. Way to many times guys tried to create their own shot.
When we did pass it to johnson, he wasn't in a great spot. Meanwhile, Michigan would reverse the ball, reverse it again and have an easy feed to the post, with teske in a stronger position.
When we did pass it to johnson, he wasn't in a great spot. Meanwhile, Michigan would reverse the ball, reverse it again and have an easy feed to the post, with teske in a stronger position.
I am guessing Michigan needs a killer instinct too. They never put us away.
we lost the game. We need to deal with it and move on to Maryland.
we lost the game. We need to deal with it and move on to Maryland.
I do not fear Northwestern. The thing with teams like Northwestern is that they are like RU in Pikes first year, pretty bad but play hard. What you want to do is just come out strong from the start and set the tone, you do not want to let them get comfortable because then they will be you..thats what happened at the RAC last year. So in some respects we will need to find that killer instinct to make sure Northwestern is handled at the RAC in a game where RU might be flat.
Both were odd takes, given all the comment on them being odd takes...
his comment about SHU who won like what 10 in a row? shows that his posts here are sort of trolling
yeah so no big east team should be ranked since all 3 of them lost at home today
In many ways, this was not a neutral site..Michigan players have a lot more experience playing on this court. Teske and a few others were here when they won the BTT 2 years ago..also, i don’t think it is good strategy to pass to Myles when down with 2 min or less remaining. They will foul..the team was playing catch up all day today, so it had nothing to do with killer instinct..plus they were much too tentative, almost afraid to shoot at times. Once again Mathis had to jump start the team. JY’s defensive tenacity was outstanding. RHJ needs to drive more when the J is not falling..we get another shot at them. They will not shoot 50% from 3 at the RAC. We must get 3 of the 4 remaining home games (Maryland will be tough), then at least 1 road game, or 2 in the BTT
Exactly. Killer instinct is a defined term and today's let down does NOT qualify.
I think the OP is just trolling
Rutgers had 36 more shots than Michigan.Fans should expect that the team would make at least 8 of those shots which would be more than enough to win the game.Failure to finish around the basket and no go to scorer at crunch time were the reasons for the loss.Another winnable game away from the RAC results in a loss.
History will show that January was the glory days of Rutgers mens basketball.Sellout crowds,top 25 ranking and undefeated record at the RAC are monumental accomplishments.In contrast February may turn out to be the reality month because of the difficult schedule home and away.Some how and some way Rutgers must win at least 3 more games.
History will show that January was the glory days of Rutgers mens basketball.Sellout crowds,top 25 ranking and undefeated record at the RAC are monumental accomplishments.In contrast February may turn out to be the reality month because of the difficult schedule home and away.Some how and some way Rutgers must win at least 3 more games.