Now that outside shooting and FT have cleaned up (at least for now) curious what people see as the biggest weaknesses on the team moving forward and areas of improvement. Other then injuries what’s our Achilles hill on this team?
What are this teams biggest weaknesses
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Depth. Even if the freshman continue to step up, there's still going to be a gap.
Depth Is the biggest thing in my mind. Reliable offensive output from Myles/Cliff isn’t a given. We’ve been out-rebounded 2 games in a row — have to keep an eye on that.
Biggest weakness is never having been there before. First potential Conference title. First run in March Madness.Team seems strong willed do may not be a factor. But they are all human. Playing let's say Nova in a Sweet 16 game can be sobering.
No NCAA Tournament was disappointing not just for 2019-20 but this season as well. Who knows how far last year's team would have gone, would not have been shocked it was Sweet 16.
But the experience in partaking the tournament would have been immeasurable this year.
Based on stats, Rutgers is solid against the 3. In the last two years, teams have shot in the low 30%. Is this a case of perception overtaking reality?
It appears that way. The lack of non-conference games has prevented the development of one or two of the freshmen who could fill that need. If last night against Purdue is a good sign, perhaps they can be a bigger factor for Rutgers on the home stretch.
Low post scoring threat.
Sometimes Myles looks to score but really isn't going to scare anyone offensively on a consistent basis. Meanwhile Trevion Williams feasted on us on the low post. Garza, Dickinson at Michigan. Cockburn. This conference is loaded with guys who can score down low. They get easy buckets. We need to get those once in a while.
Right now we can get those with penetration drives so that helps. But a true low post guy is our weakness
Sometimes Myles looks to score but really isn't going to scare anyone offensively on a consistent basis. Meanwhile Trevion Williams feasted on us on the low post. Garza, Dickinson at Michigan. Cockburn. This conference is loaded with guys who can score down low. They get easy buckets. We need to get those once in a while.
Right now we can get those with penetration drives so that helps. But a true low post guy is our weakness
Last year it seemed t times Rutgers made an attempt to post Myles. This year there seems to be no attempt to establish a low post presence.
What RU72 said...
The tournament last year has taken a lot of tourney experience out of many teams.
my Concern and take on that is a little different than just direct tournament experience
.we really haven’t played too many different style teams from different confrences....Pitt and st Bonnie last year, and Syracuse this year ...
we will need to learn to play different style teams with different REFS than we have seen.
The tournament last year has taken a lot of tourney experience out of many teams.
my Concern and take on that is a little different than just direct tournament experience
.we really haven’t played too many different style teams from different confrences....Pitt and st Bonnie last year, and Syracuse this year ...
we will need to learn to play different style teams with different REFS than we have seen.
Good one that I did not consider.
Now I'd be more concerned about it in the opening rounds. I think you win those two and the butterflies are cleared.
Not to mention if we are in the sweet 16, it's house money.
I thought they went to him a couple times yesterday.
But his FT issues are a draw back in terms of feeding him in the post, and I think it has effected the offensive confidence of a guy who is naturally unselfish, so he became even less aggressive
Now I think he has looked pretty good at the line this year,( even got a shooters bounce to drop yesterday), even if the #'s are still less then respectable, so I'm hoping if that trend can continue, he will become more aggressive offensively.
Palm and Reiber are awesome at it? I think I need more of a sample size to say those two do anything better then the regular rotation guys.
Offensive rebounding has not been as strong this year as it was last year. This is where we miss Akwasi who was very good at offensive rebounding. On the other hand, since our outside shooting has improved, it will reduce opportunities for offensive rebounds.
We don't miss as many shots this year. Fewer chances to rebound brick shots.
Notwithstanding yesterday’s 14-17, I still think FTs are a major weakness. Our average is still 62%, which is probably worst in the conference.
Agree that post scoring is a weakness.
Once we get back Harper and Cliff, our rebounding will be fine.
Amazing to say that 3-pt shooting is now an affirmative STRENGTH.
Agree that post scoring is a weakness.
Once we get back Harper and Cliff, our rebounding will be fine.
Amazing to say that 3-pt shooting is now an affirmative STRENGTH.
The lack of focus on 1st half finishes combined with The dead zone periods where guys get out of their zones, and ill include the coaching that takes a tad too long to call a TO and address the refs in an aggressive manner.
BUT THIS TEAM ISNT PERFECT and I really love them.
BUT THIS TEAM ISNT PERFECT and I really love them.
After Eugene Omoruyi and Freeman, Pike realized playing the offense through the post killed the flow of the offense. Rutgers has so many options on the perimeter. It makes sense to take advantage of your strength. Besides, teams who make deep runs in March Madness usually have great guard play. Teams outside of the northeast usually don't handle guard dominate teams well. Nova and UConn had great guards during their runs. Even Michigan State title in the 2000s was based around a great guard.
The last two games the biggest weakness which wasn't shown the first 6 was breaking runs. When the other team goes on a run, countering that run. Not letting go from an 8-0 to a 24-3 run. Instead going on their own run or stemming the bleeding. That's down to a timeout and some adjustments in play or on the court.
Free throw shooting. Big man depth.
not sure if it a real issue or just random noise but we seem to relax when we get up ~15 and let the other team back into it.
not sure if it a real issue or just random noise but we seem to relax when we get up ~15 and let the other team back into it.
kapyoche is a troll, but I've seen this said before..
Teams are shooting 30% against us from three this season (small sample obviously)
2019-20: 31.2% (D1 avg 33.3%)
2018-19: 35.3% (D1 avg 34.4%)
2017-18: 32.5% (D1 avg 35.1%)
2016-17: 32.7% (D1 avg 35%)
It's pretty clear that Pikiell's defenses are not getting lit up from three. Are we vulnerable if someone goes off from three? Sure, but I don't think there exists a defense that prevents that.
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Rutgers could have mitigated the situation had they had a normal non-conference schedule, but now they have to do it on the run. Reiber (6'10) and Palmquist (6'8) can add size and depth. This would ease pressure on Myles and Cliff with guys who are a better threat to score than Duc.
post scoring,offensive rebounding.excessive fouling and above everything playing with a depleted squad.due to injuries.The talent on the team has been able to overcome problems as they occur as seen with a 7-1 record.Bottom line wins/losses is what matters in sports.
Interesting thought here in that at 6'8" Palm's could maybe play some legit pf minutes?
And we are talking 2020 college pf. Where he is not going to be matched up against many true post players.
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I dunno, if that is the case then everybodies #'s are inflated, thus they will be OK.
Reiber has the size to play the 4. Palms has the size to play the 3 at the very least, and in todays college game, to play the 4 at times.
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He looks like a pretty solid body imo. I'm sure there are pf's I would not match him up against, but there will be times when the matchups allow it I would think.
So far on the season we have gone through multiple stretches were we have been bad on D.
our perimeters have been beat back door more times this year then all of last year it seems.
our perimeters have been beat back door more times this year then all of last year it seems.