Now 113 in NET falling from 98 after losing at home to PSU. Not much fun on the Banks
Rutgers
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If The Hall played Rutgers this Saturday it’s safe to say the Pirates win by double digits.
USC teetering on a Q3 loss as well. If they drop 3 more spots (currently #98), that moves them out of Q2 to Q3 for that neutral site game.
It was pretty bad loss of us at home. A real shame we laid an egg that night.
In my humble view, in previous years when we won against Rutgers, we always were dragged down by their performance. In the seasons we lose to Rutgers, like this one, we're dragged down by their performance. As long as we play them, win or lose, we're dragged down by them. I wish we would schedule a different team, but to make local media happy and other reasons, we don't and will always have the issue to talk about.
I would hope to have pulled out a win against USC but we were a different team at that time. Just keep going and winning what we are supposed to and hopefully sneak a win against heavily favored conference teams. Hopefully our previous wins against the ranked teams and other good wins outweigh that loss. Go Pirates!
I would hope to have pulled out a win against USC but we were a different team at that time. Just keep going and winning what we are supposed to and hopefully sneak a win against heavily favored conference teams. Hopefully our previous wins against the ranked teams and other good wins outweigh that loss. Go Pirates!
Willard would have pulled the plug if he could. Sha would never. Rutgers has been better than usual in recent years. Next year should hopefully be a Q1 opportunity at their place with the reinforcements they have coming in to play.
Frustrating that one of the worst 3pt shooting teams in the country (#339) had such a ridiculous outlier game against us, but that also kind of shows where our 3pt defense was at the time.
They shoot 28.4% from 3 on the season, they shot a season high (by far) 50% on 24 attempts against us.
Year to date (though 20 games), over 10% of their made 3s on the season came in the game against us.
They shoot 28.4% from 3 on the season, they shot a season high (by far) 50% on 24 attempts against us.
Year to date (though 20 games), over 10% of their made 3s on the season came in the game against us.
Get this team off this board. Most depressing and disgusting loss. Still trying to move on from it
Maybe their 5 stars will wake up decommit and come to a place that will help them grow.
If only NIL wasn't a factor
If only NIL wasn't a factor
I agree with you cams555, and hear ya HallisLife. That NIL factor is creating chaos for all teams as we saw during the off-season. After last year, I'm afraid to count any chickens not only before hatching, but until they're deep fried on my kitchen table looking at me.
I think there is actually some satisfaction and comfort to be taken from all this.
Consider: if we regain the level of play before Richmond’s injury, we will end up by far being their best win. Yet, it won’t get them into the tournament. They’re already dead. Also, they will probably be by far our worst loss. Yet, it will not stop us from dancing.
There’s power in that. We spot them their best win of the season, and they’re still screwed because they’re a bad team. Meanwhile we take them as our worst loss and still persevere. It proves how lowly they are, and how good we are. Just goes to show we are the better New Jersey program.
Consider: if we regain the level of play before Richmond’s injury, we will end up by far being their best win. Yet, it won’t get them into the tournament. They’re already dead. Also, they will probably be by far our worst loss. Yet, it will not stop us from dancing.
There’s power in that. We spot them their best win of the season, and they’re still screwed because they’re a bad team. Meanwhile we take them as our worst loss and still persevere. It proves how lowly they are, and how good we are. Just goes to show we are the better New Jersey program.
Rutgers has about 2 big ten caliber players on their roster. Pikiell is being exposed as nothing more than an average coach. His recrutiing is terrible, and he has been completely saved by NIL. If next years class wasn't so great then I would say he would be on the hot seat- if they underperform like this next year who knows. Rutgers is an embarassment right now to college basketball
I like how every Rutgers fans are having high expectations next year, but in this day and age you really can’t expect inexperienced freshman to lead your team.
SHU has one of the most experienced teams in the country which definitely counts for the turn around.
SHU has one of the most experienced teams in the country which definitely counts for the turn around.
This is extreme. He lost Spencer and Mulcahy last minute and had no time to replace them. That’s 2 of his starting 5 and veteran players that know his system to boot.
Believe me I’m no RU defender by any means but to say he wasn’t dealt a raw deal this year isn’t being fair. To also say that he’d be on the hot seat if it wasn’t for next year’s class is crazy. He was a bad play away from taking them to the Sweet 16 in 2021 and went back to the tournament in 2022. This is Rutgers we’re talking about. He’s highly respected and has done a good job.
I believe he has not one, but TWO, of the top 3 rated incoming freshmen in the country next year. If he can't make the tourney next year with that recruiting class, he may very well be on his way out.
This is especially true since for years Rutgers has had a terrible offensive system.
he lost them I agree, but he also brought in transfers who have been terrible and his vaunted recruit is either way in over his head or being completely mismanaged. Not entirely sure but Griffith does not look good.
I would say Mag, Hyatt, and Cliff are really the only B10 caliber players at the moment.
And I think the Mulcahy thing is more of trying to over recruit him by going hard after Noah Fernandez, so I blame Pikie for that one. For Spencer I’d give him a pass.
Still a terrible, terrible job by him all year
You can just put the period after the word embarrassment.
Nothing good ever comes from playing Rutgers. They were forced on us twice a year when they were stupidly admitted to the Big East. They are no longer in the conference so there is no need to have them on the schedule. Swap them out for a real D1 team.
It’s going to be so nice to beat them next year with all their one and done NIL guys.
If their NIL guys were smart they wouldn’t be throwing their careers away in Pissthataway!
RU is going to be good next year. Two lottery picks virtually guarantees it.
Two freshman and nothing else.
We once had two first-round draft picks after finishing .500 with a first-round NIT exit.
One of those guys was a lottery pick and the other played parts of 13 NBA seasons.
Nothing is guaranteed.
If you’re a lottery pick you have your choice of schools. Why would you waste that choice on Rutgers!? That’s like choosing liver and onions with lima beans when you could have filet mignon and lobster tail! In this case you aren’t even getting any bacon with your liver and onions either, instead you just have anchovies heaped on top and your meal is cold.
If those two are any good they can get better NIL money and go to a real school elsewhere.
I detest playing this game every year. While I naturally wish to grind them to dust when we play them, that's only out of self-preservation as a loss to them inevitably destroys our OOC resume. I don't care what anyone says, this "rivalry" offers nothing positive for us, and we should be more concerned about what's best for the program instead of what a bunch of casuals and media types are interested in seeing.
At best, it's extra revenue every other season. Would be happy to move on from this series and retire that trophy. I'd rather focus and the time and energy in trying to reignite a "rivalry" with St. Johns.
At best, it's extra revenue every other season. Would be happy to move on from this series and retire that trophy. I'd rather focus and the time and energy in trying to reignite a "rivalry" with St. Johns.
Win and you should, lose and you put your postseason in jeopardy. They really add nothing. It’s their national championship, they want to beat big brother. However, it’s not our responsibility to make Rutgers feel like they belong at this level.
You never know - anything can happen.
If Pikiel can’t get 3 above average vets via the portal this offseason, they will have no experience or depth.
But Harper and Ace can def ball
SHU was flatter than a pancake in the RU game in December. They made a very bad Rutgers team look good. It was a horrible loss. But i believe Sha learned from it
I knew they would win. Politi dumped all over them. It’s like he called the bottom.
