Rutgers

[Section_316]

absolute must win tonight. Cant think of any way we lose to 2-6 Rutgers, watch our Ken Pom drop into the 90's and than rebound to get an at large bid.

 

Hope the boys are ready to battle tonight. 

[NUtball]

14 hours ago, cipsucks said:

Wicked sneaky if you ask me.  Doesn't necessarily decrease graduation rates.  People just take a semester or two or three longer to graduate. 

 

Something akin to the 8-year plan certain college attendees seem to follow.

 

I'm looking at you, Grant Gibbs.

[49r]

25 minutes ago, NUtball said:

 

I'm looking at you, Grant Gibbs.

 

 

You think he played drunk?

 

Actually, that would explain a lot of things...

[hskr4life]

 

We are officially Andy’s “pick to come out of the muddled Big 10 to get an NCAA bid.”

[Nebrasketball1979]

I am very excited to see how we come out tonight.  The Michigan win was not a fluke and the close loss at Ohio St, despite not playing well, was no fluke either.  While I'm excited, I feel like this is the trickiest game out of the next three in this 6 day span.  Having to stay on the road for a 2nd straight game is not part of the normal routine but I expect Miles will have them ready.  Despite only having 2 conference wins, Rutgers is no joke.  Corey Sanders can do everything that Palmer did for us against Ohio St and single handedly keep Rutgers in the game.  I'll call my shot now...we win by double digits tonight and win the next two relatively comfortably as well.  Going 3-0 over the next six days would be a great accomplishment and set us up well for the final 6 game stretch, which come to think of it, it's shocking we will only have six conference games left before the end of January.  Seriously Jim Delaney????

[basketballjones]

Man I hate being this guy... but this is certainly a *gasp* must win. 

[hhcmatt]

1 minute ago, basketballjones said:

Man I hate being this guy... but this is certainly a *gasp* must win. 

 

*must not lose

[aphilso1]

There's a really solid preview on the Rutgers page of SBNation--

 https://www.onthebanks.com/2018/1/24/16920910/rutgers-mens-basketball-game-22-preview-vs-nebraska-tim-miles-james-parker-jr-steve-pikiell-big-ten

 

I found the breakdown of both teams' strengths and weaknesses to be pretty good.  Of particular note:

"For Division I (351 teams), Rutgers is ranked eighth in rebounding (40.9), ninth in scoring defense (62.1 ppg) thirteenth in both offensive rebounding (13.7) and FG% defense (38.9%), as well as fourteenth in turnover margin (4.1)."

[colhusker]

Not the last game but kind of has this feeling to me with tonight's game.

 

[Huskerpapa]

10 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

Issa Thiam is the Senegalese Brian Conklin. 6'10", 190#, 44.6% 3pt shooter 

The rest of the team's shooting percentage looks like they field a team of Jordys. Yikes

So...rebounding and preventing second chance points should be considered important...

[hhcmatt]

11 minutes ago, aphilso1 said:

I found the breakdown of both teams' strengths and weaknesses to be pretty good.  Of particular note:

"For Division I (351 teams), Rutgers is ranked eighth in rebounding (40.9), ninth in scoring defense (62.1 ppg) thirteenth in both offensive rebounding (13.7) and FG% defense (38.9%), as well as fourteenth in turnover margin (4.1)." * 

 

*Rutgers non-conference kenpom sos:  348

[hskr4life]

Sounds like Rutgers is the team we used to be in terms of trying to win games.  Muck is up, play solid D, make individual plays on offense, try to keep the opponent under 60, win close.

[hhcmatt]

2 minutes ago, huskercwg said:

So...rebounding and preventing second chance points should be considered important...

 

TBH I think part of their game plan is to throw the ball in the general direction of the rim for a chance at a put back

[AuroranHusker]

7 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

 

*Rutgers non-conference kenpom sos:  348

 

Wow, it's really hard to get top 5 in worst non-conference scheduling. Kudos to the State University of New Jersey.

[Norm Peterson]

13 hours ago, hskr4life said:

 

"Lots of optimism on this post however unless Nebraska is tired (they played Monday at OSU) or take us for granted, it's going to be difficult to beat them. They're way too athletic and the crowd at the RAC will be a typical midweek blah type of crowd - unless the Students sellout the Student Section and get roused up. Hope I'm wrong but just being practical. I see Nebbie now as the #5 team in the B1G 10 slightly ahead of Maryland."

 

--Some Rutgers Fan

 

Before the season started, Some Rutgers Fan was saying we were the worst team in the league and that, thanks to us, they wouldn't finish in last place this year.

 

I think he meant to thank Iowa.

[hskr4life]

20 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Before the season started, Some Rutgers Fan was saying we were the worst team in the league and that, thanks to us, they wouldn't finish in last place this year.

 

I think he meant to thank Iowa.

 

I mean Geography is a tough subject to grasp.

[Handy Johnson]

If we're going to start Roby at the 5, with our "small" line-up shouldn't we be playing at a higher tempo and really pushing the pace? We need more run outs and quicker shots. Having a Jim Palmer in the line-up is certainly a luxury, but just running a clear out for him over and over again isn't an offense. We have a lot of guys who can shoot, but seem skittish. We need to RUN and get some easy looks and easy buckets. 

[ajb5856]

9 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

If we're going to start Roby at the 5, with our "small" line-up shouldn't we be playing at a higher tempo and really pushing the pace? We need more run outs and quicker shots. Having a Jim Palmer in the line-up is certainly a luxury, but just running a clear out for him over and over again isn't an offense. We have a lot of guys who can shoot, but seem skittish. We need to RUN and get some easy looks and easy buckets. 

With their grind it out style and the pace they try to play this seems to be the way to go. Force tempo on them, make them play from behind with as poor as they are in all offensive categories.

[hhcmatt]

25 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

If we're going to start Roby at the 5, with our "small" line-up shouldn't we be playing at a higher tempo and really pushing the pace? We need more run outs and quicker shots. Having a Jim Palmer in the line-up is certainly a luxury, but just running a clear out for him over and over again isn't an offense. We have a lot of guys who can shoot, but seem skittish. We need to RUN and get some easy looks and easy buckets. 

 

If we have numbers we should absolutely attack.  However if you look at our upcoming schedule with two more 1 day preps coming after this one I don't think speeding things up is the best action for us.  This game seems like we could grab some minutes with our centers, especially if we want to shore up our rebounding.

[AuroranHusker]

Jordy needs to play sound D without fouling, and grab as many boards as humanly possible.

 

[Section_316]

55 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

Jordy needs to play sound D without fouling, and grab as many boards as humanly possible.

 

Hopefully these refs don't call fouls on him for not touching anyone like the refs in Columbus did. His 3rd and especially 4th were pathetic calls. 

[HuskerFever]

3 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

 

*Rutgers non-conference kenpom sos:  348

 

Wait... so when did Doc Sadler start coaching at Rutgers?

[hskr4life]

"Their offensive game plan is ball to Palmer, everybody else GTFOW"

 

--Rutgers Thread

 

I hope the rest of the team thinks like this.  Any one of our starting 5 could go off for 15+ on any night.

[Cowboy Kermit]

Just saw that the line has now shifted to us being 2 point dogs. 

[hskr4life]

Just now, NebrasketballJake said:

Just saw that the line has now shifted to us being 2 point dogs. 

 

Before this year I would have been worried.

 

But now that we are 14-6 ATS this year, I say....

 

#BetTheSkers

 

#EasyMoney