Scouting Rutgers

[hhcmatt]

They beat Ohio St last week

During that game their best player Eugene Omoruyi was injured and is out indefinitely

Go to player is currently PG Geo Baker

 

They have a ton of height...no one on the team is under 6'4"

Terrible 3pt shooting team, bad shooting team in general.  Wins with defense which hasn't been great in conference.

 

Playing Northwestern at home after being destroyed by Purdue on the road.

Northwestern also doesn't start traditional bigs so Rutgers will probably attack them in a similar way they plan to attack us on Monday.

 

[49r]

Also got a big win against Miami in the B1G/ACC challenge, so they are capable of pulling the upset:

 

2019 Schedule

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Fri Nov 9	149	243	Fairleigh Dickinson	W, 90-55	74		Home	1-0
Sun Nov 11	128	260	Drexel	W, 95-66	76		Home	2-0
Fri Nov 16	120	48	St. John's	L, 84-65	72		Home	2-1
Mon Nov 19	136	152	Eastern Michigan	W, 63-36	67		Home	3-1
Fri Nov 23	108	217	Boston University	W, 54-44	69		Home	4-1
Wed Nov 28	116	72	Miami FL	W, 57-54	68		Away	5-1
Fri Nov 30	103	3	Michigan St.	L, 78-67	64		Home	5-2	0-1
Mon Dec 3	106	17	Wisconsin	L, 69-64	63		Away	5-3	0-2
Sat Dec 8	99	219	Fordham	L, 78-70	64		Away	5-4
Sat Dec 15	107	52	Seton Hall	L, 72-66	70		Away	5-5
Sat Dec 22	108	240	Columbia	W, 68-65	75	OT	Home	6-5
Sat Dec 29	113	331	Maine	W, 70-55	59		Home	7-5
Sat Jan 5	109	20	Maryland	L, 77-63	72		Home	7-6	0-3
Wed Jan 9	115	27	Ohio St.	W, 64-61	62		Home	8-6	1-3
Sat Jan 12	106	63	Minnesota	L, 88-70	71		Away	8-7	1-4
Tue Jan 15	110	15	Purdue	L, 89-54	67		Away	8-8	1-5

[throwback]

Rutgers is the kind of team that when you're playing them in high school, watching them warm up across the court, you're wondering why the wrestling team is out there. They're big enough to be on the WWE circuit. They definitely shoot like wrestlers.

 

Unfortunately, they fight on the glass like wrestlers too. We will need to have our big boy pants on in the paint.

 

Baker had a huge game vs the Bucknuts, but that's the only game I've seen where he's looked like the reincarnation of Corey Sanders. Unlike Sanders in the past, I expect us to handle Baker, so as long as we don't get murdered on the boards, we should be fine. (Because it's in NJ, murder is a real possibility.)

 

[thrasher31]

They have some size in the middle. Shaq doorson and Shaq Carter are both big guys. They also have Myles Johnson coming off the bench. None are GREAT, but the size advantage is there. 

 

Should be a very winnable game, but this is one game to not look past in my eyes. 

[Huskerpapa]

This game might, again might have a more significant Brady siting. 

[khoock]

Yesterdays game against Michigan State was such a high energy game I wouldnt be surprised if some of our guys are gassed and beat up a little.

 

Still, they have three days in between... and its Rutgers. Should be able to win semi comfortably. But i wouldnt be surprised if its ugly for a half or so.

[49r]

35 minutes ago, thrasher31 said:

They have some size in the middle. Shaq doorson and Shaq Carter are both big guys. They also have Myles Johnson coming off the bench. None are GREAT, but the size advantage is there. 

 

Should be a very winnable game, but this is one game to not look past in my eyes. 

 

Leading the league in having dudes named Shaq!

[Handy Johnson]

We need to run these big bastards off the court... run n gun!

[B-town hoopsfan]

4 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

Eugene Omoruyi was injured and is out indefinitely

Dislocated knee cap right? 

 

If roby and copeland pull there bigs out to the three point line we should have no problems on offense. They have no one who can Guard either of our guys 

[49r]

Geo Baker is a pretty good PG.  He's no Cassius Winston or anything, but containing him will be key IMO.

[throwback]

RU is 0-6 in Q1 games, including 0-2 in Q1 games at home. RU is also 1-2 in Q2 games at home, so not great against the best teams on their schedule when playing at the RAC.

 

At this point, this has slid into a Q3 game for us - very likely the last non Q1/Q2 game of the season for us. But RU is right on the cut-off line for Q2/Q3, so it could go either way as the season progresses.

 

RUTGERS (8-9)	#137		(0-6)	(2-2)	(0-1)	(6-0)
QUAD SHEET	NET		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
FDU	H					W
Drexel	H					W
St John's	H			L
E Michigan	H					W
Boston U	H					W
Miami-Fl	A			W
Mich St	H		L
Wisconsin	A		L
Fordham	A				L
Seton Hall	A		L
Columbia	H					W
Maine	H					W
Maryland	H		L
Ohio St	H			W
Minnesota	A		L
Purdue	A		L
N'western	H			L
Nebraska	H		x
Penn St	A			x
Indiana	H		x
Ohio St	A		x
Michigan	H		x

Edited January 19, 2019 by throwback

[AuroranHusker]

Rutgers is 8-8 on the season. I could see them grabbing some real B1G wins along the way, hopefully not on MLK day, however.

 

[Bugeaters1]

Butgers scoring margin is +.1 66.9 to 66.8.

Edited January 19, 2019 by Bugeaters1

[throwback]

NU opens -10 on the road

 

O/U is 135

 

Looked back several years, but can't find another game where we were a double digit favorite on the road - for neutral site games, we were minus-14 against Rutgers in the 2016 B1G Tournament and a double digit favorite vs Mizzou State in KC this season.

Edited January 21, 2019 by throwback

[hhcmatt]

13 hours ago, throwback said:

NU opens -10 on the road

 

O/U is 135

 

Looked back several years, but can't find another game where we were a double digit favorite on the road - for neutral site games, we were minus-14 against Rutgers in the 2016 B1G Tournament and a double digit favorite vs Mizzou State in KC this season.

 

We won't be for this one either.  It's down to -9 to -8.5 and hitting -8 to start the game seems about right

[hhcmatt]

Issa Thiam, the 6'10" guy who shoots 3s, got kicked off the team yikes

[throwback]

Now they need about half a dozen players to twist ankles getting off the bus in Chicago if they want to even the playing field.

[AuroranHusker]

 

 

[HuskerFever]

5 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

 

 

Interestingly he played his first 17 games with double digit minutes (22 average minutes) but the moment they played us, his average minutes went down to 3.5 in the final 13 games. Seems they've known he's been a problem for awhile now.

[AuroranHusker]

1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Interestingly he played his first 17 games with double digit minutes (22 average minutes) but the moment they played us, his average minutes went down to 3.5 in the final 13 games. Seems they've known he's been a problem for awhile now.

 

Very interesting... waiting for that shoe to drop, methinks.

 

 

[hskr4life]

 

[Chuck Taylor]

27 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

 

And yet we're still favored by 1.5. Time for a run!

[hhcmatt]

22 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Interestingly he played his first 17 games with double digit minutes (22 average minutes) but the moment they played us, his average minutes went down to 3.5 in the final 13 games. Seems they've known he's been a problem for awhile now.

 

Seems more like Freshmen Ron Harper and Caleb McConnell were playing better and he got McVey'ed

[hhcmatt]

*Ominous music plays*

 

 

[ladyhusker]

The last time he was at an away game, we did OK...stomped Indiana by 15. Really he's just being a good luck charm.