Game thread for NU vs. Rutgers

[WestCoastWildcat]

Horrible last 90 seconds. We were up 10 and blew our last few possessions. We need this game! Go Cats!

 

[stpaulcat]

Can NU hold, increase the lead, or fold. Story of the last several years. This team can win, will they?

 

[eastbaycat99]

Anyone have any idea why Buie sat the last few minutes?

 

[TejasCat]

Anyone have any idea why Buie sat the last few minutes?

2 fouls

 

[DaCat]

Horrible last 90 seconds. We were up 10 and blew our last few possessions. We need this game! Go Cats!

Collins did a poor job.

 

[eastbaycat99]

2 fouls

Thanks. I had him at 1 in my brain, was afraid he had turned an ankle or something.

 

[SmellyCat]

I knew he had two, but NU needed him to settle the team down late.

NU has to feel good I guess with a lead and its MVP being invisible in the first half. Hopefully he can get going.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

This is a decent football game!

 

[lunker35]

What are we doing here? Time to get our head out of our ass.

 

[FeralFelidae]

I wonder why that Rutgers player sprawling onto his ass from no contact wasn't a flop.

 

[NUCat320]

Bardo keeps appropriately using ‘The RAC’, but maybe he should go with The Big Hoagie.

 

[FeralFelidae]

What are we doing here? Time to get our head out of our ass.

Looking like we're going to have to do it with Boo sitting on the bench for a good part of the 2nd half.

 

[NUCat320]

This sh*t is sh*t. This feels like every March collapse I’ve seen in two-plus decades as a fan.

ISO for Brooks, over and over and over.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

This is an UGLY game, but Barnheiser is something else

 

[GatoLouco]

I’m thinking BB should take every shot

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Matty Buckets is JACKED TO THE TITS

 

[NUCat320]

NICHOLBOMB AND THEN HE SLAPS THE FLOOOOOOOOR.

 

[lunker35]

They have 9 free throws and we have 0. We’ve been aggressively driving too.

 

[freewillie07]

Should sit Boo as long as possible during this stretch. He was making some boneheaded mistakes and we are surviving with this group.

He will be needed late.

 

[SmellyCat]

I’m thinking BB should take every shot

If NU is going to win, we're basically at the point where he needs to carry the team offensively.

 

[SmellyCat]

NICHOLBOMB AND THEN HE SLAPS THE FLOOOOOOOOR.

Yeah, you could hear that slap on the broadcast.

 

[bjm989]

MN has something to say about sitting so much vs PSU.

 

[GatoLouco]

If NU is going to win, we're basically at the point where he needs to carry the team offensively.

It’s an exaggeration, of course. But, right?

 

[NTCAT]

Thats a big whistle into the U16. Keeps the lads fresh too

 

[freewillie07]

Thats a big whistle into the U16. Keeps the lads fresh too

If we can convert on the ensuing offensive set, that would really suck the air out of the RAC.

 

[ColumbusCatFan1]

Barnhizer looks so composed out there. Mature beyond his years. Different style, but you kinda see a little BMac in him (not just the Indiana HS thing).

What a find by the staff.

 

[bjm989]

Go to BB all night!

 

[NUCat320]

This is remarkable. Bobo Barnhizer is a mang. NU sans Boo is the worst press break in the history of the B1G.

I don’t think we’ll see him until 10 mins.

 

[GatoLouco]

You’d expect RU to go to a full-court press with Buie on the bench.

 

[bjm989]

Berry’s shot is great when it has some arc. Painful when flat. Nice to see him get some loft on that last one.

 

[ColumbusCatFan1]

This is remarkable. Bobo Barnhizer is a mang. NU sans Boo is the worst press break in the history of the B1G.

I don’t think we’ll see him until 10 mins.

Brooks is initiating the offense now. We knew he had it in him, but to be this young and in control is fantastic.

Audige’s handle has gradually become looser as the season has gone on. Love the change up by the staff.

 

[GatoLouco]

Feeling TV’s 3rd foul was a blessing in disguise

 

[NUCat320]

That’s a really awful foul call on Chase on that Cliffy slam.

Update: he got arm.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Man Boo is out of sorts tonight

 

[lunker35]

Is Boo ok? He looks lost tonight for the first time ever.

 

[SmellyCat]

It’s an exaggeration, of course. But, right?

He has a nose for the basket like Kain Colter had a nose for the first-down line.

 

[GatoLouco]

Here's to hoping Boo shows up for like 5 minutes.

 

[NUCat320]

Berry’s shot is great when it has some arc. Painful when flat. Nice to see him get some loft on that last one.

He only made that shot because dude was gonna swat it without the arc …

 

[freewillie07]

Should sit Boo as long as possible during this stretch. He was making some boneheaded mistakes and we are surviving with this group.

He will be needed late.

I get that Boo has been elite all year. But he is godawful tonight. I am actually nervous when he’s handling the ball. Wonder what’s up.

Need to keep surviving.

 

[NU Houston]

Buie is terrible tonight. Missed shots, turnovers, travels. Where is the senior leadership and maturity on this huge game?