You are the Master of Doom.
I feel like we've seen this movie before
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Who can blame you, C? My beaten NU soul is with you.
OTOH, this group has shown a nice resilience so far. They didn't play anywhere near as well as they could have last night. They left a whole bunch of points on the floor last night, and still had a chance to beat a team who shot 61% from 3.
We've already seen them play lots better.
The first half they couldn't hit a snow storm with a broom. Gave RU great confidence. Maddening. Reminded me of duh-OSU - just not ready to compete. Not much you can do to teach your team to make its shots. But having seen this $#@& twice, something is wrong somewhere and here's hoping CCC finds a way to fix it. Makes you wonder if you're missing the best of "Beavis and Butthead".
But how about the toughness? Even on a night when they are clearly off their game, they actually led at the end of the game and had a chance to win. NU needs more work on closing out tough opponents. As another noted, NU would have lost this game by 15 last season.
As another noted, NU withers in the spotlight. I'd thought this team might be different, but not yesterday.
RU is plenty good. NU CAN be as good, but NU can't start games against top opponents shooting the way they did.
OK, where are those f'g Jurassic skunks?
The first half they couldn't hit a snow storm with a broom. Gave RU great confidence. Maddening. Reminded me of duh-OSU - just not ready to compete. Not much you can do to teach your team to make its shots. But having seen this $#@& twice, something is wrong somewhere and here's hoping CCC finds a way to fix it. Makes you wonder if you're missing the best of "Beavis and Butthead".
But how about the toughness? Even on a night when they are clearly off their game, they actually led at the end of the game and had a chance to win. NU needs more work on closing out tough opponents. As another noted, NU would have lost this game by 15 last season.
As another noted, NU withers in the spotlight. I'd thought this team might be different, but not yesterday.
RU is plenty good. NU CAN be as good, but NU can't start games against top opponents shooting the way they did.
OK, where are those f'g Jurassic skunks?
I don't think they "withered" in the spotlight last night at all. They didn't get blown out. They stayed close to a good team even as they trailed nearly the entire game. They just couldn't pull it out. Happens every night in the Big Ten.
The game had a spread of only 14 points (Rutgers' largest lead was 27-17, NU's was 62-58). That sounds like a really close game that just didn't go NU's way. It happens.
But at the end, with a 4 point lead, at home, a minute left, foul, empty possession, leave RU best shooter open, lose control of last chance. That is withering. They didn't against IU though. The team feels different. More resilient. We'll see
the Buie foul on Paulie Flopper was bad. Stopped the clock and gave Rutgers an easy way to get 2 points. Really dumb.
As the one who started this troubling thread, I think I am at a point where I feel comfortable saying that this season's script is playing out a little differently than usual. It is late January, which means we should be mid-way through a double digit losing streak and not over .500 in conference play. I'm not ready to think about NCAAs like some of you, but clearly this year is different.
I hope you are right, tC. I cannot yet get "comfortable". To be clear, my bar us pretty low, I'd be happy with an NIT bid after the last several years of wandering in the desert. The schedule isn't scary, but neither are we. Not a gimme on the list. But -enjoying the ride
This still feels like crunch time to me. We've got a brutal schedule playing catch up, and only six home games left - including one against Purdue. the next two games are the easiest (on paper) game left in our schedule, and I think we absolutely need to win them both. By the time Michigan comes to town in February, the kids are going to be exhausted.
Winning some combo of three of the next four “should” be doable. But every game is tough & this group will be exhausted. Going 2-2 over that stretch would have us at 6-5 in the conference. Would need to then win 4 of final 9 to have a real shot at the t***ney
Ok, time to put this thread to bed. This year is officially "different". Don't know if that means "NCAA different", but it's certainly a "good different".
Now go ****ing beat Iowa!!!!!!!!
Now go ****ing beat Iowa!!!!!!!!
I'm in full C mode, and trying to find four or five more wins. Maybe four wins and one in the B10 tourney?
OK, OK ... I know. One game at a time.
But as one brilliant poster said earlier this week, "Is it really too much to ask?"
OK, OK ... I know. One game at a time.
But as one brilliant poster said earlier this week, "Is it really too much to ask?"
Magic number is now 4. We have a really tough schedule going forward so it will still be tough. We did not draw the easiest schedule with only one each against Minn, MD at MD only where they are 11-1 and 5-0 etc.. Hopefully they can get it done
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