Basketball No. 8 Michigan State survives late surge against Rutgers Basketball

[BillyC80]

Izzy fighting for every tenth of a second.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Refs looking for a way to make sure Sparty doesn’t lose?

 

[Fat Koko]

Did ref say timekeeper made two timing errors at same time?

 

[rubjk]

I really don’t know how anyone who watches this team can say Pike can’t coach and doesn’t develop players. I want to see what he can do with some b10 level chess pieces.

 

[RU848789]

31-30, 1st half
60-57, 2nd half

That's crazy.

 

[Fat Koko]

Breath test the timekeeper.

 

[RU MAN]

That was fun!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BillyC80]

That was the free throw Davis didn’t make at our place to seal the win

 

[bac2therac]

Glad Izzy stained his pants

 

[RUgal]

We almost gave Michigan State a taste of their own medicine. Great effort by Rutgers.

 

[tm_nj]

good effort guys. let’s close the season out with a win this weekend

 

[RUJMM78]

Rutgers best defense is a full court press that creates turnovers and time off the shot clock.They have plenty players on the roster to use that defense like St,Johns.The half court defense stinks allowing dunks,layups and wide open 3 pointers.

 

[RU848789]

Will izzo foul if they miss 1

Damn, it would've made for a fascinating ending if he had missed one...

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Idk but I might count this game a moral victory with all the heart we poured out.

 

[shields]

I turned it off and saw last 25 seconds. Amazing.

 

[fatsam98]

Obviously they took advantage of us being shorthanded/in foul trouble at the 5, but that was a hell of an effort.

Hope they get a good crowd Sunday

 

[RAC93]

Will izzo foul if they miss 1

He should have, but made both free throws

 

[T2Kplus20]

Glad Izzy stained his pants

Pike = King of Moral Victories (but not real victories)

 

[bac2therac]

We’re not going to win, but man was this fun down the stretch. I’m literally cracking up with every play we make.

9 in a row

 

[RAC93]

Pike = King of Moral Victories (but not real victories)

We are like 20-10 with our Moral Win Record

 

[Knight Shift]

Glad Izzy stained his pants

Izzy was in a tizzy
With Knights getting busy

 

[Knight Shift]

We are like 20-10 with our Moral Win Record

Bet you are not much fun at parties. Crap on Ogbole, now this.

 

[runner3283]

If we had this effort throughout the game (minus grant) who knows!

 

[bac2therac]

Izzy was in a tizzy
With Knights getting busy

Wait til his lockerroom praise of Pike

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

This game will stay close tonight because they want to keep Rutgers above #160 in the NET.

What did I say

 

[PhillyRU]

Rutgers best defense is a full court press that creates turnovers and time off the shot clock.They have plenty players on the roster to use that defense like St,Johns.The half court defense stinks allowing dunks,layups and wide open 3 pointers.

In fairness, there were a lot of instances where Michigan State broke our press and would have attacked with a numerical advantage in a normal circumstance. They just weren't inclined to do that with a big lead down the stretch.

 

[BillyC80]

We fell short, but that was one of the all-time best comebacks I’ve seen by RU in 50 years. Gotta be the best comeback that ended in a loss, especially when you consider it was on the road to the #8 team in the country.

 

[PhillyRU]

Also wow with that over, one of the softest performances I've seen watching college basketball from DG tonight. 1-8 FG with about four air balls, and I think the most damning stat might be zero personal fouls while being physically abused all game long.

 

[T2Kplus20]

We fell short, but that was one of the all-time best comebacks I’ve seen by RU in 50 years. Gotta be the best comeback that ended in a loss, especially when you consider it was on the road to the #8 team in the country.

It's not a comeback when you lose (and don't even regain the lead).

 

[seansherm]

Rutgers best defense is a full court press that creates turnovers and time off the shot clock.They have plenty players on the roster to use that defense like St,Johns.The half court defense stinks allowing dunks,layups and wide open 3 pointers.

MSU also carved up the press earlier though. Got em rattled down the stretch.

 

[Degaz-RU]

We outscored MSU 30-16 in the final 5:21.

Incredible

 

[Simce91]

If we had this effort throughout the game (minus grant) who knows!

Grant better not start against PSU

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

Also wow with that over, one of the softest performances I've seen watching college basketball from DG tonight. 1-8 FG with about four air balls, and I think the most damning stat might be zero personal fouls while being physically abused all game long.

God was he awfull - might have even won if he didn't play - and he wants a million? He is a mid level D1 player AT BEST.

 

[Knight Shift]

Wait til his lockerroom praise of Pike

Pike has a coaches fan club- Izzy, Buzz......

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

We outscored MSU 30-16 in the final 5:21.

Incredible

Izzo cleared the bench with 5 minutes to play.

 

[BillyC80]

Credit where credit is due, we don’t even sniff that comeback without the flurry by Manny right before he fouled out.

Then Lino, Tariq, Powers, Buchanan, and Nwuli pitched in. Nothing from Grant and not much from Davis during that last 6-minute stretch.

 

[BillyC80]

Izzo cleared the bench with 5 minutes to play.

And we had 3 freshmen on the floor

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

Well Torvik ranking jumped up to 128 from 136.

Had our best Adj ORat of the year 138.2

 

[G- RUnit]

Very nice effort. Manny gets called for some ticky tack fouls.

MSU does fouling screen no fouls.

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

Credit where credit is due, we don’t even sniff that comeback without the flurry by Manny right before he fouled out.

Then Lino, Tariq, Powers, Buchanan, and Nwuli pitched in. Nothing from Grant and not much from Davis during that last 6-minute stretch.

I would keep those five and Davis. Send everyone else packing.