Luke Nathan

[kevin0214]

How great is it for this kid! His first playing time in forever and he’s part of a victory over the number one team in the country. Just terrific

 

[ScarletDog]

Plus he’s a good Cliff carry off the courter.

 

[Night Man]

Wise coaching move having him go in and pick up a couple of no-consequence fouls at the end of 1H. I think Edey missed one and we needed every one.

 

[Danprusa_4]

Plus he’s a good Cliff carry off the courter.

This was the critical play of the game

 

[knight82]

Going forward, if we are facing another Big Ten team whose big men are abusing our backup bigs, do it again. Throw Luke in there, tell him to not worry about fouling, just beat the crap out of the other's team's big guy.

 

[zappaa]

What an incredible thrill for Luke to play meaningful minutes in the first half of a game.
Packed RAC no less

 

[Scangg]

Couldn't be happier for Luke! If we play Purdue again (haven't looked at schedule) he should play if cliff is off the court and the monster is in. Agee and Dean just don't have the beef to even remotely slow him down.

 

[rob kight]

I still don’t believe the refs watched the replay and saw nothing wrong with how Edey swings his elbows head high. If league doesn’t provide guidance, a player is going to get seriously hurt this year and it will be on the league and refs.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Play 12 guys every night the rest of the way out. 13 when Geo gets back.

 

[jordkap]

His 2nd foul wasn’t even a foul. However, I agree… having a guy like him who can eat up 2-3 minutes and give fouls isn’t such a bad thing

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

His 2nd foul wasn’t even a foul. However, I agree… having a guy like him who can eat up 2-3 minutes and give fouls isn’t such a bad thing

It’s a bad thing why he played. Let’s not sugar coat our backup center problem.

 

[FastMJ]

It’s a bad thing why he played. Let’s not sugar coat our backup center problem.

Did you really need to **** on this thread?

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Did you really need to **** on this thread?

Sorry. You are right.

 

[cm_13]

How great is it for this kid! His first playing time in forever and he’s part of a victory over the number one team in the country. Just terrific

The crowd giving him a booming “Luuuuuuuke” when he checked into the game was a pretty great moment.

The crowd going crazy when Cliff checked back into the game after getting helped off the floor was also awesome.

 

[jordkap]

It’s a bad thing why he played. Let’s not sugar coat our backup center problem.

To be fair, he is a scholarship player

 

[NightKnight]

Great to see Luke build a memory that will last a lifetime. Got PT in a meaningful spot toward the end of the first half a did a competent job -on par with Rieber and Agee...which is not all that effective. Oskar Palmquist also got to join in the fun. Great to see some big men from the end of the bench contibute. (For the record, I am still a 7man rotation proponent.)

 

[zappaa]

Got his number called at home in front of a packed RAC, meaningful minutes in the first half against the number one team in the country .
Incredible thrill for Luke.

 

[richthedentist]

Luke is actually so much bigger than Reiber and especially Agee I don't mind him coming in for a few minutes like that and would even like to see him do that when we play Illinois at home

 

[RW90]

Even with his short stint, he defended Williams better than anyone except Cliff.

 

[29PAS]

I'm so glad for Luke. I thought it was great when RHJ mentioned him in the post-game radio interview.

 

[jordkap]

Even with his short stint, he defended Williams better than anyone except Cliff.

Reiber if he was a heady player could have taken at least 2 charges on Williams. Eugene was a master at it and not sure why it’s not taught more

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Very happy with Luke’s minutes. He fouled twice but Agee and Reiber were getting abused. Glad he was part of the victory.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Reiber if he was a heady player could have taken at least 2 charges on Williams. Eugene was a master at it and not sure why it’s not taught more

100%...all we needed to do is hit the floor.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Luke is actually so much bigger than Reiber and especially Agee I don't mind him coming in for a few minutes like that and would even like to see him do that when we play Illinois at home

Hey, it's @richthedentist The guy who said Rutgers would not win two B1G games this year.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[rob kight]

100%...all we needed to do is hit the floor.

But it didn’t help when Cliff hit the floor!!

 

[jerzeyguy]

Luke is our 2nd best Big lol

 

[littlenis5]

I’m usually anti-threads asking about walk on minutes, but it may be warranted here. Nathan looked a lot less afraid on the court than Reiber or Agee. Even on offense, he got to his spots in the sets more definitively and isn’t afraid to set a screen.