Nova at Rutgers

[Halldan]

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Rutgers Basketball falls to Villanova in its first scrimmage​

Rutgers Basketball falls to Villanova in its first scrimmage

Rutgers Basketball unofficially tipped off its season in an exhibition against Villanova, and fell 77-75 late in the second half.

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[catholicman]

It's early, but that was much closer than I expected. Either Rutgers is better than expected or Nova is worse, at this point anyway

 

[hallmatt]

One of Nova’s top players Kwame Evans didn’t play

 

[lloyde dobler]

Totally meaningless no matter the outcome

 

[PirateBlue08]

One of Nova’s top players Kwame Evans didn’t play

And RU was without Francis and Sydnor.

 

[radecicco]

Two Nova rotation guys didn’t play. Meaningless. RU made a late run. What players did Willard have on the floor ?

 

[shu67]

These games are just for the purpose of getting guys ready for the season openers. Nothing more. Also give the coach a better feel for who is ready to contribute.

 

[hallmatt]

Indiana beat Butler by 30 woof

 

[Halldan]

By far the worst team in the conference.

 

[Halldan]

 

[Piratz]

Totally meaningless no matter the outcome

Why coaches hate that results are publicized and rightly so. But hey, it’s content! Lol

 

[SHUSource]

Why coaches hate that results are publicized and rightly so. But hey, it’s content! Lol

They even showed highlights on Action News in Philadelphia, right after the Eagles' lowlights.

 

[dehere23]

Why coaches hate that results are publicized and rightly so. But hey, it’s content! Lol

These public exhibitions don’t mean anything but they are light years better for a team and program compared to than “secret closed door scrimmages”. Those are the ones where the coaches and other associated with the program “spin doctor” stuff to death.

As I recall, we allegedly had one good scrimmage last year followed by a bad one. And then got off to a tremendous start in the OOC.

As Lloyd always says, absent injury, the results of these games re meaningless.

 

[rcodey]

I watched the second half and the Virginia Tech transfer, Gurdak scored at will against Suigo . He scored 19 pts. In the second half against him . It's only an exhibition game but Suigo might have some trouble adjusting to the American game and it appears he has difficulty with lateral movement.
Offensively he looked ok .

 

[Halldan]

 

[PirateBlue08]

Is Lino Mark considered a good player? Would he start for us?

 

[PirateBlue08]

I watched the second half and the Virginia Tech transfer, Gurdak scored at will against Suigo . He scored 19 pts. In the second half against him . It's only an exhibition game but Suigo might have some trouble adjusting to the American game and it appears he has difficulty with lateral movement.
Offensively he looked ok .

I just watched the entire game replay and did not see what you saw. Gurdak had a few nice one-on-one buckets against Suigo, but not at all “scoring at will.” Laughable. Most of Gurdaks scores were against guards or broken plays.

Suigo looked good and scored over Gurdak numerous times and anchored the defense in the post with 3 blocks. Look at the plus/minus it tells the story Suigo +7, Gurdak-6.

 

[HallGuy2323]

I just watched the entire game replay and did not see what you saw. Gurdak had a few nice one-on-one buckets against Suigo, but not at all “scoring at will.” Laughable. Most of Gurdaks scores were against guards or broken plays.

Suigo looked good and scored over Gurdak numerous times and anchored the defense in the post with 3 blocks. Look at the plus/minus it tells the story Suigo +7, Gurdak-6.

How are you guys able to watch two different teams play and know you’re looking at. It will take me 5 games to know who I’m looking at on Seton Hall.

 

[PirateBlue08]

How are you guys able to watch two different teams play and know you’re looking at. It will take me 5 games to know who I’m looking at on Seton Hall.

It’s easy Suigo is the guy who is a foot taller than everyone lol. Devin Royal looked good too, real nose for the ball and a knack for scoring. Almost reminded me of Rhoden a little.

Nova will be long and huge at the 3, 4, 5 spots. When Kwame Evans (who sat out) plays, it will be 6’7, 6’10, and 7’3 for their frontline. Then they bring an additional 7’1 center off the bench.

Perkins looked tuned and ready.

 

[HallGuy2323]

It’s easy Suigo is the guy who is a foot taller than everyone lol. Devin Royal looked good too, real nose for the ball and a knack for scoring. Almost reminded me of Rhoden a little.

Nova will be long and huge at the 3, 4, 5 spots. When Kwame Evans (who sat out) plays, it will be 6’7, 6’10, and 7’3 for their frontline. Then they bring an additional 7’1 center off the bench.

Perkins looked tuned and ready.

Oof Madone. That’s a lot of height, maybe one of them will be a klutz and fall over

 

[rcodey]

From Discord.
Villanova fan: Suigo wasn't as good as I hoped ...". " Players finished around him at the rim way too easily ". ".... doesn't use his size/length enough to contest . " "Defense is way more work in progress than I hoped. "

St.John's fan: " Luigi has bricks for feet...' .

I just watched the entire game replay and did not see what you saw. Gurdak had a few nice one-on-one buckets against Suigo, but not at all “scoring at will.” Laughable. Most of Gurdaks scores were against guards or broken plays.

Suigo looked good and scored over Gurdak numerous times and anchored the defense in the post with 3 blocks. Look at the plus/minus it tells the story Suigo +7, Gurdak-6.

 

[PirateBlue08]

From Discord.
Villanova fan: Suigo wasn't as good as I hoped ...". " Players finished around him at the rim way too easily ". ".... doesn't use his size/length enough to contest . " "Defense is way more work in progress than I hoped. "

St.John's fan: " Luigi has bricks for feet...' .

Opposing opinions could also be posted. I was responding to your comment about the RU center “scoring at will” against Suigo which in my view is not an accurate portrayal of the second half.

Furthermore, Kevin admitted in the postgame that he was running lineups that they never practice with and there were a handful miscommunications because of it, which obviously accounts for why RU (and Gurdak) got a handful of easy buckets off missed assignments etc. They weren’t one on one matchups where Gurdak offensively overpowered Suigo’s defense, as your comment alleged.