So much talent

[FELONIOUSMONK]

When you see it in an event like March Madness you realize how far behind we remain.

 

[AshCatchEm]

I see a bunch of teams we'd beat on a good day

 

[ruman]

When you see it in an event like March Madness you realize how far behind we remain.

I don’t see that at all

 

[cubuffsdoug_rivals]

When you see it in an event like March Madness you realize how far behind we remain.

Now, where did I put the pedestal I keep for special occasions when I put our opponents on par with Golden State. [winking]

 

[RUfanSinceAnderson]

I don’t see that at all

If we had a consistent 3 point shooter we could win a couple games in tourney.

 

[shields]

Iowa won today could have beat them twice.

 

[mikebal9]

By my count, we had 4 wins against tournament teams. Are we far behind the 1-seeds? Sure. Are we far behind the 5 through 16 seeds? Not at all.

 

[knight82]

We beat a team that won yesterday and a team that won today

 

[Scangg]

B1G is what 6-1? We would be tough in the tournament bc of our size and length for a lot of teams to handle if we could get a strong offensive game from a couple of people. When we were hot we could beat a lot of these teams. When we were not we could lose to a lot of these teams

 

[DHajekRC84]

We have enough talent to be in it. We need to have more consistency to make it.

Rutgers is good enough to belong. We need to find the path to get into the party.

 

[NiTeKnight]

By my count, we had 4 wins against tournament teams. Are we far behind the 1-seeds? Sure. Are we far behind the 5 through 16 seeds? Not at all.

Yes four (FDU, Iowa, Ohio St., Minnesota)

 

[Knights 1212]

The BIG is 7-1 with Wisconsin being the only loss.We are also 2-0 in the NIT.

 

[RUJMM78]

The strength of the B1G in post season tournaments just shows how difficult league competition is and that moving upward will be a real challenge for Rutgers without 3 point shooters.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

The strength of the B1G in post season tournaments just shows how difficult league competition is and that moving upward will be a real challenge for Rutgers without 3 point shooters.

What makes you think RU doesn't have 3 point shooters...??

Baker, McConnell, Harper, Young aren't enough shooters??

RU needs better players, not shooters.

 

[NBKnight]

Yes four (FDU, Iowa, Ohio St., Minnesota)

And the three B1G won first round games.

 

[shields]

Also needs more quickness. Murray State for example has speed.

 

[RUsince52]

Most of the better teams (not #1 seeds either) protect the ball. Make the other team beat you. We have to fix that first whether we get better talent or not. Next year should tell a lot for us with good guard play. Right now most of the tournament teams play at a higher level than we do.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

IMO, we need more length in the front court. Going into next year, only Myles Johnson has those long arms you want to see in your bigs. Duke and Shaq have some height but not length.

 

[NickRU714]

What makes you think RU doesn't have 3 point shooters...??

Baker, McConnell, Harper, Young aren't enough shooters??

RU needs better players, not shooters.

Leader was McConnell at under 36%.
Rutgers was 12th in the Big Ten in 3pt attempts per game.
14th in the Big Ten in 3pt% at 31.2%

McConnell 35.7% (did shoot 41% in conference)
Baker 34.1%
Harper 27.8%

Need to up the 3pt attempts by a significant margin.
I know everyone complains about "3pt shooting and analytics killing basketball" but have to deal with it and adjust.
You either adapt or end up like the football team.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

Curious to know Harper’s 3 pt shooting % from January forward. Got to have been pushing 40 percent.

 

[NickRU714]

Curious to know Harper’s 3 pt shooting % from January forward. Got to have been pushing 40 percent.

In conference was 34.1% (24 for 70).
3.5 attempts per game.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/rutgers/2019.html

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

If he can bump that to 37 or 38 for the year...same as Baker. And McConnell needs to shoot more.

 

[RUJMM78]

What makes you think RU doesn't have 3 point shooters...??

Baker, McConnell, Harper, Young aren't enough shooters??

RU needs better players, not shooters.

Shooters translate into points which Rutgers has difficulty in achieving.If Rutgers had such great 3 point shooters, I doubt that this would have resulted in another losing season.I would hope better players means more talented players which translates into scoring which is the difference between winning and losing.Convoluted discussion regarding shooters doesn't change the stats that showed Rutgers offensive efficiency was less than stellar.

 

[bowlgoal]

How about; we are a very young team and the experience this year just may result in the additional wins we need to be in the tournament. I think you'll see that next year.

 

[RUTrack94]

So having a Douby wouldn’t result in 5+ more wins this year?