Lots of weak hearted RU fans in this thread.....I just want to know what the excuses will be when RU wins.
A) Well, it was Penn State
B) I knew they would bounce back at some point.
C) Will we score 40 points, when RU misses some 1H shots??
D) I was disappointed because the team of overachievers in 2022-23, didn't deliver on amother Top 4 B1G finish, without its 2 best players from last year, so therefore I get to predict a double-figure loss??
E) Of course I expected Indiana to defeat Purdue on Saturday night, no other teams except RU go into a slump....Purdue never loses at home, right??
F) All of these other teams with no quality wins on their resume are all going to win 4 to 5 Q1 games in the next week, so there's that too....!!
G) I expected MSU to lose to Iowa, up 10 with 39 seconds, only bad things happen to RU, no one else.
At the end of the day, if crying and weak fans don't want to stay on the bandwagon, that's cool....be fair weather/woe is me....just leave me out of it.
On the other hand, we have @ruriotsquad and others heading to PSU to root on our team. Maybe we should take a cue from the riot squad and support the team through the ups and downs.
3-15 in the B1G in 2016-17.....won at PSU that year....Pikes 1st road win in the B1G
3-15 in the B1G in 2017-18....lost @ PSU 60-43.....here is your lineup back then.
DeShawn Freeman 23 minutes 6 PTS
Issa Thiam 28 minutes, 12 PTS
Mamadou Doucoure, 23 mins, 6 PTS
Geo Baker (Frosh, 35 minutes, 3PTS)
Corey Sanders (29 minutes, no points).
Eugene Omoyuri, 24 minutes, 9 PTS
Mike Williams (Out injured ankle)
Candido Sa, 18 minutes, 4 PTS
Souf Mensah, 13 minutes, 0 PTS
Shaq Doorson 6 minutes, 0 PTS
Jake Dadika, 3 minutes, 0 PTS
Why would I mention this horrible time in the early stages of the rebuild?? At a time when winning ANY game, forget a B1G game.....dont ever consider a B1G road game, would be considered an accomplishment??
Because every "fan" on here, whined like babies then too.....some claimed it would take EIGHT years to make the NCAAs....some never dreamed we would be here today.....it's sad in a way, how lost a lot of the fans have become.
Others wondered , "if Northwestern can make the NCAAs, why can't RU even contend for the NITs"...??
"When will we ever make the NCAAs, I'd pray for the day to play meaningful games just to be on the bubble in late February "??? One day, we will have our name called on Selection Sunday!!
The amount of whining, crying, negative energy, soft as cotton RU fans is actually either somewhat deserving for some and very disappointing to see for others....we could be St John's, Syracuse, Seton Hall, essentially all out of contention for weeks now....where's Georgetown, Louisville, and countless others.....leagues with suspect competition every other game...no chance to build a resume of wins. That's not where RU is today folks.
And here's the prediction thread, full of whatever this actually is....
The now somewhat entitled RU fanbase is either waiting to complain about having to play at MSG, wondering why RU doesn't suddenly walk in the park to the FOURTH NCAA caliber resume in a row.......it's too much pain, we don't win enough!!!
Sleep well fellow RU fans.....the RU resume is pretty damn solid, this roster deserves some credibility and has battled injuries to starters (Mag), bad backs being played through by McConnell, some sort of stinger that keeps popping up for Mulcahy....but its too much to ask for a somewhat upset fanbase, that suddenly doesn't get their way??
I won't mention the uptick in recruiting, the movement up isn't in a straight line. Maybe we get smoked vs PSU, maybe we win a close one and it is possible that this crazy CBB, has more in store for us.
RU 66, PSU 61......don't ask me why I always pick RU to win.....it's what I do best.....!!
Don't ask if more verbal commits for 2024 are coming, we have excellent mods for that too....(they're coming folks, rest assured).
There a lot to be positive about, or we can look back at the ugly, dark days of 3 wins in the B1G and ask yourself, "what happened to me, isn't a game like PSU, Minnesota and NW, what we all wanted"???
GO RU......!!
