Reminder... Tenn at Rutgers tonight

[speedoo]

This has turned out to be an interesting game! Go RU!

 

[HuskyNan]

Sykes and Rushdan are keeping RU in the game.

 

[alexrgct]

Manning headed to the locker room. Didn't look serious, but can't ever be sure with knee injuries (which it appeared to be).

 

[alexrgct]

Any time Rutgers gets a three point lead, they play like they're up 15 with three minutes to go. It's bizarre.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Cripes, you guys let me root for Rutgers again. Where's my stick?

Nan, step away from the ledge!

 

[speedoo]

Glory Johnson has not developed very much in her time with the LV's. She is really a poor offensive player, considering how athletic she is.

 

[alexrgct]

Glory Johnson has not developed very much in her time with the LV's. She is really a poor offensive player, considering how athletic she is.

100% agree. Diamond DeShields should be taking notice.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Any time Rutgers gets a three point lead, they play like they're up 15 with three minutes to go. It's bizarre.

Piscataway is in a parallel universe.

 

[alexrgct]

I must say I miss seeing Pat giving everyone the glare of death.

 

[HuskyNan]

New definition of offense - run and chuck, steal and chuck, turnover and chuck.

 

[alexrgct]

Tennessee has a one point lead, but this game is getting physical and ugly. In other words, this looks more and more like a Rutgers game.

 

[HuskyNan]

Why do Ward and Peck keep using the word "great" to describe this game? I don't think they're watching the same game I am.

 

[VAMike23]

On a side note, watching this game makes it ever more clear how the 'carry' has become more and more accepted, and never called. Some of our girls do it, too (and I often point this out) but I don't remember seeing a game where so many egregious carries are allowed to masquerade as legal dribbles.

 

[speedoo]

It's over. LV's hit threes late and RU misses everything.

 

[speedoo]

Why do Ward and Peck keep using the word "great" to describe this game? I don't think they're watching the same game I am.

They are the worst pair of announcers IMO. Not even close.

 

[alexrgct]

Why do Ward and Peck keep using the word "great" to describe this game? I don't think they're watching the game I am.

Indeed. Competitive? Yes. Great? Not so much.

Rutgers has no heart. They could easily have beaten Miami and Tennessee, but they can't seal the deal late in games. I stand by my prediction that UConn will bury the Scarlet Knights in Hartford.

 

[HuskyNan]

If RU can't score from its defense or make a basket off a one-on-one play, it's not capable of scoring. Nothing has changed.

 

[speedoo]

Well, LV's will definitely be better when Massengale returns, but I don't think a trip to the FF is in the cards without a very favorable draw and some luck. Too weak defensively, and their offense is all perimeter. I thought Baugh would really help on the offensive end, but it does not seem to be happening.

 

[MilfordHusky]

New definition of offense - run and chuck, steal and chuck, turnover and chuck.

It makes me want to Up and Chuck !

 

[Fiftyish]

Kudos t0 Simmons. She buries two 3's at winning time. Rutgers had it in their grasp and let slip away.

 

[pap49cba]

Rutgers looked like they had no clue how to attack a zone.

 

[doggydaddy]

Rutgers looked like they had no clue how to attack a zone.

Fixed it for ya!

 

[sarals24]

I think this game thread is longer than the one on that other board! I love our knowledgeable, passionate posters!

 

[MarieM]

if this is the same Rutgers team that will face Uconn in Feb.. it's going to be a longgggg night for the Scarlets.

This Uconn team will blow by Tennessee by the way..

 

[Kibitzer]

Let me make some positive comments. (No junk.)

When I first watched Sykes (Madison Square Garden, Maggie Dixon Classic, a couple years ago), she seemed out of shape and lost on the court. And she didn't shoot well either. I have seen her more recently vs. UConn and I did not detect any significant improvement. Tonight she was about all Rutgers had with her shooting, ball-handling, and passing. Quite an improvement.

Spani is about Sykes's size and she is a superb ball-handler and a deadly shooter. Stricklen (aka Strickland sometimes) is a really good player with too many roles to perform.

Somebody posted something about "the lesser of two evils." I guess the lesser is still evil, right?