Rutgers @ Maryland (4) - 12/31/18

[Plebe]

This is just a huge win for Rutgers. This could be their ticket to an NCAA tournament bid, as long as they don't collapse down the stretch as they did last year.

Maryland, well, it's safe to say they're not the fourth-best team in the country.

 

[eebmg]

What stands out in looking at the Box Score is the Off. Rebounding of Rutgers. 19 to 8. I thought MD was supposed to be among the leaders in rebounding.

 

[Charliebball]

congrats to the Scarlet Knights on a really important victory.....................now watch them lose to Brown............

 

[hussybulldog]

Here goes MD as no.1 seed in NCAA tournament! I never believed it even if they won today and remained undefeated for the rest of the regular season.

 

[JellyBean]

Rutgers wasn't having any of this talk about how "Maryland was going to win and win BIG." That is what some of he Big Ten folks were saying about this game. Grit and Grind, Rutgers. Well done.

 

[JonathanXIV]

So much for all the discussion about Maryland running the table. And unless everyone else collapses, no way they get a #1 seed, even if they go undefeated in the rest of their Big 10 games.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

I would bet when people thought about the undefeated teams and who would be able to "run the table" ... MD vs. Rutgers Was NOT on anyone's list of possible stumbles for the Terps. One Less Undefeated Team. of course as some might say... "a loss to Rutgers could be the best thing that could happen for MD".... as if a loss is ever a good thing!

 

[Plebe]

Rutgers wasn't having any of this talk about how "Maryland was going to win and win BIG." That is what some of he Big Ten folks were saying about this game. Grit and Grind, Rutgers. Well done.

I think it was Big Ten Network commentator Vera Jones who said she thought Maryland would run the table in the Big Ten. Let's just say the softness of Maryland's OOC schedule is showing. They survived a scare against a weak Penn State team and trailed almost the entire game vs. Rutgers.

But I give Rutgers lots of credit. You could see in their body language they *believed* from the opening tip they could win this game.

 

[eebmg]

Double header on BTN today.

Nebraska at Ohio State 1PM
Illinois at North Western 3PM

Ohio State leads 44-38 6' + left in Q3.

 

[Checkmate 2.0]

Maryland loses 1st conference game at home. Rankings really are a crap shoot until conference play begins in the Power 5 leagues.

It all depends on the non-conference schedule. Maryland always plays a very weak schedule and the voters rarely factor that in. This year Maryland has no wins against top 20 teams... no USCe is not a top 20 team.

The conference schedule is very weak too. However, the voters will just look at their record and they will remain highly ranked, without justification .

 

[Plebe]

Ciani Cryor didn't shoot efficiently, but she finished with 12 points, an amazing 11 assists, and 3 steals (edit: in addition to 9 rebounds, wow!). She never let the Maryland guards get comfortable handling the ball. And she assisted on almost half of Rutgers' made buckets (25). Stasha Carey was also huge with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals.

Gotta give the game ball, however, to Rutgers freshman Noga Peleg Pelc, who came off the bench in 4Q with 8 quick points at a time when Rutgers' offense appeared to have ground to a halt.

 

[DaBball]

Ciani Cryor was a rebound short of a triple double. 12 pts, 11 asts, 9 reb. My daughters team beat a loaded Neumann Goretti in the state championship, led by Ciani Cryor (GaTech), Emanuella Awobajo (Boston College), Felicia Aiyotean (Virginia), Olamide Aborawa (Texas), and Sianni Martin and AJ Timbers (a pair of Towson recruits). Boy was it a great game.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

So much for the Big 10 pundit who predicted this weekend that Marylad would be undefeated this season. Love to hear what Brenda has to say.

 

[newfrontier]

Vera Jones

I think it was Big Ten Network commentator Vera Jones who said she thought Maryland would run the table in the Big Ten. Let's just say the softness of Maryland's OOC schedule is showing. They survived a scare against a weak Penn State team and trailed almost the entire game vs. Rutgers.

But I give Rutgers lots of credit. You could see in their body language they *believed* from the opening tip they could win this game.

Vera Jones is far from reliable when it comes to Big Ten women's hoop analysis or predictions. On Thursday during halftime of a game she praised Iowa and said they had the best chance of challenging Maryland in the Big Ten; she also described the good attributes of Minnesota. She did not utter a single word about Michigan State, who promptly went out and beat Iowa by 14 just 2 days later. (now up to a #15 ranking)

 

[donalddoowop]

Rutgers with a veritable offensive explosion in the first 5 minutes of the game, leading 14-11 at the first media TO.

Enjoy it while it lasts because it won't last.

Uhh, do you want to repeat that last sentence?

 

[Plebe]

Ciani Cryor was a rebound short of a triple double. 12 pts, 11 asts, 9 reb. My daughters team beat a loaded Neumann Goretti in the state championship, led by Ciani Cryor (GaTech), Emanuella Awobajo (Boston College), Felicia Aiyotean (Virginia), Olamide Aborawa (Texas), and Sianni Martin and AJ Timbers (a pair of Towson recruits). Boy was it a great game.

I watched Rutgers quite a bit last year, and Cryor was a tremendous defensive player but seemed very limited offensively. This was by far the best game I've seen her have.

 

[Plebe]

Uhh, do you want to repeat that last sentence?

Ha, well the offensive explosion part didn't last, that's what I was referring to.

 

[EricSD]

Very nice win by Rutgers. Every single top team out there has shown vulnerabilities. This may be the most wide open NCAA tourney in a long time.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

I was there. What stood out from the stats was Rutgers took 17 more shots than Maryland. What stood out from being there was Maryland being very slow in the backcourt. Rutgers literally got every 50-50 ball in the game. I'm sure your board would love this but Brenda really got outcoached this afternoon.

 

[Checkmate 2.0]

I was there. What stood out from the stats was Rutgers took 17 more shots than Maryland. What stood out from being there was Maryland being very slow in the backcourt. Rutgers literally got every 50-50 ball in the game. I'm sure your board would love this but Brenda really got outcoached this afternoon.

Brenda has been outcoached for 10+ years. Everyone knows Walz won the National Championship. Frese is just a great recruiter , cannot coach.

 

[Ozimoto]

And as usual Maryland gacks up a game they should have won.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

What doesn't kill Ya makes You stronger... not sure it works that way in College WBB.

 

[EricSD]

I was there. What stood out from the stats was Rutgers took 17 more shots than Maryland. What stood out from being there was Maryland being very slow in the backcourt. Rutgers literally got every 50-50 ball in the game. I'm sure your board would love this but Brenda really got outcoached this afternoon.

Honestly, I don't dislike Brenda. Still not thrilled with how the whole Laura Harper situation went down, but that's really ancient history. I do find her pre game and half time pep talks cloying and uninspired, but she gets a fair amount out of her teams and has consistently been a fixture in the national picture for many years. It's hard to have that kind of staying power. Certainly UCONN, Notre Dame, Stanford, probably Baylor, but that's about it for teams that are consistently in the top 10 year in and year out.

Sure they might have a down year or 2, but they build themselves back up, unlike Duke who has pretty much disappeared from the national scene. Tennessee seems to be on the comeback trail too.

 

[lebronfan23]

Marylyshould be a 3 seed and 2. Schedule is always week.

 

[ScarlettB]

I was there. What stood out from the stats was Rutgers took 17 more shots than Maryland. What stood out from being there was Maryland being very slow in the backcourt. Rutgers literally got every 50-50 ball in the game. I'm sure your board would love this but Brenda really got outcoached this afternoon.

I was at the game too. From my perspective, it just looked like the RU players wanted it more. This is the best I have seen us play so far this season. I expected us to be better on defense than MD, but I couldn't believe how well we rebounded today and our offense was clicking, which often isn't the case. We had 7 different players hit 3's. I don't remember ever seeing that happen with an RU team before. I was really happy today with our effort and execution of Coach's game plan.

 

[Plebe]

In the final Big Ten tilt of the day, Indiana prevailed over Penn State, 83-75, in a game that was nip and tuck until the 4th quarter. It was also an ugly game: a total of 55 fouls were called, 34 of them on Penn State.

Penn State always seems like they should be better than their results. Teniya Page is one heckuva player (she had 24 in this game), and their other players are talented as well.

Indiana was led by two transfers, Ali Patberg (26 points) and Brenna Wise (20).

 

[Shades]

 

[donalddoowop]

Brenda has been outcoached for 10+ years. Everyone knows Walz won the National Championship. Frese is just a great recruiter , cannot coach.

Thank you. I did not know that about Walz and Maryland. I remember when they won it all but I heard only about the head coach.

 

[donalddoowop]

Marylyshould be a 3 seed and 2. Schedule is always week.

Every team has a week schedule. Week to week to week. Just saying.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Head Coach Brenda Frese Opening Statement:

"I thought we got beat by a better team today. This team came into our building and competed for 40 minutes. They came out and shot the ball extremely well to start the game. They beat us in the paint, they beat us off the glass, and off of turnovers. Their game plan and scouting report against us was very scout specific. They earned a great win. There are valuable lessons for us to be able to learn in December that I think we can take moving forward to help us to improve and help us to get a lot better."

On rebounding issues:

"It's not a surprise to me, that this presented itself. This is something we've been talking about for a really long time. I knew at some point that it was going to catch us. We've always outtalented people, and this has been an Achilles heel in our practice for a really long time. The ability for us to have that discipline and be able to box out is where it's at. It's not going to change moving forward with the amount of talent and teams we're going to face. We have to make a decision that we're going to fix that piece that's being exposed, or it's going to continue to rear it's ugly head."

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