Hoiskers return to the Vault against Rutgers as 9 favorite

[ru4nu2win]

Rutgers is probably the most talented team we faced all year. They couldn't figure how to play defense as a team early on, but are figuring it out now in the second half of the season. 2 potential lottery picks but young. They'll make the tourney and probably do some damage!

 

[V-Doub]

A lot of the doubling comes when NU switches into a mismatch. That’s one of the reasons I wish would mix in some zone more often - so the other team can’t just walk NU right into a mismatch with a simple ball screen.

We have to do something to improve our perimeter defense. Teams are killing us with the 3 ball.

 

[schuele]

Easy… Rollie is +14. He’s the better PG, he just needs find other ways to convert on his drives. Certain teams in the B1Gare going to be too big and athletic to take all the way to the rim. (especially when you’re Rollie Woster) I know I sound like a broken record… but if you aren’t a good 3 pt shooter and you’re not a dominant finisher at the rim then you better develop a mid range game.

Oh I agree with you - Worster’s offensive repertoire is extremely thin. But like you say, he protects the ball, rebounds really well for a guard and isn’t a defensive liability. And on this team, that means lots of minutes. I wish Worster was about the 3rd or 4th guy off the bench, but here we are.

 

[SomedayHusker]

One guy’s +\- tonight was -14 and the other’s was +14.

Take a wild guess which was which.

Kind of a meaningless stat in a lot of cases. Rollie is more often on the floor with better scorers/defenders.

Essegian -10
Ace Bailey +1
Dylan Harper +0

 

[king_kong_]

Kind of a meaningless stat in a lot of cases. Rollie is more often on the floor with better scorers/defenders.

Essegian -10
Ace Bailey +1
Dylan Harper +0

The beer-bellied Armo kind of sucks, too

Maybe he will get hot for a stretch

Guess we’ll see

 

[schuele]

We have to do something to improve our perimeter defense. Teams are killing us with the 3 ball.

I don’t disagree with you that NU is doubling too much, just pointing out one of the reasons behind it. If Fred doesn’t want to mix in more zone, maybe they need to fight through more screens an switch less often.