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****Rutgers vs Hawks Game Thread****

Rutgers is the best defensive team in the league. We need to play tougher and guard, plain and simple. Or you all can keep bitching about the refs. Pemsl and Kreiner have to do something on defense at least. Not sure Pemsl should see the court the 2nd half.
 
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IA needs to adjust to the aggressive on ball and down low defense by Rutgers. Refs letting them play.

Joe W needs to grow a pair at halftime and make his presence known in the second half.
 
Rutgers is the best defensive team in the league. We need to play tougher and guard, plain and simple. Or you all can keep bitching about the refs. Pemsl and Kreiner have to do something on defense at least. Not sure Pemsl should see the court the 2nd half.

Id hope so. Play that physical and only have four foul calls. They should be the best defensive team in the league.
 
Exactly. Refs have to make their presence known though.

I like how a dude on the radio put it....

In college there are 13 guys on the floor. The 3 getting paid HANDSOMELY are somehow above criticism. Never spoken to outside of the game.
Exactly thought I have every time the game announcers and studioheads do everything they can to avoid/absolve refs of any criticism. But whatever well-played game hopefully Rutgers stops scoring on bad possessions. Pretty much every possession where balls were deflected or fumbled they ended up scoring, sometimes on pretty lucky shots.

Going to be interesting to see how much mental energy our guys have.
 
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59% FG
54% 3pt

good recipe for a road victory

Rutgers coach really turned around that program quickly. I'm going to puke if Rutgers finishes ahead of Iowa in B1G standings. Iowa not going to win this game if Rutgers shoots 54% or better from 3.
 
Rutgers is the best defensive team in the league. We need to play tougher and guard, plain and simple. Or you all can keep bitching about the refs. Pemsl and Kreiner have to do something on defense at least. Not sure Pemsl should see the court the 2nd half.
Sometimes you pricks need to just accept that ref-bitching is in part just stress-relief. So eat a dick have a great evening and Go Hawks.
 
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So Iahawks10 should every team that plays good defense be called for a lot of fouls? You bitch about the refs every game dude.
 
Rutgers coach really turned around that program quickly. I'm going to puke if Rutgers finishes ahead of Iowa in B1G standings. Iowa not going to win this game if Rutgers shoots 54% or better from 3.
Hopefully, their fade-away street ball contested shots will stop falling for them.

That would be a nice start.
 
Have to wonder if him hitting his hand earlier is having an effect... even mentally

I think it’s more due to Rutgers aggressive defense. Joe doesn’t typically perform well with that - he’s more coming off the screens and driving in open lanes within the flow of the offense.

Rutgers taking that away. Their locking out CJ for too.

Need to hope they go cold from 3 point line in this half.
 
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Refs aren't making us turn the ball over 7 times nor are they making us go 1/4 from the charity stripe. We just need to play more composed and less sloppy.
 
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