Negrodamus wrote:Does it concern anyone else that Rutgers only played three teams with top 50 DRtg and Ace's results were very bad for two of them?
Maryland- 24mins, 4pts, 2-4 FG, 4 reb, 2 stls, 3 to
Michigan State - 39mins, 18pts, 4-17 FG, 9 reb, 2 stls, 4 fouls, 3 to
UCLA - 38mins, 20pts, 7-13 FG, 10 reb, 1 stl, 3 blks
Everyone else was outside of the top 50 in DRtg. (This goes for Harper too who was worse in all three games, but we're not in the running for him).
No. It's truly a painful thing trying to watch a Rutgers game. I really don't know how Rutgers hasn't fired that entire staff. Almost every possession consisted of Harper or Ace having the ball facing 2 defenders and often it was 3 man triangles. Top of the triangle was the on ball defender; one guy split right to cut off a right hand drive, one guy split left to cut off the left hand drive. Ace sometimes was getting doubled even when off the ball, happened to Harper too but less often.
I know I harp on Jeremiah Williams, but there were possessions where he just stood in the corner 3 hole with no defender within 7-8 feet of him and he literally wasn't even looking to get the ball and didn't even try cutting. Other times he'd move around the arc and wasn't even followed by his defender who stayed near the paint.
Watching Texas, yes Tre got extra attention; but in a lot of Texas games their opponents at least semi-respected the other players and their defenders kept mostly within arms reach. Texas also did run off-ball sets to get Tre open looks.
That Rutgers situation was just so awful that I'm willing to gamble on Ace taking a huge leap with good teammates, spacing and scheme around him. IF we take him we might look back on this and think how in the world did the Spurs let Ace slide by (even if Harper is good) and we'll be thankful for Rutgers making him look pedestrian. Or, the gamble flops and you guys are reminding me how much I misread the Rutgers situation.
