NW at Rutgers Bball Game
February 9th, 2020 at 7:58 PM ^
Posting error.
Anyway, Rutgers down to Northwestern in the middle of the second half. Still plenty of time but just goes to show tough to win in the Big Ten against anybody.
Rutgers is undefeated at home to date.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:00 PM ^
Additionally, hope Juwan uses this to motivate team as NW has played well in a hostile environment and should not be taken lightly in their home arena.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:07 PM ^
checking the box score, NW is 10-20 from 3 and only has 2 turnovers. still up 10 with 6:53 to go.
go cats!
February 9th, 2020 at 8:24 PM ^
We need Rutgers to win to keep their win better
February 9th, 2020 at 8:58 PM ^
Until we play NW?
February 9th, 2020 at 8:25 PM ^
You know you have a sports problem when you see this thread and immediately turn on BTN.
3-point game with 3 to go!
February 9th, 2020 at 8:29 PM ^
Huge collapse by Northwestern. We cannot lose to them
February 9th, 2020 at 8:31 PM ^
Collapse probably not bad for UM: disheartened NW team in next game and Rutgers continues as a Q1 opponent.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:41 PM ^
Totally agree. This is good for us if Rutgers can win in OT
February 9th, 2020 at 8:31 PM ^
When northwestern looks bad they look really bad.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:31 PM ^
That Geo Baker stepback is tough to stop. Good thing, too, because the rest of Rutger is 0-9 from 3.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:34 PM ^
And just as I say that, Rutger runs a play to get a 3 attempt from someone other than Geo Baker, so now they're 0-10 from 3 and NW can hold for the last shot. How they don't have Baker take the shot I don't understand.
But it's ok, because NW ran a worse "play". Woof, they are bad.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:36 PM ^
Free basketball!
February 9th, 2020 at 8:43 PM ^
A Northwestern 3 gets stuck between the rim and board, and that's the best NW possession in the last 3 and a half minutes, because at least they got the ball back because of the possession arrow. It was also an excellent descriptor of this game.
February 9th, 2020 at 8:55 PM ^
Nice to see Rutger pull that out. I can't believe they are good at any sport
February 9th, 2020 at 9:10 PM ^
NW played a good game until they didn’t.
February 9th, 2020 at 9:38 PM ^
I think it was more that Rutgers played like ass for about 30 minutes and then they (especially Geo Baker) decided to go win the game. They looked really flat in the earlier snippets of the game that I watched, up to the and-1 when NW got fouled on a dunk to go up about 16. The defense was just standing around watching. Then in the last 5 minutes of regulation and in OT there was a lot more energy on defense and Baker was unstoppable, and it was just enough. That would have been a crippling loss (easily their worst of the season) for Rutger.
February 9th, 2020 at 9:10 PM ^
Jinxed it.
February 9th, 2020 at 9:16 PM ^
NW whistled for 25 fouls, but getting only 12 FT's for their guys. rutgers took 34 FT's and was only whistled 13 times.
and its not like NW is some driving, crushing, foul-prone team.
February 9th, 2020 at 9:19 PM ^
Home whistle is a thing... for most teams, anyway.
February 9th, 2020 at 9:26 PM ^
Sure would be nice to have that whole home whistle thing too
February 10th, 2020 at 5:21 PM ^
Our best home whistle was at MSG, we should schedule all home games there.