Embracing Expectations: 4 Thoughts on a 79-68 Loss to Ohio State
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Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
What a disaster. There’s no other way to put it. For a team that wants to have high expectations of itself, they are just in disarray. They had no answer for E.J. Liddell in the first half. Myles Johnson was in foul trouble and the Buckeyes just out-toughed the Scarlet Knights. After the ten minute mark of the first half, this game was never close.
Four thoughts:
Where is the defense? Last season, there were a ton of stretches where Rutgers would just shut teams down. Six, seven minutes without giving up a field goal. That defense has not been evident at all this season. I don’t know if it is the loss of Akwasi Yeboah or the lack of fans at the RAC, but something isn’t right and hasn’t been all season. The Scarlet Knights are not stopping teams. And even worse, when they get stops, they have given up a ton of offensive rebounds. Defense and rebounding