Let’s Check in on RutgersAl

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

 

[nomar]

Wow. That is taking homerism to a new level.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

Holy crap, what a loser. Lol.

 

[SportsFan88]

Damn what a sad way to go out

 

[ConnHuskBask]

To be fair, SUNJ got hosed. If the reaction on this board over getting a 4 as opposed to a 3 is any indication, I'd hate to an all time snub.

 

[That Guy]

They lost to B10 bottom dwellers Minnesota and Nebraska towards the end of the season and they want to complain?

 

[tzznandrew]

They lost to B10 bottom dwellers Minnesota and Nebraska towards the end of the season and they want to complain?

Nebraska's not a terrible loss.

Minnesota, on the other hand, is why they are out. So it essentially came down to one bucket.

 

[CTBasketball]

Could tell he went to Rutgers undergrad and law.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

To be fair, SUNJ got hosed. If the reaction on this board over getting a 4 as opposed to a 3 is any indication, I'd hate to an all time snub.

I do not think this is an “all time snub” scenario. Team was 19-14 and 3-7 in the last time. I could see it either way and while I don’t think they deserved it, I wouldn’t have been shocked to see them included. Honestly thought they would play PC in the playin games. 35 in Kenpom and the highest ranked team on KP not in the tournament.
I think the strongest case you could make for a team they should have gotten in over may be PC. Similar metrics to conference mate MSU. Arizona state the worst KenPom rating of any at large at 68, but had 22 wins.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I apologize to all the people on this board I've ever rolled my eyes at.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I do not think this is an “all time snub” scenario. Team was 19-14 and 3-7 in the last time. I could see it either way and while I don’t think they deserved it, I wouldn’t have been shocked to see them included. Honestly thought they would play PC in the playin games. 35 in Kenpom and the highest ranked team on KP not in the tournament.
I think the strongest case you could make for a team they should have gotten in over may be PC. Similar metrics to conference mate MSU. Arizona state the worst KenPom rating of any at large at 68, but had 22 wins.

I believe they were "in" 85 of 92 brackets on bracket matrix. Not really worth debating the credentials one way or another (your points are valid), but hard to argue that over 90% of the best aggregate of bracket models has you in and you end up a 1 seed in the NIT.

 

[ctchamps]

rutgersal was one of the best fans of another team to come here preseason year after year with a detailed optimistic report about players on his team and why Rutgers would win the BE. He’s scrappy on steroids.

Never came true but like night follows day he’d be here every preseason with that same optimism in spite of results.

Throwing shade on him after the meltdown this forum went through over a two point loss to a top ten team is just plain weird. He’s got nothing on more than 90% of the people who post here!

 

[huskiesNhoos]

rutgersal was one of the best fans of another team to come here preseason year after year with a detailed optimistic report about players on his team and why Rutgers would win the BE. He’s scrappy on steroids.

Never came true but like night follows day he’d be here every preseason with that same optimism in spite of results.

Throwing shade on him after the meltdown this forum went through over a two point loss to a top ten team is just plain weird. He’s got nothing on more than 90% of the people who post here!

didn't they have a guard at some point that was better than MJ?

 

[Palatine]

There is no question Al is one of the most consistent people on Earth.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Committee should have selected Rutgers over Huggy Bear’s Hillbillies.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Rutgers fans will be fine. They are used to failure.

 

[Waquoit]

We need more fans like Al on the Yard. He's a gentleman and a scholar. I'm pretty sure he's not killing his coach after 9-point road wins.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Committee should have selected Rutgers over Huggy Bear’s Hillbillies.

WVU is another somewhat controversial inclusion but Rutgers has 3 losses worse than their worst loss.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Sorry, you go 19-14, you don't deserve an at large bid. Sorry Rutgers. Also sad when 19-14 is considered a great season.

 

[ucp990411]

Makes me miss Rutgersal

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hofstra 88, Rutgers 86

Once a Rutgers, always a Rutgers.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Let’s beat Iona before we roll our eyes at RU loss to Hofstra!!

 

[metsfan2323]

I changed the channel with Rutgers up 5 with under 20 seconds to go. Must have been an epic meltdown.

 

[nomar]

Hofstra 88, Rutgers 86

Once a Rutgers, always a Rutgers.

3D chess by Rutgers. Now Al's "class action" lawsuit can proceed, as the team is available for the NCAA Tournament.

 

[caw]

Hofstra 88, Rutgers 86

Once a Rutgers, always a Rutgers.

But their staff coached so many pros.

Their injury platooned their season. They should be pretty good next year though. If Mag can come back healthy they should only lose one player from this year's team of any significance and they bring in maybe the best high school shooter in the country.