IUWBB vs Rutgers - 2/4/21 @ 8:00 on BTN

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

Our 17th ranked Hoosiers (10-4) (8-2) host Rutgers (5-3) (1-3) who's had quite the problem with COVID-19 and hasn't played since Jan. 3, postponing 7 games in that span.  Hope we double and triple check them so they don't bring any of that crap to our team.  We need everyone healthy for Sunday's game at Iowa.

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ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Coming off a month long COVID-19 pause, Rutgers will play just its ninth game of the 2020-21 season on Thursday night - last playing On Jan. 3 at Nebraska. They are led by preseason Big Ten Player of the Year Arella Guirantes who averages 22.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Nancy Lieberman Top 10 watchlist candidate freshman guard Diamond Johnson adds 17.5 points per game. The Scarlet Knights are averaging 81.3 points per game.

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Indiana is coming off a 79-67 win over Michigan State on Sunday night. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Holmes led the way with 17 points as four players scored in double figures as a big second-half surge led the Hoosiers to victory.

Senior guard Ali Patberg and junior guard Grace Berger have each been named to respective Top 10 watch lists by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. Patberg returns on the nation's best point guard list from last season on the Nancy Lieberman Award Top 10 while Berger earns the program's first ever Top 10 honoree on the Cheryl Miller Award for nation's top small forward.

IU comes in at No. 10 in the latest NET rankings, which replaced the previously used RPI system. They are the second highest Big Ten team in the NET rankings this season.

Holmes is leading the way for the Hoosiers this season with her 17.8 points per game, ties a team-high 6.9 rebounds, 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 59.7 percent from the floor. Berger adds 15.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game.

Thursday's game against the Scarlet Knights is a rescheduled game from a previous postponement between the two teams on Jan. 18. IU and Rutgers will only meet once in the regular season in 2020-21.

 
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will travel to Iowa on Sunday afternoon in another nationally televised game. Tipoff on ESPN2 is set for 2 p.m. ET at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,958]

From my opening post in this thread --  Hope we double and triple check them so they don't bring any of that crap to our team.

Well we did and Rutgers flunked so tonight's game is postponed.  With the number of games Rutgers has had to  postpone because they can't self-police their program they should be considered forfeits.  We have games already scheduled for the 7th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 27th and either March 5 or 6.   This will be the 8th game Rutgers has postponed because of COVID.  Enough is enough.  I don't know what Rutgers' remaining schedule looks like but how in hell could they make up 8 games in the next 4 weeks?   Come on B1G, call them forfeits and then boot them out of the conference.

And I forgot to mention that tonight's game was a make-up for the previously scheduled Jan. 18th game that had to be canceled because of Rutgers incompetence.  

 

[mamasa 14,818]

I had one thing that I was looking forward to today, and now Rutgers has screwed that up!  I'm with you- if you have to postpone this many, forfeit!

[Aaron 4,147]

Its time for Rutgers to be shut down for the season by the Big Ten.

After 5 weeks if you still are having positive tests it means you are not taking protocol seriously with mitigating the spread. Its not fair to the other 13 Big Ten teams that are taking it seriously to have to deal with the Scarlet Knights and possibly catching the virus from them.

Rutgers is not that great or a factor in the Big Ten race so at this point they are only a hinderance. I tend not to blame teams for COVID and that is part of the deal this season but after five weeks, enough is enough and at that point its on the team for improper protocol and at this point they are a danger to other teams.

I know IU was planning to play and had media availability yesterday. Its time for the Big Ten to tell Rutgers their season is over.