A couple quick things as I take a momentary break from the final exams that have been breaking my back this week…

The tight wins over Cal Baptist and St. Peter’s (and I consider 12 and 14 points tight against an NAIA team and a MAAC team anyday) were good wake up calls for the Hall last week. IUPUI and James Madison, two of the tougher non-conference, non-tournament games that Bobby Gonzalez scheduled are coming up next.

IUPUI is a legit program that has a player sometimes starting for the Spurs, so the Pirates will want to look out on Saturday. A game like they played in Jersey City WILL be a loss, no questions asked.

Meanwhile, Fox Sports is reporting that JC recruit Cliff Dixon has “unverbaled,” leaving the Hall again without a recruit for next season.

I’ll have word on Keon Lawrence when I get it.

That’s all for now.

-Skip

Rutgers starting lineup:

Offense

QB: Mike Teel (R-Sr.)*

HB: Jourdan Brooks (R-Fr.)

FB: Jack Corcoran (Jr.)

WR: Tiquan Underwood (Sr.)*

WR: Kenny Britt (Jr.)

TE: Kevin Brock (R-Sr.)

LT: Anthony Davis (Soph.)

LG: Howard Barbieri (R-Soph.)

C: Ryan Blaszczyk (R-Jr.)

RG: Mike Gilmartin (R-Sr.)

RT: Kevin Haslam (R.-Jr.)

After struggling to break out on offense in their first four games, Rutgers has decided to shake up the offensive line by shifting former left guard Kevin Haslam to right tackle, moving former right tackle Mike Gilmartin to right guard and replacing right guard Caleb Ruch with Howard Barbieri in the starting lineup.

Defense

LE: George Johnson (Jr.)

DT: Pete Tverdov (Sr.)*

DT: Alex Silvestro (Soph.)

RE: Jamaal Westerman (R-Sr.)

SLB: Kevin Malast (Sr.)*

MLB: Ryan D’Imperio (Jr.)

WLB: Manny Abreu (R-Fr.)

CB: Devin McCourty (R-Jr.)

CB: Jason McCourty (Sr.)*

FS: Courtney Greene (Sr.)*

SS: Joe Lefeged (Soph.)

Alex Silvestro, Joe Lefeged and Manny Abreu all made their first trip to Morgantown this week and will be part of a defense faced with the challenge of defending Pat White.

* denotes team captain