Tariq Francis
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Oct 28, 2026
LukeHOST
I think I've told you that, or I've said that before.
LukeHOST
I've told someone, like, Tariq Francis is a stud.
LukeHOST
Lino Marx is good.
LukeHOST
Michael Davis is good.
Kristian DyerGUEST
And then you can kind of say, okay, you see Rutgers with the potential to be able to reload and do well.
Kristian DyerGUEST
I think the biggest issue for me is Tariq Francis.
Kristian DyerGUEST
And on this team, Bobby, he doesn't have to be the guy that puts up 20 shots a game like he did last year.
Kristian DyerGUEST
Is he going to be okay with that? Is he going to be okay with that role? Is he going to be okay with putting up 12 to 14 shots a game potentially? I think that's going to be where we're going to have to see where this Rutgers offense evolves.
Kristian DyerGUEST
And If Francis is able to have better shot selection and they're able to develop Gurdak in the post and will side nor potentially at the four.
Kristian DyerGUEST
There could be a lot of balance, which could help out someone like a Tariq Francis.
Kristian DyerGUEST
But yeah, I get the sense that this is going to be a better starting five and a deeper overall team than we saw last year.
Kristian DyerGUEST
Enough to get to 20 wins overall.
Troy ChewningHOST
I did not do as many notes on these bottom six teams as I did the other top 12 teams.
Troy ChewningHOST
But Tariq Francis kind of makes a difference when you're comparing them to the rest of these teams.
Troy ChewningHOST
So I'll take Rutgers
Noah BieniekHOST
14.
Troy ChewningHOST
But this is an uphill sledding job here for Washington.
Noah BieniekHOST
I got Rutgers 16.
Noah BieniekHOST
It's a one-man show offensively with Tariq Francis.
Noah BieniekHOST
Like Max said, hopefully they're better defensively because that will determine whether or not they're a basement team.
Troy ChewningGUEST
Out of all these bottom teams that I can go ahead and be honest, I did not do as many notes on these bottom six teams as I did the other top 12 teams.
Troy ChewningGUEST
But Tariq Francis kind of makes a difference when you're comparing him to the rest of these teams.
Troy ChewningGUEST
So I'll take Rutgers
Noah BieniekGUEST
14.
Troy ChewningGUEST
But this is an uphill sledding job here for Washington.
Noah BieniekGUEST
I got Rutgers 16.
Noah BieniekGUEST
It's a one-man show offensively with Tariq Francis.
Noah BieniekGUEST
Like Max said, hopefully they're better defensively because that will determine whether or not they're a basement team.
Matt McCallPANELIST
They had the biggest impact on winning because you bring up Rutgers.
Matt McCallPANELIST
I mean, Tariq Francis, like you talk about a guy can go out and get 20 and You know, I think there'll be guys like that that are putting up maybe bigger numbers than fierce, but it's going to leave the country and assist.
Matt McCallPANELIST
He's going to get 16, 17, 18 points and his team's going to win.
Matt McCallPANELIST
So I just, I don't know how you go against him.
Kristian DyerGUEST
That was a big struggle.
Kristian DyerGUEST
Um, Tariq Francis ha- had some very good moments, in particular in the first half.
Kristian DyerGUEST
But I mean, you look into the fact that he put up 26 shots, Bobby, I- in that game.
Bobby DerenHOST
Wow.
Kristian DyerGUEST
And Rutgers put up 89 shots.
Kristian DyerGUEST
Way too high of a percentage for, for Tariq Francis to be able to, uh, effectively put his imprint on the game.
Kristian DyerGUEST
A lot of the shot selections in the second half and overtime were very forced.
Kristian DyerGUEST
He got blocked, I think, three times after halftime, um, including overtime.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
You know, listen, I'm not making comparisons to the heyday of the Steve Peichel era, but when they were at their best, Guys like Gio Baker, Ron Harper Jr. could go one-on-one, could ISO, and could score, and could get you a bucket when you needed it.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
And between Tariq Francis, Lino Mark to an extent, Darren Smith Jr., these guys can break defenders down and get good shots.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
They can make tough shots.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
And that's key.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
That's a real encouraging sign for this team.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
You know, again, talking about the big three, I talked about it last week.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
Obviously, Tariq Francis back in this game, you know, had scored at a high level, you know, scored 24 points.
Aaron BreitmanHOST
It was 10 of 26, you know, missed some shots down the stretch, just 2 of 11 from 3.
Matthew WinickHOST
Here's some things that I do know.
Matthew WinickHOST
I know that Rutgers has a point guard and big man duo of Tariq Francis and Christian Gurdak.
Matthew WinickHOST
That is... for the amount of money that rutgers is paying them exceptionally yes and those are the two hardest positions to nail tarik francis was amazing last year christian gerdak was good in stretches at virginia tech and he's been unbelievable both against villanova and st john's i think he's averaging 19 and a half points and 11 and a half rebounds in two games that'll work uh outside of those two i'm still not fully set on a lot of things i kind of like leno mark like They'll be feisty and win a couple games they shouldn't in Big Ten play.
Matthew WinickHOST
And, of course, they have to deal with the awful situation with Steve Peichel, and hopefully he gets healed up soon and can return.
Greg PetersonHOST
Now, they bring back a few solid pieces from the backcourt.
Greg PetersonHOST
Tariq Francis was a nice double-figure-... figure scorer.
Greg PetersonHOST
Darren Buchanan is a nice 6'7" mixer and shaker.
Greg PetersonHOST
But typically, when this Rutgers team is really good under Coach Steve Pikiell, I know that he's been having some health issues, you feel for him there, but it's typically due to really good post play.
Ryan HammerHOST
I'm actually gonna swap that.
Adam HammerHOST
Tariq Francis is gonna be really good this year.
Ryan HammerHOST
All right.
Adam HammerHOST
He, I mean, he is really good.
Ryan HammerHOST
I, I like Northwestern, like, a little bit.
Ryan HammerHOST
Like, I think Jake West is gonna have an awesome year this year.
Ryan HammerHOST
I think between J-Mike, Jamichael Davis, Tariq Francis, Darren Buchanan return, all returning for Rutgers.
Ryan HammerHOST
Obviously, a big thing is, like, with Pikes right now with his health.
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