Game Thread - Alabama at MSU

[RocketDawg]

Looks like a poor crowd for a Saturday night.

Dogs looking good so far.

[msstate7]

Bell has gone to crap since tolu returned. If you pass him the ball, he won't pass, just force shots

[MoreCowbell]

Washington State beat #8 Arizona today

[CaptainObvious]

Jans up in Hubbards rear early tonight. Hope he has tough skin!

[CaptainObvious]

I think Bell's issue is the level of competition went way up and he can't bully these level players.

[msstate7]

I hate this pace. This is bama's pace, not ours. We will lose at this pace

[CaptainObvious]

Tolu over playing his hand a bit two trips. Two out of control plays. He needs to get on the low block and let it come to him, not try to dribble in to the post from 18 feet out.

[Coach34]

Flop and a 2nd foul. ****

[RockyDog]

Good effort but we are out athleted in this matchup. If our shots aren?t falling it?s gonna end up ugly.

Also not a good time for free throw shooting woes.

[msstate7]

Serious question- has tolu ever hit a FT va bala

[msstate7]

Good effort but we are out athleted in this matchup. If our shots aren’t falling it’s gonna end up ugly.

We can beat them if we slow it down. This pace is just what they want

[civildawg]

Tolu is gassed. We can't just rely on him for everything

[RocketDawg]

Just lost the lead.

[RockyDog]

We can beat them if we slow it down. This pace is just what they want

I’d agree if our half court offense wasn’t atrocious. And it looks like Hubbard is struggling to get his shot off against Bama. Not a good matchup for us

[msstate7]

Tolu is gassed. We can't just rely on him for everything

Bc we're running up and down the court. How did jans not hammer this in their heads? We can't run with them. We can bully their asses though in the half court. Play our game, not theirs!

[CaptainObvious]

I don't know if State will win this game or not, but I know which team understands what their coach wants them to do on offense. And it ain't the team wearing the road uniforms on their home court.

[RocketDawg]

Great play there, but then missed the layup and got called for goal tending on the put back.

[RocketDawg]

Serious question- has tolu ever hit a FT va bala

Not yet.

[RockyDog]

We are gonna lose due to missed freebies

[msstate7]

Our defense is on vacation

[civildawg]

They have way better athletes than us. Their speed is killing us

[msstate7]

Where's he going fort? You bailed em out

[msstate7]

They are fouling the shit out of us with no calls

[civildawg]

How are we at home and not getting some of these calls?

[msstate7]

Wanna know how to get tolu in shape? Every shot like that is an hour running bleachers

[msstate7]

How are we at home and not getting some of these calls?

It's ridiculous.

[CaptainObvious]

Why is the world is Tolu hanging around at the free throw line or over on the baseline 15 feet away? What witchcraft is this?

[CaptainObvious]

I bet if the refs went back to calling palming or carrying the ball, that would stop a lot of this crap of getting deep into the paint .

[RockyDog]

Not a good game for Hubbard to get in the doghouse

[msstate7]

Not a good game for Hubbard to get in the doghouse

No idea why they let you troll this board. It's fouls! He has 2

[BeardoMSU]

No idea why they let you troll this board. It's fouls! He has 2

#don'tknowball

[CaptainObvious]

Stop with the damn ref blaming. The dogs can't throw it in the ocean unless they are standing under the goal. And for some reason Tolu decided not to stand under the goal.

[BeardoMSU]

Good end there at least.

[RocketDawg]

Could've been down by 6 or 7 if not for the steal. Only down 2 at the half. Should be a little pick-me-up. And they needed the halftime - tired from playing too fast.

[msstate7]

Stop with the damn ref blaming. The dogs can't throw it in the ocean unless they are standing under the goal. And for some reason Tolu decided not to stand under the goal.

Both can be true. We saw what Jans saw - they're being allowed to play much more aggressive than us. That's Bs! ESPN saw it too, thus the close ups of jans losing his shit

[BeardoMSU]

Could've been down by 6 or 7 if not for the steal. Only down 2 at the half. Should be a little pick-me-up. And they needed the halftime - tired from playing too fast.

Yep

[RockyDog]

No idea why they let you troll this board. It's fouls! He has 2

You gon let a player that doesn’t shoot inside the arc sit for 2 fouls? gTFO with that shit. The dentist needs to get his head out his ass

[msstate7]

Good end there at least.

That was a big, tough basket by Moore

[BeardoMSU]

Both can be true. We saw what Jans saw - they're being allowed to play much more aggressive than us. That's Bs! ESPN saw it too, thus the close ups of jans losing his shit

Lol, exactly. It's BS.

[RocketDawg]

Getting a little tired of hearing the DeBoer hire and speech. I guess they do that with all coaching changes, but it's overdone.

[msstate7]

You gon let a player that doesn’t shoot inside the arc sit for 2 fouls? gTFO with that shit. The dentist needs to get his head out his ass

He just did. Just like Matthews. Troll on

[CaptainObvious]

The fans of the team that is struggling in the face of intense pressure ALWAYS blames the refs. Mississippi State message boards blame the refs every game, win or lose.

[msstate7]

The fans of the team that is struggling in the face of intense pressure ALWAYS blames the refs. Mississippi State message boards blame the refs every game, win or lose.

It was bs! I'm not a blame ref guy. That 2nd foul on Hubbard was BS for one. 2 players going for a loose ball and run into each other - foul on Hubbard! Why? Neither had possession, and both were going for a loose ball.

[msstate7]

Jans is 0-3 vs bama. He needs to figure out how to slow this game down and beat them up down low. Win this game, dawgs

[Coach34]

It was bs! I'm not a blame ref guy. That 2nd foul on Hubbard was BS for one. 2 players going for a loose ball and run into each other - foul on Hubbard! Why? Neither had possession, and both were going for a loose ball.

yeah- bad call. But they happen every game in the US. We got to overcome and make FT's

[msstate7]

yeah- bad call. But they happen every game in the US. We got to oversome and make FT's

That's true. Hubbard missed 2, and I swear tolu can't make a FT va bama to save his life. Last year he missed like 15

[BeardoMSU]

Getting a little tired of hearing the DeBoer hire and speech. I guess they do that with all coaching changes, but it's overdone.

He IS following Saban, fwiw, lol

[CaptainObvious]

Been outscored 17-2 off turnovers!

[MoreCowbell]

About to get run out of the gym

[msstate7]

Is tolu taking a dive

[RockyDog]

Ballgame

[msstate7]

Call a TO and get some guys that wanna rebound in

[msstate7]

Is tolu taking a dive

^^^^

[msstate7]

Put bell in. Tolu is either gassed or throwing the game. Either way, he's a liability

[CaptainObvious]

Where is Murphy? We need his physical play because the rest have gone South Carolina Game soft.

[RockyDog]

Call a TO and get some guys that wanna rebound in

Who? We are throwing up bricks 2 feet from the rim, missing free throws and getting out hustled. The dentist sat Cam all half and Bell, Tolu and Jones are getting outplayed by porn stache around the rim.

[RockyDog]

Meanwhile we are playing a 2 guard that scores about 2 points per game. Shak is giving nothing to this team

[CarolinaDawgs]

Without Elite guard play you can?t win in this conference/stage. Guess what we don?t have?

[civildawg]

This is pitiful. I knew we would get all our fans excited and lay an egg. We do it every freaking time

[RockyDog]

Porn stache is dominating our “bigs” in the paint

[CarolinaDawgs]

Lipstick on a pig My boys.

[MoreCowbell]

If you have watched our teams for the last 15 years you knew a performance like this was coming.

[msstate7]

Jans will never beat bama. He has no clue how to compete with them

[CaptainObvious]

Tennessee should be damned embarrassed for what happened Wednesday night.

[RocketDawg]

He IS following Saban, fwiw, lol

Yeah, but it's still irritating. Seems like a decent sort though.

[msstate7]

Meanwhile we are playing a 2 guard that scores about 2 points per game. Shak is giving nothing to this team

He has 9 pts.

[msstate7]

He has 9 pts.

11

[RockyDog]

Put in Chol. He can’t suck any worse than Bell and Tolu tonight

[RockyDog]

One of these days we will recruit basketball players. Hubbard is the only one. The rest are And One street ballers. And not good at that.

[msstate7]

Ok, I like this intensity. Get em

[RocketDawg]

Tolu was getting mugged just then with no call.

[msstate7]

Refs letting both teams play now. I like this level of physicalness

[RockyDog]

65-60 with 4 missed opportunities could come back to bite us

[RocketDawg]

Refs letting both teams play now. I like this level of physicalness

Except "letting them play" is a euphemism for not enforcing the rules.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tolu, classic no show production for him. White dude dominating him.

[msstate7]

Except "letting them play" is a euphemism for not enforcing the rules.

If they let it go both ways, I don't care how they call it

[Lord McBuckethead]

Except "letting them play" is a euphemism for not enforcing the rules.

Nothing crazy so far. Let them play.

[msstate7]

That bama dude with the stashe cuts his own hair. I can't hate him even though I'm trying... he looks so ridiculous, I can't hate him haha

[msstate7]

Take over, tolu! This is your team and your game... go win it

[RocketDawg]

Nice comeback. Can they keep it up?

[RocketDawg]

That bama dude with the stashe cuts his own hair. I can't hate him even though I'm trying... he looks so ridiculous, I can't hate him haha

You talking about the guy with the big eyebrows?

[msstate7]

Man, that loose ball was just bad luck... straight to them. I love this intensity

[msstate7]

You talking about the guy with the big eyebrows?

White dude

[Lord McBuckethead]

Mathews gets screwed on the foul call. Jeffries about to miss one of these.

[RocketDawg]

Man, that loose ball was just bad luck... straight to them. I love this intensity

Certainly can't criticize the effort tonight.

[CarolinaDawgs]

I?d rather watch my mom 17 the Jeffries at the line.

[RocketDawg]

White dude

Yeah, him. Take a look at the brows.

[RocketDawg]

Finally got the lead back.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Even when we get a steal, we fumble it. Guys, we need to score 8 more. Let?s go.

[CarolinaDawgs]

They have an elite guard

Kiss it goodbye

[RockyDog]

Oh well. 1-3 start in da league.

[msstate7]

We're beating them in almost every stat, but the score. Hopefully this turns in our favor soon

[Lord McBuckethead]

We are due a run. Let?s go.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tolu needs to figure out how to shoot in games where a white dude shuts down his attack moves.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tolu, back to back turnovers essentially down 2

[MoreCowbell]

Tolu wtf

[Lord McBuckethead]

Time for Hubbard and Fort to do something. Put Fort in Jan?s. Dude is about to hit the game winner.

[BeardoMSU]

They're playing Sexy Red in the Hump, lol. Jfc...

[msstate7]

Go to Tolu

[CarolinaDawgs]

FTs again

[RockyDog]

Missed free throws and shitty play in the post. Ballgame

[CarolinaDawgs]

Good god losing every ****ing game the same way is shit

[msstate7]

We lost it on the FT line

[Lord McBuckethead]

We missed 4 straight FT to lose this game. Damn.

[RocketDawg]

Missing FTs again haunting us just like in years past.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Missed free throws and shitty play in the post. Ballgame

Bell had a better game than Tolu.

[ZedFedder]

Played really hard, we just did not play well.

[msstate7]

Missing FTs again haunting us just like in years past.

Same suspects

[CarolinaDawgs]

It?s that same team over and over and over and over again.

[RockyDog]

Nate Oats to the Dentist, “You’re my bitch”

[RocketDawg]

Sears just can't miss.

[Bothrops]

What exactly is wrong with Andrew Taylor again? Isn't he a shooter?

[RocketDawg]

Maybe we can make a 3-pointer and get fouled.

[CarolinaDawgs]

If a guard can?t score 20 for us hang the ****ing game up.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tough games are tough. What can you do.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Maybe we can make a 3-pointer and get fouled.

Hope so. And then steal the inbound and hit another open 3.

[msstate7]

I just hope jans learns from this game... sitting Hubbard to make sure he doesn't foul out while losing the game in the 1st half isn't smart. Hubbard still has 2 fouls. Why do coaches automatically sit guys with 2 fouls? It isn't always the right move

[CarolinaDawgs]

Simple math. Any Guard scores 20 we win

0-3 in conference with dogshit guard play

[Lord McBuckethead]

6 straight FT to lose by 4-6 pts.

[calidawg]

What an embarrassment at the free throw line. Booo

[msstate7]

Oh well... I wanted 1 of 2 this week, and we got it.

[RockyDog]

The Dentist is Howland with defense.

[LC Dawg]

Make FTs = Win
Miss FTs = Lose

[Quaoarsking]

Simple math. Any Guard scores 20 we win

0-3 in conference with dogshit guard play

Uhhh?

[mparkerfd20]

Gotta make GD FTs!!! The simplest thing in ALL of basketball and our teams fail miserably at it.

[msstate7]

I'm a jerk

[MoreCowbell]

We are decent but not a really good team. Will make tourney and lose first game

[Bothrops]

Bama is more talented than us and that's the way it'll continue to be. Same with Auburn

[msstate7]

I'm a jerk

[Quaoarsking]

What if I told you we beat Tenn and we aren't 0-3? F yourself

If that guy didn't even know we beat Tennessee just 3 days ago, he shouldn't be allowed to post in a game thread.

[RockyDog]

Sitting Hubbard all of the first half is inexcusable. And you gotta let Cam play thru til 3 fouls. He carried the team in the first 5 minutes. Sitting those 2 for almost half of the first half is what caused us to fall behind.

[CaptainObvious]

Sucked in by shitty shooters again. When will I ever learn.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Bama and UK are the worst match ups for us in the SEC. Their style of play and athleticism is too much for us

[RockyDog]

He's a complete moron that should be banned, along with Rocky who is an OM troll. If I ever create a handle as an OM fan on an OM board to troll, my life is worthless and I'll kill myself.

Do you really think a scUM fan would give a shit about MSU hoops? Go F U C K yourself asshole

[Renardo Sidney]

Tough fight from both teams. Free throws were the difference but I wish Bell Jr and Fort got more minutes. Felt they can really contribute during scoring droughts

[CarolinaDawgs]

There?s now way y?all can?t recognize our 1 win in Conference we had a guard score 20+ points ?.


Takes a damn village around here to read

[CarolinaDawgs]

What if I told you that i posted about our guard play and you didn?t follow the thread??

Huh.. might be tough on ya there boy

[CaptainObvious]

So who will be State's next men's coach? If Jans can't win big games with this team, he ain't never winning. He gets up in Hubbards butt, yet continues to run non-shooters out there. And don't tell me it's because they play defense. They were abused by much better ball handlers who scored around the goal or from deep and out hustled them in both ends of the floor.

[msstate7]

I'm a jerk

[msstate7]

So who will be State's next men's coach? If Jans can't win big games with this team, he ain't never winning. He gets up in Hubbards butt, yet continues to run non-shooters out there. And don't tell me it's because they play defense. They were abused by much better ball handlers who scored around the goal or from deep and out hustled them in both ends of the floor.

You really ready to fire him? Jeez

[maroonmania]

We are not an elite team by any means and will now likely start 1-3 in the SEC. I'm just glad we at least got that one against TN. In some ways I feel very fortunate we did because after rewatching the game TN missed a bunch of open 3s in the first half of that game they don't normally miss.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Are we 0-3? If not, drink a gallon of bleach we are 0-3 when a guard doesn?t score 20 dipshit

[msstate7]

I'm a jerk

[RockyDog]

mstate7 is a douchebag

[msstate7]

We are not an elite team by any means and will now likely start 1-3 in the SEC. I'm just glad we at least got that one against TN. In some ways I feel very fortunate we did because after rewatching the game TN missed a bunch of open 3s in the first half of that game they don't normally miss.

We were 1-7 last year in sec, and made tourney. We'll be ok

[CarolinaDawgs]

Tolu is great to keep you in games but you cannot win in CBB without a great guard. Stop watching MLB and learn something 7.

[msstate7]

mstate7 is a douchebag

Then we have something in common... one thing we don't have in common is I'm a state fan

[msstate7]

Tolu is great to keep you in games but you cannot win in CBB without a great guard. Stop watching MLB and learn something 7.

I've watched enough to know we haven't lost 3 sec games. U watch!

[CarolinaDawgs]

We're 1-2, you stupid mf

Put that on me.. 0-2 when a guard doesn?t score 20 hahahaha the ole number wheel got me.

Either don?t argue with my rhetoric just the numbers.

[maroonmania]

We were 1-7 last year in sec, and made tourney. We'll be ok

Yep, will likely be a midpack SEC team and be OK. Like I said, just glad we got the TN game because this opening 4 game stretch is brutal and we could have ended up being 0-4 quite easily. Also to add, so far I don't think our defense is as consistently good as it was last season. Maybe that's because SEC teams have now had a full season to adjust to Jans.

[CarolinaDawgs]

7 was finally right about something!!! Someone throw a party

[msstate7]

Put that on me.. 0-2 when a guard doesn?t score 20 hahahaha the ole number wheel got me.

Either don?t argue with my rhetoric just the numbers.

Get it right. It isn't hard.., we've played 3 games and won a huge one

[CarolinaDawgs]

Now if we start 1-3 in conference with yet again average to non existent guard play.. will you succumb to my clear and obvious knowledge of basketball 7?

[CarolinaDawgs]

Get it right. It isn't hard.., we've played 3 games and won a huge one

Awesome win. Need more Hubbard to do it again. Just the way CBB works

[BeardoMSU]

mstate7 is a douchebag

Na...

[Bothrops]

One thing is for sure, we couldn't win at Lexington if our players lives depended on it.

[CaptainObvious]

You really ready to fire him? Jeez

Did not say I was ready to fire him. Just adding him to a long line of coaches who cannot beat Bama in a big game, a little game, or any a game that means something to taking the next step. This team isn't as tough as everybody makes them out to be. They get out rebounded by smaller teams. They cannot make free throws when it matters. They can't make layups or shots 3 feet from the goal when it matters. Usually when State teams lose by a few at home, they lose to that same team by 20+ on their court!

They are not tough. They are soft as baby poop!

[msstate7]

Na...

Thanks, I love ya, but I prob am tonight haha

[dawgday166]

Thanks, I love ya, but I prob am tonight haha

You are overly sensitive about the loss.

You're not fired up enough yet to wanna fire Jans again so that's a positive ****

[msstate7]

You are overly sensitive about the loss.

You're not fired up enough yet to wanna fire Jans again so that's a positive ****

I'm a crybaby bitch that hates to lose. Im also a huge a jans fan that believes we gonna make sweet 16

[dawgday166]

I'm a crybaby bitch that hates to lose. Im also a huge a jans fan that believes we gonna make sweet 16

Sweet 16 ... mmm, don't know. Gotta finish at the rim better. Wouldn't mind a guard who plays shutdown D like Frazier or Wilson and can shoot like them too.

I've only watched 2 games all year of any hoops tho. USCe and tonight. I don't need to watch ... they lose every time I do. Having only watched 2 games I haven't seen anywheres near enough hoops to feel comfortable making a prediction, one way or the other.

ETA: Hitting FTs wouldn't hurt either.