Basketball Road Egg Bowl Game 1

[Coach34]

**** the Shitbirds

[Coach34]

physicallllllll babyyyyyyy

[R2Dawg]

Dang this year, corn row Tolu sucks. Tolu disappears and plays terrible when pressed. He needs to slow down.

Cam has played good with corn this year. Like Cam with the fro though.

[Maroonthirteen]

Manute Bol kid will remember that shoulder to the chest

[R2Dawg]

Tolu needs get his head in game. Davis drops him a dime and nothing.

[R2Dawg]

Tolu needs to sit. He is killing us.

[R2Dawg]

Davis gets hammered and no foul then call foul on him.

[R2Dawg]

Officiating is horrible to start.

[R2Dawg]

He walked, my goodness.

[Maroonthirteen]

Last 4 or 5 possessions we haven't even shot the ball. Turnover before we even shoot. Damn it

[RockyDog]

We look like a bunch of random kids in the park trying to imitate And1 streetball

[Lord McBuckethead]

Everyone going too fast on offense.
That was not a foul by Davis. Dude blew the whistle.

Make that another turnover.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Then we get a clean steal, dribble off our foot to an easy UM bucket. Damn.

[Cloak]

Love the decision from Jans to sit Tolu. It just had to be done. He's just not physical enough

[Maroonthirteen]

I don't care what happens tonight. State is a better team.

We are playing terrible at their place and have a small lead. They have so overrated hyped all season.

[Goldendawg]

Davis's minutes need to go to Hubbard, Moore & Fort (may be hurt).

[Cloak]

Love the decision from Jans to sit Tolu. It just had to be done. He's just not physical enough

Right on cue he's back in unfortunately lol

[Maroonthirteen]

Ha. Just took the ball from that skinny b

[R2Dawg]

Ok refs calling fouls now.

We playing tough, like we need to. We need Tolu to show up at some point.

Dang Hubbard changes everything!!

[Coach34]

lol- I hate game threads. You guys kill me.

Tolu is one of the best 3 guys in the country in the paint. Holy shit

[Travelingdawg]

Yes heard today Fort was out a couple games, sprained thumb.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tolu literally does not know how to get position.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Someone needs to put the ball in the bucket while Hubbard is out. Who is it going to be?

[Lord McBuckethead]

UN offensive guy drives his shoulder into Cam just running beside him, defensive foul?

[Thick]

Some bullshit fouls called on us…..Davis and Jones, jr

[MoreCowbell]

lol- I hate game threads. You guys kill me.

Tolu is one of the best 3 guys in the country in the paint. Holy shit

He is very skilled but needs to learn how to play off-ball when he is not the 1st option.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Is tolu the most overrated player we have had

[Maroonthirteen]

UN offensive guy drives his shoulder into Cam just running beside him, defensive foul?

For reals. That was BS.

[DawgFromOxford]

How do you get screened at the 3pt line like that to give a completely open look with 5 seconds left in the half. Everyone saw it coming except us apparently

[BuckyIsAB****]

Shak Moore is the key to the season

[Cloak]

lol- I hate game threads. You guys kill me.

Tolu is one of the best 3 guys in the country in the paint. Holy shit

Lmao. That's a crazy statement. I think you drank a little too much coffee...

[Coach34]

Is tolu the most overrated player we have had

Holy shit. Thats like saying Will Rogers throws a great deep ball

[Coach34]

Lmao. That's a crazy statement. I think you drank a little too much coffee...

Nobody plays him 1 on 1- there is a reason for that

[RockyDog]

Hoping Beard doesn’t coach circles around the dentist coming out of the half.

[R2Dawg]

lol- I hate game threads. You guys kill me.

Tolu is one of the best 3 guys in the country in the paint. Holy shit

I love Tolu but he has sucked the first half. No one said he was worst big in SEC.

[Maroonthirteen]

Ok. He needs to come out. Ridiculous

[R2Dawg]

That is about the 7th TO on Tolu, then a stupid foul for 3. Did OM pay him off?

[BuckyIsAB****]

Holy shit. Thats like saying Will Rogers throws a great deep ball

Yeah he looks great

[RockyDog]

Get Tolus lazy ass out there!!!

[BuckyIsAB****]

God C34 you are just steady eating Ls hahaha

[Lord McBuckethead]

Simple as this, Tolu up to the start of the 2nd half, did not come to play. He needs to figure it out.

[RockyDog]

Ballgame

[BuckyIsAB****]

Hahahhahaha

[RockyDog]

Back to And1 skreetball

[Cloak]

Turnovers and a couple bad defensive possessions for the top 3 paint player to start the half.

[Lord McBuckethead]

At this point, I would rather Bell be out there.

[RockyDog]

Beard is gonna own Jans’s ass for as long as he wants to

[Lord McBuckethead]

Tolu isn?t Lawrence Roberts. Get down low, use their body, create space and get a shot off the glass.

[Maroonthirteen]

Well. Mo has changed. We can't get a clean look. They have found their touch. Glad I didn't go to this game.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Don?t call timeout. Let it run.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Well. Mo has changed. We can't get a clean look. They have found their touch. Glad I didn't go to this game.

Stone Hands Tolu

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why don?t we cover a guy that steps out? All the do is dribble at the three, the guy next to him steps out, they pass and shoot.

Over and over. At some point our guys need to tighten up on the guy stepping out.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

[QUOTE=RockyDog;1582138]Beard is gonna own Jans?s ass for as long as he wants to[/QUOTE

Just like Lane Train

[Cloak]

I hate talking bad about Tolu, because I'm cheering for him. He's just not that guy. I hope he figures it out.

We will get a run, OM just got theirs.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Again, I said to take UN and the over. We simple cannot or have not played two games in a row worth a shit in 15 years. It gets old.

[BeardoMSU]

We are so GD sloppy with the ball. Infuriating.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I hate talking bad about Tolu, because I'm cheering for him. He's just not that guy. I hope he figures it out.

We will get a run, OM just got theirs.

I wish our big time players showed up. He looks like a fat freshman out there until now. Does he even have an offensive board or a single FG this game?

[Saltydog]

It's like I told a poster on here earlier today regarding this game, we just don't have enough offense to win the big games on the road. They can shoot. We can't. Ballgame......

[BuckyIsAB****]

I thought we played defense

[RocketDawg]

Took 6 minutes to make a field goal.

[RockyDog]

O fer the road. Jans is Overrated

[Saltydog]

Corn Rows needs to sit. When he's doubled he just vanishes.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Alright, we are in the bonus. Hit free throws. All of them. Let?s go. 17. Missed the front end. Turnover.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Corn Rows needs to sit. When he's doubled he just vanishes.

One trick pony

[Lord McBuckethead]

Smith looks ready now.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Corn Rows needs to sit. When he's doubled he just vanishes.

If he would go strong the second he catches it, then the double team wouldn?t matter. But he doesn?t.

[parabrave]

Cam Manning up.

[parabrave]

Toulu has inproved his FT shooting

[Lord McBuckethead]

I expect Tolu to win this game for us. The time is now.

[RockyDog]

Given up 11 threes and 20 assists. Atrocious effort tonight

[BuckyIsAB****]

Given up 11 threes and 20 assists. Atrocious effort tonight

I agree the defensive effort is not what it has been. Better score

[Big4Dawg]

Given up 11 threes and 20 assists. Atrocious effort tonight

Are we watching a different game? The effort is 100% there. Both teams just shooting lights out

[BuckyIsAB****]

Please get out of this pressure defense they have absolutely cooked us its not doing shit

[CaptainObvious]

Well I think it is that Ole Miss shooters are just good. If State is a tourney team, so is Ole Miss. They can flat out dribble penetrate and get lots of open shots inside and out. They create offense off the dribble. We dribble to audition for the kiddie halftime dribbling show.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well here it is. I want Shaq taking it.

[parabrave]

Feed Cam/

[Lord McBuckethead]

This better be a two man possession. Between Shaq and Hubbard.

[parabrave]

Well here it is. I want Shaq taking it.

Well anyone but DJ.

[parabrave]

Call A T on the fans

[Quaoarsking]

Should be a technical for throwing that pompom on the floor

[Lord McBuckethead]

Shaq or Hubbard. Instead. Clank. Hell of a game for Cam. This game was lost when Tolu didn?t play the first 5 minutes of the half.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Shit. Cam.

[MoreCowbell]

Wow

[Big4Dawg]

You have to be kidding me

[msugolf]

Just an awful coaching job on that final possession

[DawgFromOxford]

Quite possibly the most unclutch free throw possession I've ever seen

[CaptainObvious]

We've been saying free throw shooting was gonna cost us a game. That was the worst effort at "missing" a free throw I have ever seen!

[msstate7]

Hell of a game.. not even mad. Couple things though...

1. Jans, that token pressure all night was garbage. They got easy shot after easy shot vs it.

2. Jans, you can't set up a game tying shot for Matthews or tolu bc teams can just foul them.

I thought we played great, but Jans didn't have his best night

[Lord McBuckethead]

We are so bad a free throws. It cost us this game, amongst the opening 3 minutes of the half.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Im glad Tolu is taking money from fans for this

[99jc]

17 this team. every time you start to believe they 17 it up.

[CaptainObvious]

Im pretty sure cam was supposed to penetrate and throw it back to Hubbard who had no one within 15 feet of him.

[BuckyIsAB****]

17 this team. every time you start to believe they 17 it up.

Same ol stuff

[StarkVegasSteve]

Literally take all our NIL money and give it to Hubbard and FT and 3 pt shooters. And fire whoever the FT coach is if we have one.

[msstate7]

17 this team. every time you start to believe they 17 it up.

My God, they just beat a top 10 team. Our fans are so stupid about basketball... it's hard as hell to win road games.

[Joebob]

17 this team. every time you start to believe they 17 it up.

You shouldn't let one win change anything. They need to play consistently good basketball and win several in a row to show that they've actually turned a corner.

[CaptainObvious]

Should be a technical for throwing that pompom on the floor

They are NEVER going to let a game be decided by a pompom thrown in the floor in a dead ball situation. NEVER! Now a Bloody Tampon, maybe!😳

[MoreCowbell]

What is disheartening is we shot better from the field, shot better from 3, out rebounded them on offense and defense and made more free throws.

We lost the turnover battle 15-7, that is where game was lost.

[msstate7]

Literally take all our NIL money and give it to Hubbard and FT and 3 pt shooters. And fire whoever the FT coach is if we have one.

I'd make the move to Andy Kennedy style of offense with Hubbard being the volume shooter next season

[msstate7]

You shouldn't let one win change anything. They need to play consistently good basketball and win several in a row to show that they've actually turned a corner.

Kinda hard to get a winning streak when 7 of your 8 sec games are q1 games

[Saltydog]

My God, they just beat a top 10 team. Our fans are so stupid about basketball... it's hard as hell to win road games.

Apparently much harder for some than others.......

[StarkVegasSteve]

What is disheartening is we shot better from the field, shot better from 3, out rebounded them on offense and defense and made more free throws.

We lost the turnover battle 15-7, that is where game was lost.

And for the 5th or 6th straight year they had a nobody career it against us. Guy averages 5 a game and scores 18.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Kinda hard to get a winning streak when 7 of your 8 sec games are q1 games

Welcome to the SEC. Life is tough in this conference. To be elite you have to win road games. We currently do not do that. We will do the same crap on Saturday that we usually do, outside of tonight. We will get down big, make a run and cut it to 5 or 6, and then lose by 10.

[msstate7]

Apparently much harder for some than others.......

Our road games in the sec have all been q1 games. SC, OM, and Florida have 1 loss at home combined all year... Florida lost by 2 to Kentucky

[msstate7]

Welcome to the SEC. Life is tough in this conference. To be elite you have to win road games. We currently do not do that. We will do the same crap on Saturday that we usually do, outside of tonight. We will get down big, make a run and cut it to 5 or 6, and then lose by 10.
We've played more Q1 sec games than all the sec teams

[StarkVegasSteve]

We've played more Q1 sec games than all the sec teams

And should have won 3 of them. We have blown 3 great Q1 opportunities now. That is what keeps you out of the tournament or in the play in on Selection Sunday.

You have to make the most of your opportunities. Q1 wins move the needle. Q2 and Q3 just hold serve unless you lose, which we will probably do at least once.

[msstate7]

After Saturday, the schedule lets up big time. All the ones crying in here didn't think we'd win one of Auburn, OM, and Bama anyway, so dry them tears and be a big boy. If we suck in February, then sure, cry

[civildawg]

Welcome to the SEC. Life is tough in this conference. To be elite you have to win road games. We currently do not do that. We will do the same crap on Saturday that we usually do, outside of tonight. We will get down big, make a run and cut it to 5 or 6, and then lose by 10.

This. Tired of hearing the excuses about winning on the road. Just win

[msstate7]

And should have won 3 of them. We have blown 3 great Q1 opportunities now. That is what keeps you out of the tournament or in the play in on Selection Sunday.

We've won 2 vs teams that quite frankly we shouldn't. Auburn and Tenn are better than us

[maroonmania]

Our road games in the sec have all been q1 games. SC, OM, and Florida have 1 loss at home combined all year... Florida lost by 2 to Kentucky

Our defense is not playing well enough on the road to win. We gave up 90 to KY, 86 tonight to OM and I think 80 to FL if I remember right. It's going to be a rare event when we give up 80+ points and win. That's just not the Jans way. I would put us at about a 5% chance to win in Tuscaloosa so we are already basically at 3-6.

[StarkVegasSteve]

We've won 2 vs teams that quite frankly we shouldn't. Auburn and Tenn are better than us

And lost two against two teams we should have beat. South Carolina and OM both should have been wins but TOs killed us at both places. Unfortunately we do not play well on the road and that will haunt us come March, one way or the other.

[BuckyIsAB****]

3-6 is not very good no matter how you defend it. 3-6 is not just losing on the road

[msstate7]

3-6 is not very good no matter how you defend it. 3-6 is not just losing on the road

You're right, they lost to #7 NET bama at home. That's the home sec losses.

[StarkVegasSteve]

3-6 is not very good no matter how you defend it. 3-6 is not just losing on the road

It actually is. We have played 4 home games and 5 road games after Saturday. So 3-6 is basically just losing on the road.

[msstate7]

It actually is. We have played 4 home games and 5 road games after Saturday. So 3-6 is basically just losing on the road.

I understand the frustration esp after a loss to OM, but our schedule has been brutal...

4 homes game with 3 of them being top 10 in net.

3 road games with all 3 being Q1 games. Those 3 teams we played on the road have 1 loss combined all season at home.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I understand the frustration esp after a loss to OM, but our schedule has been brutal...

4 homes game with 3 of them being top 10 in net.

3 road games with all 3 being Q1 games. Those 3 teams we played on the road have 1 loss combined all season at home.

But you let two of those road games slip away and one of the home games. And they slipped away because we cannot do fundamental things correctly. If we were just getting beat then oh well. But we are getting beat by little things.

[DawgFromOxford]

You guys can sell it all you want that the team is better than the record shows due to tough scheduling blah blah blah... Maybe you're right. But the average to below average fan isn't going to pay money and drive to Starkville to pack the hump when its a 50/50 chance if the team shows up and plays decent or plays abysmal basketball.

If Jans and the team want consistent support then they need consistent wins. end of story

[msstate7]

You guys can sell it all you want that the team is better than the record shows due to tough scheduling blah blah blah... Maybe you're right. But the average to below average fan isn't going to pay money and drive to Starkville to pack the hump when its a 50/50 chance if the team shows up and plays decent or plays abysmal basketball.

If Jans and the team want consistent support then they need consistent wins. end of story

Our fans aren't coming anyway. They've proven over and over again they're only looking for justification not to come.

[BuckyIsAB****]

It actually is. We have played 4 home games and 5 road games after Saturday. So 3-6 is basically just losing on the road.

I dont care enough to go look at every teams record but you don?t need me to tel you that 3-6 is bad no matter where you play, and that good teams win on the road. At least ya l know 2-3 out of 5 times. The road excuse will be the excuse we are in NIT and people will continue to not give a shit about the sport

[BuckyIsAB****]

Our fans aren't coming anyway. They've proven over and over again they're only looking for justification not to come.

Well yea. Games like tonight are why. OM won because our team leader in NIL gave the game away.

[MoreCowbell]

Should have taken one of @USCe, @FLA or @OM. Not doing that will come back to haunt us

[DawgFromOxford]

Our fans aren't coming anyway. They've proven over and over again they're only looking for justification not to come.


Our fans aren't coming anyway. They've proven over and over again they're only looking for justification not to come.

Because the team has shown over and over again that they may not show up either. And it?s been that way for over a decade now. And by showing up I mean playing a level of basketball that results in a W. You want fans to get over their apathy and pack the hump? Then win some dang road games. String some decent wins together.

I love watching us play tough physical basketball. I love watching Hubbard play. But I love watching us win more. And the fact is we haven?t done that consistently in quite some time.

Nothing like spending hard earned money and driving for hours to watch our team lose games because we shoot 68% from the free throw line. Which is good enough for last place in the SEC and 282nd in D1 basketball.

[msstate7]

Because the team has shown over and over again that they may not show up either. And it?s been that way for over a decade now. And by showing up I mean playing a level of basketball that results in a W. You want fans to get over their apathy and pack the hump? Then win some dang road games. String some decent wins together.

I love watching us play tough physical basketball. I love watching Hubbard play. But I love watching us win more. And the fact is we haven?t done that consistently in quite some time.

Nothing like spending hard earned money and driving for hours to watch our team lose games because we shoot 68% from the free throw line. Which is good enough for last place in the SEC and 282nd in D1 basketball.

Net #37
BPI #34
Kenpom #33
RPI #35

Bracketmatrix has up in 84 of 86 brackets.

We're in a position to make the tourney in back-to-back years for only the 6th time in our history.

Either our fans expectations are way too high or our fans' basketball IQ is too low. I lean the latter

[StarkVegasSteve]

Net #37
BPI #34
Kenpom #33
RPI #35

Bracketmatrix has up in 84 of 86 brackets.

We're in a position to make the tourney in back-to-back years for only the 6th time in our history.

Either our fans expectations are way too high or our fans' basketball IQ is too low. I lean the latter

If expecting a team to shoot 75% from the FT line, which is good for 53rd in the country, is asking too much then you are right. My expectations are too high.

[msstate7]

If expecting a team to shoot 75% from the FT line, which is good for 53rd in the country, is asking too much then you are right. My expectations are too high.

6 teams in the sec shoot that %. I'd love that too, but that isn't the only stat in basketball.

[StarkVegasSteve]

6 teams in the sec shoot that %. I'd love that too, but that isn't the only stat in basketball.

It is not. You are correct. We also turned it over 15 times last night and 13 times at USCe. That is 28 turnovers in 2 games that we lost by a combined 10 points. Those are two Q1 opportunities blown because we could not do something fundamental, like take care of of the ball.

[Coach34]

If expecting a team to shoot 75% from the FT line, which is good for 53rd in the country, is asking too much then you are right. My expectations are too high.

Yep- wayyy too high. We have 1 team do that in the last 22 years- the shortened 2020 season.

Shot 70% or better 6 times in 22 years

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yep- wayyy too high. We have 1 team do that in the last 22 years- the shortened 2020 season.

Shot 70% or better 6 times in 22 years

That is a sobering stat. So basically we have always sucked at shooting FTs. I mean even just asking us to shoot 72, which would put us at 150th, seems to be a steep hill to climb.

[maroonmania]

That is a sobering stat. So basically we have always sucked at shooting FTs. I mean even just asking us to shoot 72, which would put us at 150th, seems to be a steep hill to climb.

Yes, we do pretty much always suck at free throw shooting. Coaches and players come and go but we still always suck. And OM is almost always the opposite. Coaches and players come and go there as well but they still always seem to be competent at free throw shooting. Very weird.