Let's Be A Basketball School Game Thread

[LC Dawg]

I like the starting lineup. Great start.

[msstate7]

We go to straight up pitiful offensively at the drop of a hat.

[mparkerfd20]

We are so ****ing sloppy on offense. Same song different year. ****ing fix it Jans. Damn!

[EdwardDrayton]

Sometimes we are not very smart on the basketball court.

[msstate7]

Melendez probably needs a few mins on the bench

[msstate7]

Want josh taking transition 3s

[LC Dawg]

Kugel's lack of basketball smarts is frustrating.

[Coach34]

Good start but we need to reel it in a little. Too many forced shots and lax passes. D is smothering them

[msstate7]

Great D by the way

[msstate7]

Need Harris to start shootiny

[Coach34]

We are ballin tonight. Love this

Aggressive/Physical/Attacking

[msstate7]

We have a chance to be pretty dang good. It sucks that we're in the the present day big east of the 90s

[R2Dawg]

We come to play tonight.

[LC Dawg]

Nwoko with the volleyball shot.

[EdwardDrayton]

A little hockey breaks out with the Nwoko slap shot.

[BeardoMSU]

A little hockey breaks out with the Nwoko slap shot.

Knuckle-Puck***

[R2Dawg]

Keyshawn has turned into a player

[msstate7]

This is impressive

[R2Dawg]

What a half of basketball. Best team ball I've seen since some of great Stans teams.

[BeardoMSU]

Like

[LC Dawg]

Great half!

[Coach34]

Great response after Butler hurt our feelings

Crowd showed up a little to help as well

[DawgFromOxford]

Heck of a first half. Dominating with 2nd chance points.

I like it when we don?t dig ourselves a 10 point hole in the first half. More of this basketball please.

[EdwardDrayton]

Now that was some tourney level basketball. And there's still room for improvement!!

[R2Dawg]

Now lets finish strong. Great tourney resume win right here that we must finish.

[R2Dawg]

Now that was some tourney level basketball. And there's still room for improvement!!

That was Final 4 level basketball right there.

[Coach34]

We have a chance to be pretty dang good. It sucks that we're in the the present day big east of the 90s

Yeah- this is the best the SEC has ever been this season. 10 teams likely make the Tourney.

[mparkerfd20]

Great half after 3 minutes of sloppiness. Way to make me eat my words. Now keep up that intensity!

[LC Dawg]

If we can play defense like this we can even things up against some of the better teams in the SEC.

[Coach34]

and I'll remind people- we didnt play Chol at all that half.

He is not a factor this season

[EdwardDrayton]

Interestingly we've only played eight guys so far.

[EdwardDrayton]

The three bench guys have 28 points.

[LC Dawg]

Interestingly we've only played eight guys so far.

I know you have to tighten up the rotation but I'm curious about Clary. Is he the last man out or is it something else.

[EdwardDrayton]

I know you have to tighten up the rotation but I'm curious about Clary. Is he the last man out or is it something else.

And he brings Warren in instead of Clary. Something's up with that.

[NCMSTFAN]

and I'll remind people- we didnt play Chol at all that half.

He is not a factor this season

Why are you so stuck on downing Chol? I don't think anyone here expects him to be an All SEC guy or anything. I personally think there are games he can contribute and help us out but that was odd that you decide to bring that up right now

[NCMSTFAN]

And he brings Warren in instead of Clary. Something's up with that.

I was wondering about that also

[LC Dawg]

I was wondering about that also

Something has to be up with Clary. He must be hurt or in trouble. Or could be something personal.

[EdwardDrayton]

Oh no. You do NOT want a piece of Cameron Matthews.

[Coach34]

Why are you so stuck on downing Chol? I don't think anyone here expects him to be an All SEC guy or anything. I personally think there are games he can contribute and help us out but that was odd that you decide to bring that up right now

Because he is a project still and a non-factor on this season. He may play in 5-7 games down the road at most with a game on the line

[msstate7]

Something has to be up with Clary. He must be hurt or in trouble. Or could be something personal.

Didn't he get kicked off Penn st last season?

[EdwardDrayton]

KeShawn doin' work.

[LC Dawg]

Didn't he get kicked off Penn st last season?

Yes. Not sure if it was ever clarified what happened.

[msstate7]

Nwoko and Murphy is a gonna work out

[Extendedcab]

Our boys came to play tonight! Go Dawgs!

[Dawgology]

They look really good tonight. Really focused.

Don’t know how we are competing against #18 though. We are just poor ol state. ***

[msstate7]

Warren isn't close to ready. Really hope clary is back soon. I do like Warren down the road though.

[LC Dawg]

I love to see the students getting into basketball.

[EdwardDrayton]

One of the most impressive games I've ever seen a State team play. We easily could have scored a hundred eliminating some sloppiness and being a little smarter.

[LC Dawg]

This was a 3 page thread. If State fans are upset over football they need to latch hold of this basketball team. They are good.

[HoopsDawg]

Warren isn't close to ready. Really hope clary is back soon. I do like Warren down the road though.

I like Clary but I loved the tighter rotation.

[trob115]

Heck of a win!!!!

Clary has a little injury he's working through.

[HoopsDawg]

Pitt just learned how tough The Hump can be. Especially when the refs let us play.

[mparkerfd20]

This was a 3 page thread. If State fans are upset over football they need to latch hold of this basketball team. They are good.
Couldn't agree more. And this team isn't just a breath of fresh air. They are actually damn good. Now the SEC is probably the strongest in history top to bottom this year. Even being middle of the pack is gonna be a hell of an accomplishment. With our D and an improved O, nobody is gonna be excited to play us all year long.

[NCMSTFAN]

Because he is a project still and a non-factor on this season. He may play in 5-7 games down the road at most with a game on the line

I think everyone pretty much understands that. Chol did help us early last season when Tolu was out and actually played good but again I don't think anyone expects a whole lot from him, I could see Jans throwing him at some bigs just because of his size though at some point.. and with the way Murphy and Nwoko looked tonight there's really no reason to play him a ton.

Nwoko 18 pts 12 rebs
Murphy 20 pts 7 rebs
Matthews also had 9 pts 13 rebs

We out rebounded a pretty big Pitt team 49 to 27

[msstate7]

I like Clary but I loved the tighter rotation.

Can't argue with the results. I do wonder what happens if cam is in foul trouble though... we need clary or someone that can handle the ball

[NCMSTFAN]

This was a 3 page thread. If State fans are upset over football they need to latch hold of this basketball team. They are good.

Agreed! It's time to genuinely get behind this program

[EdwardDrayton]

I like Clary but I loved the tighter rotation.

It definitely worked tonight. And will be glad to see Clary back; the additional depth will be a plus.

[NCMSTFAN]

Can't argue with the results. I do wonder what happens if cam is in foul trouble though... we need clary or someone that can handle the ball

Kugel and Claudell can help out some there but hopefully Clary returns. If not Hubb, Warren and Cam will have to run the show. Jans likes Warren and I trust Jans IQ, Warren just needs more game reps and he will be solid

[HoopsDawg]

Can't argue with the results. I do wonder what happens if cam is in foul trouble though... we need clary or someone that can handle the ball

The problem is you can't really play Hubbard and Clary together. Clary is a bit of an awkward fit on our team.

[NCMSTFAN]

The problem is you can't really play Hubbard and Clary together. Clary is a bit of an awkward fit on our team.

I dont really like seeing them playing together either. But I do like bringing Clary off the bench

[NCMSTFAN]

A player that doesn't get talked about a whole lot but seems to show up every game is RJ Melendez. He is definitely a glue guy who can help in so many ways

[parabrave]

GFD. Just checked in Is that Score right. Pitt was the 18th ranked team/ Well our RPI just shot to the moon.

[parabrave]

The three bench guys have 28 points.

Our Bench is one of the strongest in the SEC.

[PGHBulldogBG]

SEC play will be tough but I get to walk into work with all the Pitt fans tomorrow loud and proud!

[LC Dawg]

A player that doesn't get talked about a whole lot but seems to show up every game is RJ Melendez. He is definitely a glue guy who can help in so many ways

Yeah, his stats don't stand out but he's been solid all year.

[HoopsDawg]

Our Bench is one of the strongest in the SEC.

A little misleading bc Murphy had 20 of those. The SEC is ridiculous this year. We need to beat Memphis so 8-10 in conference would still get us a bid.

[HoopsDawg]

A player that doesn't get talked about a whole lot but seems to show up every game is RJ Melendez. He is definitely a glue guy who can help in so many ways

I was really pissed about his minutes vs Butler.

[NCMSTFAN]

I was really pissed about his minutes vs Butler.

So was I! He only played 10 min that game, the lowest of the season

[MoreCowbell]

Keyshawn has turned into a player

I predicted in preseason thread he would be a late pick. He is working himself into the first round