Texas game thread

[msstate7]

Warren and jones can't play together, jans.

[msstate7]

Get this damn lineup out of there

[msstate7]

Jans just pissed that lead away. WTF

[msstate7]

Melendez, do better

[msstate7]

Melendez, do better

Like that

[msstate7]

Melendez, do better
And that

[LC Dawg]

Good to see Melendez hit some 3s. Harris has gone ice cold the last few games.

[msstate7]

Pretty sure kugel rubs oil on his hands pregame. If you put Harris in Antarctica, the temp there would drop by 10 degrees

[LC Dawg]

That was sweet from Murphy to Cam.

[msstate7]

Jones, you should never a shot before anyone touches the ball. That was twice, and now we gonna be losing

[LC Dawg]

If you really, really, really, want us to miss a 3 point shot just leave us completely wide open.

[civildawg]

I'm betting on whoever we play in the tournament. This team is a fraud

[msstate7]

Harris and kugel make me sick to my stomach

[LC Dawg]

An embarrassing finish to the half.
And I still think we win the game.

[BeardoMSU]

Dogshit effort and execution once again...against a shitty opponent too.

[RezDog7]

Guaranteed 8 seed and 1 and done. What a garbage team.

[msstate7]

An embarrassing finish to the half.
And I still think we win the game.

Hopefully. Doubling Hubbard is killing us

[PGHBulldogBG]

Guaranteed 8 seed and 1 and done. What a garbage team.

Might be a 9 seed actually if we lose these next 2 then first game in sec tournament

[Thick]

I just don?t get the lack of attention to detail on defense. The offensive rebound vs 3 with their fingers up their ass as one rebounds and shoots in mid air before our guys even move to the basket. It?s hard for me to watch these guys. Can Riley do anything without looking like he?s about to cry?? Nut up and start being aggressive, and thank God for Jones just getting after it with his length and athleticism.

[msstate7]

If they're gonna double Josh, someone besides Melendez has to hit open shots

[Thick]

Finish at the rim!!!

[msstate7]

Come on state... win this game

[msstate7]

Just sit kugel

[LC Dawg]

Murphy has disappeared a little the last 3 halves. Need him this half.

[msstate7]

College has to pick up the break away foul like nba

[msstate7]

Nwoko just decided to shoot no matter what

[msstate7]

Kugel has no confidence

[msstate7]

Saving Melendez till we down 20 is a strategy... a DA one, but a strategy nonetheless

[msstate7]

In those highlights, Josh is just standing there. Yeah, pretty easy to deny that

[msstate7]

Great stretch from Harris

[msstate7]

Outstanding, kugel

[msstate7]

Again, ncaa has to get the clear path call. That should be 1 FT and the ball

[msstate7]

Nwoko, what are you doing

[EdwardDrayton]

Nwoko, what are you doing

Body checked the guy with the puck. *****

[msstate7]

Johnson is unbelievable, unfortunately

[BeardoMSU]

Lolz

[HoopsDawg]

These breakdowns on the arc are so frustrating to watch. Why do they keep making the same mistakes.

[civildawg]

Man it sure is hard to win on the road in the SEC except in Starkville. Screw Jans, go hire Will wade

[BeardoMSU]

Man it sure is hard to win on the road in the SEC except in Starkville. Screw Jans, go hire Will wade

He FSU bound...

[msstate7]

These breakdowns on the arc are so frustrating to watch. Why do they keep making the same mistakes.

Perhaps we should give an IQ test before taking a player

[Quaoarsking]

Looking like our 5th straight year to finish 8-10...

[LC Dawg]

Senior night bed shitting.

[chef dixon]

Jans is headed to the big 10

[R2Dawg]

I'm just sick of this basketball team and I love basketball. We probably won't win another game this year.

[BeardoMSU]

Cant wait to getting bounced in the first round...but at least we got to dance!**

[Quaoarsking]

Who else remembers the Georgia game in 2012?

[CaptainObvious]

Why are all our Men's Sports teams so impotent? It is really embarrassing sometimes to witness the ineptitude on all playing surfaces!

[CarolinaDawgs]

lol at us

[R2Dawg]

Cant wait to getting bounced in the first round...but at least we got to dance!**

We gonna get embarrassed by Hofstra or similar. This year has been most disappointing year of the 3 IMO.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Great possession there fart noise

[chef dixon]

We've been a bad home team for a long time now

[msstate7]

Lucky there. Take advantage

[CarolinaDawgs]

Cam not being a basketball player strikes again

[msstate7]

Why not too a big man away from the ball? It woulda been 1 and 1

[CarolinaDawgs]

Inbounding the ball to Cam to bring up the court is a so damn dumb i cannot even explain it

[R2Dawg]

All I know is MSU must get a team be good soon. I can't take much more suck across the board. 2014-2021 seems like a light year ago.

[LC Dawg]

**** yeah Dawgs!

[msstate7]

Inbounding the ball to Cam to bring up the court is a so damn dumb i cannot even explain it

Who you want to bring it up? Thats our biggest problem - no pg

[R2Dawg]

Yall can thank me later; its working.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Who is ready for maximum pain

[BeardoMSU]

Yall can thank me later; its working.

I stopped watching too, lol.

It works!!!

[msstate7]

They absolutely blew it, and we have to make them pay

[EdwardDrayton]

How we love to play down to our competition.

[civildawg]

You can't lose this game now, you just can't

[CarolinaDawgs]

Who you want to bring it up? Thats our biggest problem - no pg

Literally anybody with basketball skill kugel just ran a phenomenal pick and roll with Murphy

[LC Dawg]

I'd given up. I hope they really make me eat my words and finish this.

[msstate7]

How we love to play down to our competition.

They can shoot, which will give this team problems

[Tater]

wow. finish this off and this is a major confidence boost for us

[msstate7]

Literally anybody with basketball skill kugel just ran a phenomenal pick and roll with Murphy

Kugel is jameis winston during his 30 td/30 int season. He will bite you as much as help you

[msstate7]

Josh, you can pass

[EdwardDrayton]

They can shoot, which will give this team problems

Shooting and basketball? Who knew? LOL! We didn't get the memo!!

[R2Dawg]

March sadness starts tonight - as painful as we can be.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Kugel is jameis winston during his 30 td/30 int season. He will bite you as much as help you

Just know ball dude. Kugel is a basketball player not a football player disguised as one.

[R2Dawg]

TX hits every clutch shot. Ballgame

[LC Dawg]

Sacrifice some offense and put Jones on Johnson.

[R2Dawg]

Get Johnson in the portal

[R2Dawg]

And TX can't shoot just like every other team has a career night on us

[CarolinaDawgs]

Checks notes


47% from 3 for TX

[Thick]

Great hustle play by Kugel. We simply cannot shoot the 3, and that?s killed us all year long. Every team seems to get hot from 3 vs us, but yet we cannot hit open 3?s consistently.

[msstate7]

Sec 3% leaders...
1. Missouri
2. UK
3. AU
4. OU
5. Texas
...
12. Vandy
13. SC
14. Us
15. LSU
16. aTm

Guess there's some good news - ark is 11th

ETA... there's some major correlation here

[civildawg]

This loss is going to kill this team. We are about to lose out. Just a spectacular collapse.

[R2Dawg]

This loss is going to kill this team. We are about to lose out. Just a spectacular collapse.

Yep we done.

[R2Dawg]

What a screw job by refs on us

[msstate7]

Not sure how you overturn that

[R2Dawg]

Corruption is very real in SEC officiating - proof that last call.

[R2Dawg]

TAMU going to beat AU

[msstate7]

TAMU going to beat AU

Good. Makes our win look better.

[EdwardDrayton]

TAMU going to beat AU

Saw Broome go out with a shoulder injury so thought A&M might have a chance. Don't know it he returned or not.

[Thick]

Kugel listening to me?..take it to the rack big fella!!

[BeardoMSU]

Play ****ing defense!

[R2Dawg]

Refs screwing us big time.

[msstate7]

That's BS. They always call that jump ball

[R2Dawg]

You can't call a foul on loose ball at end of game.

[msstate7]

What a horrible call

[Thick]

Horrible call on Hubb!

[R2Dawg]

Don't like them getting last shot

[BeardoMSU]

Of course....

[R2Dawg]

Worst loss of the year on senior night. Not winning another game.

[EdwardDrayton]

Un17ingbelievable.

[msstate7]

Just know ball dude. Kugel is a basketball player not a football player disguised as one.

Jameis Winston

[msstate7]

Just get Josh a 3. Make it or lose... they aren't gonna miss FTs

[CarolinaDawgs]

Jameis Winston

That?s your justification. Just sad. Know ball big guy

[msstate7]

That?s your justification. Just sad. Know ball big guy

Jans uses cam. How much you make coaching basketball

[R2Dawg]

Nothing like a 3 hour basketball game of misery for MSU full of officiating against us at every turn on top of our suckiness.

[CaptainObvious]

You should never be allowed on a basketball court if you cannot make 90% of your free throws from the age of 10!😂😂😂

[R2Dawg]

Give us a 10 seed and maybe we win one somehow.

[CaptainObvious]

State now 2-9 in games where they allow 80+ points this year. 18-1 in all others. Oh, and 1 of those 2 wins was against Prairie View A&M!

[msstate7]

Kugel crapping the bed at line and the horrible loose ball foul on Hubbard what's done us in

[RezDog7]

Nothing like a 3 hour basketball game of misery for MSU full of officiating against us at every turn on top of our suckiness.

Had nothing to do with officiating. Just a terrible basketball team

[EdwardDrayton]

Disappointing of course but not at all surprising we lose one we should win. At this stage we know who we are.

[BeardoMSU]

Pathetic

[CarolinaDawgs]

Jans uses cam. How much you make coaching basketball

Kugel played great down the stretch outside the 2 free throws. You know better

[civildawg]

What's our home conference record? 3-7?

[R2Dawg]

Another suck ass loss for this great basketball team. Don't even talk to me about this team in the same breath with about 10 other great teams the past 30 years.

[LC Dawg]

Hubbard has to hit that 3 to tie. He's our guy and if you're the guy you have to hit it.

[HoopsDawg]

Disappointing of course but not at all surprising we lose one we should win. At this stage we know who we are.

Who we are is an 8/9 seed unfortunately

[msstate7]

Kugel played great down the stretch outside the 2 free throws. You know better

He did play well, but again, he bites you as much as he helps you

[EdwardDrayton]

State now 2-9 in games where they allow 80+ points this year. 18-1 in all others. Oh, and 1 of those 2 wins was against Prairie View A&M!

At times we most certainly have abandoned defense as our brand. And we don't shoot well enough to do so.

[R2Dawg]

Had nothing to do with officiating. Just a terrible basketball team

Officiating affected this game greatly down stretch - you must know have watched or don't know basketball. I said on top of our sucking too but refs made real bad calls against us when it mattered.

[EdwardDrayton]

He did play well, but again, he bites you as much as he helps you

Those two missed FTs were just incomprehensible.

[Bothrops]

Texas is gonna be one of those schools that we rarely beat in any of the major sports.

[msstate7]

Another suck ass loss for this great basketball team. Don't even talk to me about this team in the same breath with about 10 other great teams the past 30 years.

We haven't had 10 great teams in 30 years.

This loss is unacceptable, but I said about 2 months ago our goal should be 1 win in the tourney. We just aren't talented enough to get to the sweet 16.

[EdwardDrayton]

Who we are is an 8/9 seed unfortunately

Unfortunately yes.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Those two missed FTs were just incomprehensible.

They were but the ball needs to be in 12’s hands there. 32 seconds and down by 1, you let your guy go make a play. Obviously inexcusable misses from Kugel but 12 has to have the ball there for one shot.

Also the loose ball foul call on Hubbard was utter bullshit. The guy did not have possession of the ball

[CarolinaDawgs]

Team just doesnt have enough true talent. It?s all pieced together to be competitive, but it kills when the role players are ghosts every other game.

[PGHBulldogBG]

8-10 for 3 straight years

[StarkVegasSteve]

Officiating affected this game greatly down stretch - you must know have watched or don't know basketball. I said on top of our sucking too but refs made real bad calls against us when it mattered.

They made the two calls of the game. First off overturning the out of bounds, which there was not enough evidence to overturn and then the bullshit loose ball foul on Hubbard when the oaf did not have possession of the ball. Those 3 ass clowns made sure they decided the game tonight.

[EdwardDrayton]

They were but the ball needs to be in 12’s hands there. 32 seconds and down by 1, you let your guy go make a play. Obviously inexcusable misses from Kugel but 12 has to have the ball there for one shot.

Also the loose ball foul call on Hubbard was utter bullshit. The guy did not have possession of the ball

Agree but we should never be in a position at home against Texas that one or two things that don't fall our way end up dooming us.

[msstate7]

Team just doesnt have enough true talent. It?s all pieced together to be competitive, but it kills when the role players are ghosts every other game.

Find a way to get nwoko, Murphy, kugel, and Josh back. Go all in on a pg and a shooter

[StarkVegasSteve]

Team just doesnt have enough true talent. It?s all pieced together to be competitive, but it kills when the role players are ghosts every other game.

Kugel and Melendez gave you enough tonight. Hubbard just could never get a shot off. And now Murphy has the Robbie Faulk curse. He said Murphy was our best player and he has disappeared for stretches in the last two games.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Agree but we should never be in a position at home against Texas that one or two things that don't fall our way end up dooming us.

Agree. That is a bad basketball team who we let hang around too long. We should have pressed them from the jump tonight. Their press break is us under Howland level bad.

[MoreCowbell]

lol. We really were a very good, top 10 team 2 months ago. I have no clue what happened but this year reflects really poorly on Jans, from a pure coaching ability standpoint. He took a team that had real potential and whatever buttons he pushed this year were the wrong ones.

I get it, yes we had a great year for MSU Mens BBall for our history and anytime you go to tourney it is a successful year and from the outside yeah cool. But for those of us that follow closely, we know Jans took lemons and made lemonade but the lemonade tasted like sh it

[StarkVegasSteve]

We may quite possibly be the most confusing team in the SEC.

We are tied with South Carolina for the fewest home wins yet only Auburn and Alabama have more road wins than us.

[msstate7]

We may quite possibly be the most confusing team in the SEC.

We are tied with South Carolina for the fewest home wins yet only Auburn and Alabama have more road wins than us.

No more home games left!!!!

[msugolf]

I?m just ready for the season to be over tbh. Go hit the portal. Bring in some bruisers down low, a bunch of shooters and a pg. and make sure they arent scared of winning

[EdwardDrayton]

We may quite possibly be the most confusing team in the SEC.

We are tied with South Carolina for the fewest home wins yet only Auburn and Alabama have more road wins than us.

Gospel truth

[Quaoarsking]

8-10 for 3 straight years

5 straight years

[StarkVegasSteve]

I?m just ready for the season to be over tbh. Go hit the portal. Bring in some bruisers down low, a bunch of shooters and a pg. and make sure they arent scared of winning

I would not have said that until after the game tonight. It is just draining watching us constantly get careered on. Tonight it is Mark. Against Bama it is Youngblood. Against Kentucky it is Robinson. Against Mizzou it was Grill. Saturday it will probably be Brazile or Wagner. Youngblood is literally 22-65 against everyone else and 14-24 against us.

We need to bring in some damn defensive stoppers. Cam Matthews is about as good at offense as he is defense these days and that says something. Jones, Harris, and Kugel may be our best defenders at this point.

[msstate7]

This was my last melt over MBK this season. I'm sitting Saturday out, hoping for 1 in Nashville, and 1 in tourney. Maybe we get that done, but if not, oh well.

[msstate7]

I would not have said that until after the game tonight. It is just draining watching us constantly get careered on. Tonight it is Mark. Against Bama it is Youngblood. Against Kentucky it is Robinson. Against Mizzou it was Grill. Saturday it will probably be Brazile or Wagner.

We need to bring in some damn defensive stoppers. Cam Matthews is about as good at offense as he is defense these days and that says something. Jones, Harris, and Kugel may be our best defenders at this point.

What's the chances (I know it's way too early) of keeping these guys?

Josh
Kugel
Murphy
Nwoko
Jones (love him off the bench)
Warren (I think he has potential)

[StarkVegasSteve]

What's the chances (I know it's way too early) of keeping these guys?

Josh
Kugel
Murphy
Nwoko
Jones (love him off the bench)
Warren (I think he has potential)

Josh is staying
I would expect Kugel stays
Murphy will stay
Nwoko will stay
Jones will stay
I would expect Warren transfers.

We need to go find a true PG or bring someone in to show Josh how to be a true PG. The problem we have is that Josh is a 2 guard in a small PG body.

[LC Dawg]

Josh is staying
I would expect Kugel stays
Murphy will stay
Nwoko will stay
Jones will stay
I would expect Warren transfers.

We need to go find a true PG or bring someone in to show Josh how to be a true PG. The problem we have is that Josh is a 2 guard in a small PG body.

I figure that Murphy would be the most highly sought after. He's made a big leap this year.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I figure that Murphy would be the most highly sought after. He's made a big leap this year.

He and Jans are very tight. I also know Oscar Miskelly is very tight with Murphy. He is not going anywhere.

[msstate7]

He and Jans are very tight. I also know Oscar Miskelly is very tight with Murphy. He is not going anywhere.

Murphy, Josh, and kugel would be a nice core to fill in around. Be nice if king grace were ready next season

[CaptainObvious]

I see some of our fans are just happy because it looks like State will make the NC-2A tourney. In what other sport is being a Top 68 team considered successful? Football? Baseball? Soccer? Tennis? Golf? Track&Field? Yachting? Crew? Skull? Rowing? Bowling? Skeet? Swimming & Diving? Badminton? Curling?

Only in Basketball. 😖

[ArrowDawg]

They made the two calls of the game. First off overturning the out of bounds, which there was not enough evidence to overturn and then the bullshit loose ball foul on Hubbard when the oaf did not have possession of the ball. Those 3 ass clowns made sure they decided the game tonight.

Blaming officiating has become a consistent defense mechanism for our fans across all sports. Things start going bad, and that's when the comments about officiating start ramping up. It doesn't really matter if you're right about a call here or a call there being blown by the officials. What matters is that we aren't good enough to overcome them against a mediocre team on our own home court. We allow officials to impact the game by playing poorly against an opponent who we should have put away in regulation.

[38843dawg]

What's the chances (I know it's way too early) of keeping these guys?

Josh
Kugel
Murphy
Nwoko
Jones (love him off the bench)
Warren (I think he has potential)

I?d be shocked if kugel returns. Warren I?m not sure. The rest should be back.

[Pancho]

how many of the incoming 25 high school signees are expected to contribute?