Arkansas game

[msstate7]

Any report on johnson?

Is Houston gonna be available today?

Gonna need all hands on deck bc arkansas is clicking right now. I think arkansas is a sweet 16 team.

[mic]

Rocq very questionable
IJ banged up
Sword banged up
Ware little banged up

Late Thursday night game with a one day turn around to get ready for the second best team in the league isn't a good situation for us
Hopefully Ark can come out a little flat.. Can't get behind early..

[Saltydog]

big, athletic teams............Would take a miracle to win this game.........

[drunkernhelldawg]

You can't like it on paper, but hope springs eternal.

[msstate7]

big, athletic teams............Would take a miracle to win this game.........

It'll take sword, ready, and ware having big game plus fred go off big time. I don't like our chances, but I do want us full strength so we have a prayer.

[missouridawg]

-7.5 Arky - A gift from Las Vegas. #reversejinx

[msstate7]

-7.5 Arky - A gift from Las Vegas. #reversejinx

Wow. That's really low imo

[klong-dog]

I called OM 73-65. I call for Arkansas 77-59.

[preachermatt83]

Arky 75 US 46

[Dawg61]

Arky 82 State 51

[maroonmania]

big, athletic teams............Would take a miracle to win this game.........

Yep, if we can't be a non-pressure team like OM on 5 days rest it would absolutely take a miracle to beat an athletic, pressing team like Ark on 2 days rest.

[msstate7]

Ray's gonna shut yall up today. We're gonna score 18 in the 1st half*

Really though I expect us to play well, but it won't be enough. The hogs are good... 75-67 hogs

[Dawg61]

We had the same amount of concussions last game as FGs vs Arky in the first half.

[HailState39110]

This game has all the workings of a Bad day for the dogs. We have a couple of injuries, a quick turnaround from Thursday night, a smaller crowd today then versus Ole Miss, and a team that's a little more talented than OM. I will be pleasantly surprised if we come out with a lot of emotion.

[TheRef]

Starting Lineup

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ZVlUPIIAAFDbt.png:large

[It_Could_Happen]

My fox sports south is showing predators hockey..

[Dawg61]

Starting Lineup

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ZVlUPIIAAFDbt.png:large

Wow no chance with Bloodman starting

[Dawg61]

IJ Glass is back

[Dawg61]

Playing well right now, 11-9 MSU

[RougeDawg]

Where is this intensity and driving to the hole every game? That's why we lost the last game, we had 1 on 1 and 2 on 1 opportunities but hesitated and drew the ball back out to the top. We cannot win that way. We have to get close to the rim, get to the line, and get opponent in foul trouble to be successful.

ETA: By last game I mean against the Bears.

[tcdog70]

Travis and Houston looking Great and we are rebounding well.

[engie]

Houston got a wake up call obviously. Seems Daniels has as well. Both looking like the guys they were supposed to be right now...

[msstate7]

Houston got a wake up call obviously. Seems Daniels has as well. Both looking like the guys they were supposed to be right now...

Daniels had a good first half against OM and then no showed for the 2nd half. Daniels has to play complete games

[msstate7]

Finish ware

[oldwave]

Say what you may about ability and coaching, these guys play hard.

[RougeDawg]

And here come the turnovers. 9 already and our 8 point lead has been cut to two. Story of the Ray era. We are shooting 58%. As I state every game, cut those TO's in half with in game shooting % and we have another 6-8 points right now.

ETA:11 Turnovers at half!!!! We average 15.

[msstate7]

And here come the turnovers. 9 already and our 8 point lead has been cut to two. Story of the Ray era. We are shooting 58%. As I state every game, cut those TO's in half with in game shooting % and we have another 6-8 points right now.

The TO's are a huge problem every game, but with ready out facing arkansas they'll really mount today. Gonna have to keep shooting and rebounding well

[RougeDawg]

Serious question about our announcer and many others I have heard during basketball and football this year. Are venues using some type of voice altering device to give these guys all very similar voices. I was watching TX/Iowa St. earlier and the TX announcer sounded exactly like ours. I have also noticed numerous football announcers that sound extremely close to ours now that Hank Flick is gone. Just seems to me that the software and systems everyone is using today creates a common type announcing voice, no matter who is behind the microphone.

[I seen it dawg]

Any way somebody could post a damn score

[sandwolf]

33-30 State

[msstate7]

33-30 dawgs

[mic]

Any way somebody could post a damn score

We are are ahead so no one wants to acknowledge it..
And no one has got hurt yet so Some on here to call them "soft"....

[msstate7]

We are are ahead so no wants to acknowledge it..
And no one has got hurt yet so Some on here to call them "soft"....

Dawg61 got on ready for being made of glass

[sandwolf]

33-32 State at the half.

[TheDogFather]

We are are ahead so no one wants to acknowledge it..
And no one has got hurt yet so Some on here to call them "soft"....

You never acknowledge when we play like turd so it all evens out.

[engie]

You never acknowledge when we play like turd so it all evens out.

Like you acknowledge anything positive regarding basketball?

Beating a top 20 team at the half -- yet here you are complaining about something.

[mic]

You never acknowledge when we play like turd so it all evens out.

Sure I do... I just don't spend every day harping on it..

[RougeDawg]

The TO's are a huge problem every game, but with ready out facing arkansas they'll really mount today. Gonna have to keep shooting and rebounding well

I'm not sure that it really matters who plays, we still turn it over an average of 15 per game all season. Bloodman with only 2, but starting 5 with 8. Stat sheet is showing 11 TO's but only see 10 given to players. It has been something that has plagued us for a few years now. Nothing new, but I had hoped it would improve as these guys got older.

[msstate7]

Beating a top 20 team at the half.

Without a starter.

Lost to an ncaa team bc we lost our leading scorer Thursday.

I really think this team is a couple of players away from being a postseason team.

Tookie > bloodman

Weatherspoon will be a great compliment player to sword

Can black/zuppardo/strugg replace johnson? That's the question that will determine how good we can be imo

[RougeDawg]

I like Houston's game. He just needs more time to gain some experience.

[msstate7]

I like Houston's game. He just needs more time to gain some experience.

I wish we had the luxury of RSing him and black. I like both, but they're really raw

[engie]

Houston now = a bigger version of freshman Sword....

We've got some good pieces in place. Just a slight improvement in turnovers and shooting and this is a postseason team. If Zuppardo is the real deal, we can be really good next year...

[TheDogFather]

Like you acknowledge anything positive regarding basketball?

Beating a top 20 team at the half -- yet here you are complaining about something.

I have one post in this thread. It doesn't have a complaint in it. Maybe you have me mistaken with someone else

Or you are just sensitive.

We seem to be playing well. I couldn't make this one unfortunately, but live stats show we are shooting well. Arkansas is not. I hope that is our defense and not something the law of averages will equalize.

Since I'm sure you are at the game given your propensity to commentate I'm eager to read your analysis.

It looks like we are still turning the ball over too much which could hurt us in the end.

That's about all I got looking at a stat sheet.

I could make some stuff up assuming we are playing as usual but that would be being critical and we all know how that goes over.

Besides I really should be waiting until the game is over since the message board marshals have chastised me for not posting after wins. I hope we win so I can post more.

[RougeDawg]

Already matched our season Average in turnovers with 15, and we still have 15 minutes to play. Difficult to win a game at any level with that many possessions given away.

[RougeDawg]

These refs are calling love taps and allowing full blown mauls in other instances. We really need some consistency on what is a foul and what isn't.

[engie]

Always gonna have more turnovers against 40 minutes of hell... Alot of them have been unforced though

[msstate7]

Already matched our season Average in turnovers with 15, and we still have 15 minutes to play. Difficult to win a game at any level with that many possessions given away.
We've forced 10 at least

[RougeDawg]

We've forced 10 at least

The scary thing is we are shooting 45% and that's what is keeping us in this one. Without the TO's we have a double digit lead, easy. We are taking it to the hoop and not taking wild threes. This is the only way we can win with the players we have. Sword is going to have to put the team on his back these last 11 minutes for us to hang on for a huge W. We can do it, just need to keep driving down low.

[msstate7]

Foul trouble mounting.

[engie]

Bunch of ticky tack stuff going against us. More questionable refereeing this year than I remember seeing...

[msstate7]

Gotta get sword back in now.

Got to keep this game within a possesion to the under 4 TO. We can get johnson back in then

[msstate7]

FT's are killing us

[HailState39110]

Johnson and Ware Both with 4 fouls

[msstate7]

That's a BS charge. Upper body moving

[RougeDawg]

Arkansas is traveling all over the court and dragging the pivot foot all day, yet Bloodman gets called for one dropstep. What's the difference in a drop step and picking up your pivot foot before you release the ball? Pivot foot has to stay on ground until ball is passed. I don't understand the double standard if Bloodman drop steps his pivot on a dribble and picking up pivot foot to pass the ball.

[msstate7]

Arkansas is traveling all over the court and dragging the pivot foot all day, yet Bloodman gets called for one dropstep. What's the difference in a drop step and picking up your pivot foot before you release the ball? Pivot foot has to stay on ground until ball is passed. I don't understand the double standard if Bloodman drop steps his pivot on a dribble and picking up pivot foot to pass the ball.

Which team is in postseason contention? The answer is usually the team that benefits in this conference

[Irondawg]

Can't win when your turn the ball every possession on the last 4 min

[oldwave]

8 mins without a field goal

[msstate7]

Ware or johnson has to get that basket

[DudyDawg]

Got back from baseball with 5 minutes left. We haven't made a shot since I turned the game on. ****ing pathetic

[msstate7]

Got back from baseball with 5 minutes left. We haven't made a shot since I turned the game on. ****ing pathetic

Down 3 to #18. Pathetic indeed*

[DudyDawg]

Down 3 to #18. Pathetic indeed*

Come on. I've given ray credit as much as possible, you know that I'm not one of those banging their head against the stans wall. This is a good game for us. 7 minutes with no baskets isn't.

[DudyDawg]

Great play call there. Got us a gimme. Free throw game now

[msstate7]

That was a foul!!!!

[Quaoarsking]

Why are our players so mind-numbingly stupid?

[RougeDawg]

Come on. I've given ray credit as much as possible, you know that I'm not one of those banging their head against the stans wall. This is a good game for us. 7 minutes with no baskets isn't.

I do not understand this at all. Why does someone criticizing Ray automatically mean they are Pro "Last Coach"? By criticizing things present day, it does not mean said poster did not agree we had to make a change 3 years ago. I'm not pro any coach, I just want us to win more than we lose and start getting back in Tourney. Period.

[Irondawg]

Turnovers are just Achilles heal of this team

[Bothrops]

Turnovers are just Achilles heal of this team

And shooting, and mental mistakes, and never learning anything from one game to the next.

[starkvegasdawg]

Sword 5-12 from the line didn't help matters either.

[DudyDawg]

I do not understand this at all. Why does someone criticizing Ray automatically mean they are Pro "Last Coach"? By criticizing things present day, it does not mean said poster did not agree we had to make a change 3 years ago. I'm not pro any coach, I just want us to win more than we lose and start getting back in Tourney. Period.

I didn't say that, did I? I said a) I give ray credit when he deserves it (ie I criticize him when he deserves it) b) Im not of the group who vehemently opposes everything he does. I couldn't care if we had a rock coaching, if we won I would be happy. He was trying to make me sound like I was calling a close game against a tourney team pathetic when it was clear I was saying 8 minutes without a basket is what's pathetic.

[msstate7]

I didn't say that, did I? I said a) I give ray credit when he deserves it (ie I criticize him when he deserves it) b) Im not of the group who vehemently opposes everything he does. I couldn't care if we had a rock coaching, if we won I would be happy. He was trying to make me sound like I was calling a close game against a tourney team pathetic when it was clear I was saying 8 minutes without a basket is what's pathetic.

It was pathetic. That's not all on ray though

[DudyDawg]

It was pathetic. That's not all on ray though

I agree, and never have said it was. Didn't even say his name.

23 TOs to 7 assists. That's awful. Some on Ray, some one Ready being out, some on the team on the floor. Same can be said for holding them to 35%. That's inexcusable (TOs obviously)

[starkvegasdawg]

But we do that every game. Every game we go 7-10 minutes without a basket. It should be the third constant in life after death and taxes.

[Dawg61]

348th in the country in assists

[DudyDawg]

348th in the country in assists

Delete. Repost

[DudyDawg]

348th in the country in assists

Lot on Ray, lot on not having an offensively competent backup, lot on Ready being way too damn timid. That stat is sad

[engie]

If we were healthy we would have won each of the last 2.

[msstate7]

If we were healthy we would have won each of the last 2.

But we didn't so it's all on ray*

[TheDogFather]

If we were healthy we would have won each of the last 2.

Said the team that lost.

[msstate7]

Said the team that lost.

Of course we lost... You wouldn't be here if we hadn't

[RougeDawg]

If we were healthy we would have won each of the last 2.

Didn't Arkansas have one of their better players out of the game as well? I was still doing things around the house at beginning of game but recall the announcers saying one of their players was sick with flu-like symptoms and Mike Davis held him out to keep from stressing his body.

[RougeDawg]

I didn't say that, did I? I said a) I give ray credit when he deserves it (ie I criticize him when he deserves it) b) Im not of the group who vehemently opposes everything he does. I couldn't care if we had a rock coaching, if we won I would be happy. He was trying to make me sound like I was calling a close game against a tourney team pathetic when it was clear I was saying 8 minutes without a basket is what's pathetic.

I wasn't saying you said it. You were pointing it out and I was reiterating. My bad if you thought that. My point was that I don't get some on this board automatically naming a poster a "former coach" backer if they point out something about Ray or criticize, just to justify their hatred for the former coach.

[engie]

Didn't Arkansas have one of their better players out of the game as well? I was still doing things around the house at beginning of game but recall the announcers saying one of their players was sick with flu-like symptoms and Mike Davis held him out to keep from stressing his body.

No. Their big had flu-like symptoms, but he played the whole game...

[DudyDawg]

I wasn't saying you said it. You were pointing it out and I was reiterating. My bad if you thought that. My point was that I don't get some on this board automatically naming a poster a "former coach" backer if they point out something about Ray or criticize, just to justify their hatred for the former coach.

My fault. And I agree with you.

[msstate7]

Didn't Arkansas have one of their better players out of the game as well? I was still doing things around the house at beginning of game but recall the announcers saying one of their players was sick with flu-like symptoms and Mike Davis held him out to keep from stressing his body.

Everyone that played in their previous game played today except miles, Thompson, and babb. All played 1 min against mizzou. The last min in a 15 point win