Official Norfolk St BB game thread.. Sponsored by HowlandIsTheMan.net.

[preachermatt83]

Expect a little trouble down low as the Spartans have a 7ft transfer starting at Center. Other than that I think we will do fine. #GoDawgs

[Dawg61]

Norfolk St. was 17-17 last year 12-4 in their conference. They got beat in the first round of the CIT tournament by Columbia by 32 points.

[msstate7]

Vegas line? I don't see one of my site

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Saw on a NDU message board that their team will only have 9 players for this game. Not sure if true. Their biggest victory was an upset of 2nd seed Missouri in the NCAA 1st round back in 2012. Hopefully, we are focused and will bounce NDU back to Virginia.

[preachermatt83]

I am anxious to see how these young talented guys handle the big time.

[DudyDawg]

How can you watch this online?

[TheRef]

How can you watch this online?

SEC Network +

[Outside Dawg]

SEC Network +

Annoyingly, i found it on the watchespn app on my phone and now iPad, but not on my firestick/tv. I don't get why there'd be a difference.

[msstate7]

This season is gonna be pretty frustrating as these young guys get acclimated

[Dawg61]

Lot of new talent for MSU, gonna be some growing pains. Weird seeing Ready mixed in with a bunch of diaper dandies.

[preachermatt83]

I've said this before but Eli Wright has got a looooonnnggg way to go. Our other freshmen will be fine. Keigler is the real deal

[Dawg61]

Annoyingly, i found it on the watchespn app on my phone and now iPad, but not on my firestick/tv. I don't get why there'd be a difference.

I am not familiar with firestick but if it has a watch ESPN app you should be able to access it

[MarketingBully]

This season is gonna be pretty frustrating as these young guys get acclimated

They have had some help from the officials as well Norfolk State that is. I hate basketball officiating.

[MarketingBully]

Ready is shooting too much for my taste early on as well.

[MarketingBully]

Officiaiting is going to ruin college basketball.

[MarketingBully]

This is getting rediculous (talking about officiating).

[MarketingBully]

Man, how can you get better as a player with all of the fouls these officials are calling. Game is tied at 22 but I think we blow it out in the second half because we have a much deeper bench.

[Dawg61]

I've said this before but Eli Wright has got a looooonnnggg way to go. Our other freshmen will be fine. Keigler is the real deal

What a shitty post. Wright has already seen the floor within the first ten minutes of the first game of his playing career. Not many true freshman in MSU basketball history can say that.

[Bothrops]

It's terrible. They're trying to turn college basketball into the performing arts. **** you NCAA!

[Dawg61]

Nice dunk by Holman, he's put on some good weight/muscle.

[MarketingBully]

Shitty shitty officiaiting so far. That last foul was a big time walk.

[MarketingBully]

I'm disappointed with the fan turnout and was afraid it would suck like it does.

[Outside Dawg]

I am not familiar with firestick but if it has a watch ESPN app you should be able to access it
It does have the watchespn app. The app on firestick doesn't show our game. Shows a bunch of others, but not ours. Not sure why the app would be different there than on iPad. Either way, I'm still able to enjoy the fouls every five seconds.

[Dawg61]

It does have the watchespn app. The app on firestick doesn't show our game. Shows a bunch of others, but not ours. Not sure why the app would be different there than on iPad. Either way, I'm still able to enjoy the fouls every five seconds.

Try deleting and reinstalling the app

[Dawg61]

Refs have called 23 fouls in 17 minutes so far

[Bothrops]

This shit is ridiculous. Until they quit this pettiness business, crowds are going to continue to dwindle.

[MarketingBully]

Refs have called 23 fouls in 17 minutes so far

Yeah terrible.

[Dawg61]

Spoon is so good! He's got a nice NBA career ahead of him

[MarketingBully]

Great effort by our guys to tie it up at halftime 39-39 after being down by six. Difference in the game is 15 fouls called on us to 11 on them. This is bullshit and just means refs will determine outcomes in games when they want to.

[preachermatt83]

We will have a lot of ups and downs early on but man there is some talent there.

[HoopsDawg]

officiating is so horrible. Let the athletes be athletes and let them play ball. No one wants to watch 26 fouls. Also, can we please get Kegler some longer shorts.

[BayouDawg]

We've definitely got some promising looking players. On ball defense looked a little suspect at times in the first half. We have to limit the dribble drives in the second half

[MarketingBully]

Apparently these new rules don't apply to Kentucky as I watched that game and they didn't call hardly any fouls and that game was more physical then this game.

[lamont]

nice run to finish. Its easy to see how young we are. BUT- it helps to have talent and that learning curve should close quicker than in the past

[BayouDawg]

officiating is so horrible. Let the athletes be athletes and let them play ball. No one wants to watch 26 fouls. Also, can we please get Kegler some longer shorts.

Haha as a general rule your underwear shouldn't be longer than your shorts

[MarketingBully]

We've definitely got some promising looking players. On ball defense looked a little suspect at times in the first half. We have to limit the dribble drives in the second half

Oh yeah, if we utilize the dribble drive offense early we will put up some points. We may need to since we are so young. That is why Cal utilizes it because it is very easy to learn and run with.

[MarketingBully]

They shot 11 more freethrows then us. Bunch of bullshit.

[Prentis]

officiating is so horrible. Let the athletes be athletes and let them play ball. No one wants to watch 26 fouls. Also, can we please get Kegler some longer shorts.
Totally agree, the game can't get into a rhythm with all the fouls being called. Did we get these shorts from John Stockton?

[MarketingBully]

officiating is so horrible. Let the athletes be athletes and let them play ball. No one wants to watch 26 fouls. Also, can we please get Kegler some longer shorts.

I agree with you. But that puts us at a big advantage. Officials wouldn't want that to happen....

[msstate7]

I really like datcher. I know he got a little out of control there some, but I think he can be a good garbage man for us

[Dawgpile]

Isn't a kicked ball a fresh shot clock? There was a possession where that didn't happen.

[msstate7]

Could carter become our version of jj reddick?

[Dawg61]

Haha as a general rule your underwear shouldn't be longer than your shorts

I like the old school Larry Johnson look. Spoon has the shorter shorts too. It's our new hipster look. I like it.

[Dawg61]

Hate it that Stapleton and Ado aren't able to play just yet. I am loving all the talent on this team and those two will only makes us better.

[MarketingBully]

These refs have controlled this game and will be a decisive factor on who wins it. We are up by 3 but anytime they drive it to the basket it's hard to defend thanks to the asshole refs.

[MarketingBully]

Woot! We will have four free throws coming up fellas!

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Wow, a lot of fans disguised as chairs at the Hump. Opening game should have 7-8K. What's going on?

[MarketingBully]

67-59 with over 7 minutes to go. I think this one was going to be close since we have so many youngsters playing. Like the talent we have though. It's very evident.

[BayouDawg]

Isn't a kicked ball a fresh shot clock? There was a possession where that didn't happen.
I think if the shot clock is below 15 it just resets to 15. If it's above 15 it resets to 30

[Maroonthirteen]

Are State's colors now black and white?

[MarketingBully]

Tyson Carter have a game! 5-7 for three 15 points!

[rolodawg]

Carter.......may look 12, but can fill it up!

[MarketingBully]

Make that 17 points for Carter! :)

[MarketingBully]

We are up 74-64 with under 4 minutes to go. Wanted to let you guys know in case you aren't able to watch.

[Dawg61]

Carter looks like a 1st team All-SEC Freshman

[BayouDawg]

This team has a lot of growing up to do. Gotta learn to put teams away

[defiantdog]

This team has a lot of growing up to do. Gotta learn to put teams away
We finally got the talent again

[HoopsDawg]

Make that 17 points for Carter! :)

I was really impressed with his shot selection. No forced shots. I even wished he had put a couple of more up.

Nice to get a win against a decent team with Keglar having an off night. A couple of the freshmen have a ways to go but that's to be expected.

[MarketingBully]

This team has a lot of growing up to do. Gotta learn to put teams away

Agreed but in our defense we had 15 fouls called on us by the refs in the first half. When their team drove to the basket, it was hard to defend because the refs called so many fouls. Those asshats shot 13-15 more free throws then us where if that stat was even this is a blow out.

[MarketingBully]

I was really impressed with his shot selection. No forced shots. I even wished he had put a couple of more up.

Nice to get a win against a decent team with Keglar having an off night. A couple of the freshmen have a ways to go but that's to be expected.

Me too. He is a Barry Stewart/Tim Bowers type of player. He is going to be a bad ass.

[MarketingBully]

We won 78-74 where Norfolk State had a 26-17 advantage on the free throw line. That IMO is complete bullshit:

[Cooterpoot]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.

[BayouDawg]

Agreed but in our defense we had 15 fouls called on us by the refs in the first half. When their team drove to the basket, it was hard to defend because the refs called so many fouls. Those asshats shot 13-15 more free throws then us where if that stat was even this is a blow out.

Oh I agree officiating in college basketball is ridiculous. We still need to move our feet better on defense though. That will come with time

[MarketingBully]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.

We will by the SEC portion of the schedule and will get better every game. That is what young talent does.

[MarketingBully]

Oh I agree officiating in college basketball is ridiculous. We still need to move our feet better on defense though. That will come with time

I've watched a number of games tonight and by far these ****s were the worst in calling ticky tack fouls. They called what over 50 fouls this game? Had we not been in such foul trouble I think we blow out Norfolk State.

[tcdog70]

Carter.......may look 12, but can fill it up!

Said the same exact thing. Hmmm.

[tcdog70]

Kegler rolls his shorts up at the waist. Likes them old school. Q tweeked his knee and missed a couple of practices. He must have twisted it some more.Holman had a double double with several blocks, nice game. We haven't played against a zone, so that took some getting used to. Carter did well.

[lamont]

We will get better every day. Unlike in football under Mullen- this team is really young and needs time. We have to support and cheer- hoping they dont stumble too many times in the OOC

[MarketingBully]

Kegler rolls his shorts up at the waist. Likes them old school. Q tweeked his knee and missed a couple of practices. He must have twisted it some more.Holman had a double double with several blocks, nice game. We haven't played against a zone, so that took some getting used to. Carter did well.

Q had cramps. He is fine.

[Bothrops]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.

Can't play defense without getting fouled out. It's just the way it is now. With that said, the blocked shots from Holman were noteworthy. We haven't seen that in a while.

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.

Agreed. Was not real impressed with the energy on defense, but they're young and need time to gel. Hopefully, we will see more effort with each game.

[CJDAWG85]

Y'all chill out. It's the first game of the year. It will get worked out.

[JohnnyQuid]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.

1st game of the year - with bunch of guys playing their first college game. young guys seem to struggle on D early - I doubt most had to play much of it in HS. early for these kinda predictions tho

[bulldawg28]

We will get better every day. Unlike in football under Mullen- this team is really young and needs time. We have to support and cheer- hoping they dont stumble too many times in the OOC


Did Mullen deny your picture request? Your worst than a scorn girlfriend

[Jack Lambert]

Borderline NIT team this year. Still don't play good defense.
1st game. Cut them some slack. Two years ago we would have lost by 8.

[KentuckyDawg13]

Wow, a lot of fans disguised as chairs at the Hump. Opening game should have 7-8K. What's going on?

Starkvillle is booming, too many events to partake to go to a lame bball game. :-/

[thf24]

Don't try to draw any conclusions about defense from last night. You can't play good defense unless you want to foul out in 10 minutes if the game is being called as absurdly tight as it was last night.

[lamont]

Did Mullen deny your picture request? Your worst than a scorn girlfriend

Of course he wouldnt- you know that. I was just taking a dig at the lie that we are a young football team

[bulldawg28]

Of course he wouldnt- you know that. I was just taking a dig at the lie that we are a young football team

I agree to an extent. However, were young at the most critical position which is Qb and our best talent is young talent.

[smootness]

Of course he wouldnt- you know that. I was just taking a dig at the lie that we are a young football team

I'm just glad you finally found a place you could say it.

[Maroonthirteen]

Starkvillle is booming, too many events to partake to go to a lame bball game. :-/

Seriously, the GTR has always been a SEC football and MSU baseball area. It has never been big on basketball. I remember early 90s nobody knew we were good until Shaq came to town. I had to explain to people the importance of the 95-96 midnight madness.

You get the picture.