NIT game thread vs Nebraska

[Dawg61]

nice pass Peters

[BeardoMSU]

Yep, great pass.

[Dawg61]

Looks like it's headed for an 80-90 point game

[BeardoMSU]

No call on the charge. Then Q gets chopped, and all we get is ball out of bounds. Nice.

[TXDawg]

Why isn’t Ado playing?

[msstate7]

delete

[Bulldog1]

Why isn’t Ado playing?

I think he lost some blood or something.

[Bully13]

17, can't get any Direct TV. love here in Ft Worth. any suggestions from you gurus?

[Bulldog1]

I have no idea why you would go with McQ with the bases loaded

Me neither

[TXDawg]

17, can't get any Direct TV. love here in Ft Worth. any suggestions from you gurus?

NIT a game should be on ESPN2.

[Bulldog1]

17, can't get any Direct TV. love here in Ft Worth. any suggestions from you gurus?

You got watch ESPN on your phone?

[RocketDawg]

17, can't get any Direct TV. love here in Ft Worth. any suggestions from you gurus?

It should also be on WatchESPN in addition to ESPN2. Can you get either of those? Doesn't DirecTV have ESPN?

[Dawg61]

Ado started and got a cut, had to go out to stop bleeding, nothing major

[TXDawg]

I think he lost some blood or something.

What does that mean? How do you lose blood? Did he start?

Looks like his right thumb is bandaged. He’s sitting next to Nick on the bench.

[msstate7]

Feazell

[Dawg61]

I like Feazell, get him in the weight room and he's gonna look like that dude Florida had a couple years ago

[HoopsDawg]

Where has Feazell been all year. Nice.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Feazell seems to be putting it all together

[Bulldog1]

Feazell looking good

[Bully13]

17 it. I've gone to ESPN's game cast that has us up 11-8. we gonna whoop that ass.

[Bulldog1]

What does that mean? How do you lose blood? Did he start?

Looks like his right thumb is bandaged. He’s sitting next to Nick on the bench.

Crap, I don’t know. Yes, he started. The announcers said he had blood on his pants.

[Bulldog1]

Ado’s Back in

[Dawg61]

Peters just passed up a layup for a turnover

[Bully13]

13-8 early going. we gonna whoop dat ass.

[RocketDawg]

17 it. I've gone to ESPN's game cast that has us up 11-8. we gonna whoop that ass.

19-12 end of first quarter.

[Dawg61]

If you have a DirectTV account you should have access to WatchESPN too, just log in

[BeardoMSU]

Damn. Lamar is lookin' like Rajon Rondo tonight.

[Goldendawg]

17 it. I've gone to ESPN's game cast that has us up 11-8. we gonna whoop that ass.

We have DirecTV and are watching it on ESPN2.

[chef dixon]

Peters is in another league than everyone else on the court

[Bulldog1]

We have not scored yet in this quarter

[msstate7]

We have not scored yet in this quarter

Not surprising. We have more droughts than the Sahara desert

[msbulldog]

good hustle Feazell.

[Bulldog1]

Nice hustle, Keyshawn

[Bulldog1]

Not surprising. We have more droughts than the Sahara desert

Haha!

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Ado's free throw shot looks so good now.

[msstate7]

We just cannot extend the lead beyond 7ish. Get up about that much and give it right back

[Dawg61]

Spoon is good for 2-3 shitty passes a game

[msstate7]

Q turns the ball over at an Eli manning pace

[BeardoMSU]

God we are ****ing donkey brained.

[BeardoMSU]

Q turns the ball over at an Eli manning pace

He plays like he's on sedatives

[Dawg61]

10 assists for Peters now

[msstate7]

10 assists for Peters now

Wow

[BeardoMSU]

10 assists for Peters now

11 actually.

[msstate7]

10 assists for Peters now
Amazing considering we only have 33 pts

[HoopsDawg]

11 actually.

If he played like this all year, we wouldn't be in this NIT.

[Dawg61]

He plays like he's on sedatives

His slothy slow movement helps him on offense with layups but it doesn't help when he has to pass it. Q is probably going to live to be 135 with his low blood pressure/flow at all times. He's probably impossible to piss off. If I was his friend I would just slap him at random times to see if I could get him to ever get mad.

[BeardoMSU]

His slothy slow movement helps him on offense with layups but it doesn't help when he has to pass it. Q is probably going to live to be 135 with his low blood pressure/flow at all times. He's probably impossible to piss off. If I was his friend I would just slap him at random times to see if I could get him to ever get mad.

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Sloth-Laugh.gif

[RocketDawg]

His slothy slow movement helps him on offense with layups but it doesn't help when he has to pass it. Q is probably going to live to be 135 with his low blood pressure/flow at all times. He's probably impossible to piss off. If I was his friend I would just slap him at random times to see if I could get him to ever get mad.

Haha. Yeah, that's the way it appears.

[Dawg61]

11 actually.

This is how he's going to get to the league. He just breaks people's ankles all the time and averages a stupid amount of assists like 14 a game or something outrageous he will be a lottery pick. He has 11 assists with ease tonight. He can average double digit assists for a season if he just focus on it instead of trying to be Damian Lillard.

[Irondawg]

We should be up 10-12, hopefully we can get it together the 2nd half and close this thing out

[Dawg61]

http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Sloth-Laugh.gif


Hahahahah this is Q. Please post this in every single game thread till he graduates. Sloth Spoon.

[BeardoMSU]

Btw, Dick Cross is good at what he does. I like him calling our games.

[RocketDawg]

Just noticed a closeup of the center court logo ... it sure is beat up. I guess they have to repaint the floor every year.

[MCsMGs]

Our defensive rotations are terrible so far...

[RocketDawg]

Btw, Dick Cross is good at what he does. I like him calling our games.

Yep, he's a good announcer. And pretty unbiased-sounding, all things considered.

[Goldendawg]

We still don't block out on the D boards.

[HoopsDawg]

Slothy close out from Q.

[Goldendawg]

Yep, he's a good announcer. And pretty unbiased-sounding, all things considered.

He knows a lot more about our team and season that this other goob.

[RocketDawg]

Ouch. Game tied at 40

[RocketDawg]

Just noticed we don't have names on our jerseys.

[msbulldog]

Big timer Holman!

[Bully13]

Btw, Dick Cross is good at what he does. I like him calling our games.

You said "DICK" hemmm.. hahaa. heemmm. hahhaaa . Beavis is calling you out beard.

[msbulldog]

Like to took Ado's head off.

[Red Sox Dawg]

Peters and Ado having big games

I hope X graduates

[Dawg61]

14 assists for Peters, damn coulda used this version from the start this season but better late than never

[Goldendawg]

Just noticed we don't have names on our jerseys.

Supposedly "throwback" jerseys.

[Liverpooldawg]

Supposedly "throwback" jerseys.

They are, around 91 I think.

[Bully13]

this 4 quarter breakdown on live stats blows nutt sack

[Big4Dawg]

Does it look likePeters is just refusing to score but trying to get an assist every time? Haha

[Bulldog1]

Ado playing well tonight...

[Big4Dawg]

Ado playing well tonight...

He’s getting some dimes from peters

[RocketDawg]

Supposedly "throwback" jerseys.

Ah, OK. Was wondering if we'd gone cheap.

[Dawg61]

If Eli sticks it out he's going to be a real nice player for us before he leaves. He can be a Brandon Vincent 8 pts 5 rb type player.

[Bulldog1]

Does it look likePeters is just refusing to score but trying to get an assist every time? Haha

He?s passing up some shots in the paint tonight that he would normally take

[Goldendawg]

Peters and Ado having big games

I hope X graduates

If X graduates, could we resign him as that grad transfer that many on the board want Howland to sign?**

[Bulldog1]

If Eli sticks it out he's going to be a real nice player for us before he leaves. He can be a Brandon Vincent 8 pts 5 rb type player.

I agree

[Goldendawg]

If we really went throwback, think the guys would wear those "short shorts"?

[Dawg61]

Does it look likePeters is just refusing to score but trying to get an assist every time? Haha

He's passed up some layup chances for assists for sure but it's working so keep doing it. He did have one wide open layup he decide to throw a turnover off of instead that wasn't good but all the other ones have been the right decision.

[BeardoMSU]

No way X was passing that ball, lol. At least he got fouled...

[Dawg61]

If X graduates, could we resign him as that grad transfer that many on the board want Howland to sign?**

He can pay his own way maybe? Idk how much grad school costs, sometimes they pay you if you're a grad assistant. Not sure how it works for athletes though but if he paid his own way nobody would have to leave.

[Liverpooldawg]

If we really went throwback, think the guys would wear those "short shorts"?

They weren't that short in 91

[BeardoMSU]

0-2 from the line, lol...

[maroonmania]

Missed 3 of our last 4 free throws. Also, i've never seen us win a competitive game when an opponent banks in a three. If we do tonight it will be a first.

[Red Sox Dawg]

I hope he graduates, but I don't want to resign him. JMHO

[Lord McBuckethead]

Can we not run a pick and roll? Do we not even practice it?

[msstate7]

We have had a 7ish pt lead like 10 times in this game. Terrible that we cannot put them away

[Bully13]

so our season is finished because because we can't beat NE on our own 17ing court. Yeay, we are in good 17ing hands.

[RocketDawg]

He can pay his own way maybe? Idk how much grad school costs, sometimes they pay you if you're a grad assistant. Not sure how it works for athletes though but if he paid his own way nobody would have to leave.

If you're a good enough student, it doesn't cost anything. In fact, they'll pay you (a little) with assistantships. But I think under the new tax laws those stipends will be taxable like any other income.

[Dawg61]

I like the 4 quarters because it eliminates teams shooting free throws the last ten minutes of the game off of every foul.

[RocketDawg]

Missed 3 of our last 4 free throws. Also, i've never seen us win a competitive game when an opponent banks in a three. If we do tonight it will be a first.

Thank goodness the experimental format doesn't allow many free throws ....

[RocketDawg]

I like the 4 quarters because it eliminates teams shooting free throws the last ten minutes of the game off of every foul.


It might even minimize the intentional fouls you always get toward the end of the game.

[Goldendawg]

I like the 4 quarters because it eliminates teams shooting free throws the last ten minutes of the game off of every foul.

I like the 4 quarters better too, but we better win this 4th quarter!

[RocketDawg]

I like the 4 quarters better too, but we better win this 4th quarter!

I think the game's taking longer to play though. It's at 1:45 already and we still have over 6 game minutes to go.

[Dawg61]

I hope he graduates, but I don't want to resign him. JMHO

Stapleton isn't a back of the bench guy. He gets 15-20 mins a game so I think it'd be dumb and unfair to him to push him out the door because he shows tendency to be selfish with shooting and he pouts when he gets called for a foul. I'd rather he works on those two weaknesses. If he cleans those two things up he's fine.

[Goldendawg]

Great no-look pass by Q, Not.

[BeardoMSU]

why are we trying to run things through Q? That was a dog shit pass. Lamar has 14 dimes for a ****ing reason. Let him handle!

[Red Sox Dawg]

Horrible pass Q

[BuckyIsAB****]

We are lucky they are missing some good looks from 3

[RocketDawg]

Turnovers gonna kill us.

[maroonmania]

Q is good for about 3 of those wtf passes per game. We are keeping them in the game with empty possessions.

[bluelightstar]

It really does seem like Q has an insane number of late-game turnovers.

[MaroonFlounder]

Turnovers down the stretch. We gonna kill our chances to win this

[Dawg61]

so our season is finished because because we can't beat NE on our own 17ing court. Yeay, we are in good 17ing hands.

This is a shit comment. Nebraska went 13-5 in the Big Ten. They are a tough team.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Get Aric Holman with Anthony Piroli or a real strength program and he will be a lottery pick

[bluelightstar]

I repeat

[Bothrops]

Q is killing us tonight

[BeardoMSU]

Nice travel, Q.

[maroonmania]

Q is killing us. Another turnover.

[Red Sox Dawg]

Why is Q struggling so much this year?

[Goldendawg]

Horrible pass Q

Followed by a walk. He has trouble with turnovers at the most crucial times.

[RocketDawg]

Good thing Nebraska can't make a shot.

[BuckyIsAB****]

We are better than them but letting them hang around.

This team makes everything 10x harder than it has to be

[Big4Dawg]

****ing shot Peters. Almost caused another TO

[maroonmania]

Q is killing us tonight

I actually think he has more turnovers than points tonight.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I hate to be negative, but Q dang man.

[Dawg61]

Tyson Ray Allen makes a shot, I don't like the extended 3 point line

[Goldendawg]

We have had trouble putting teams away all year.

[HoopsDawg]

Is Peters trolling a little? I mean we need him to score a few points.

[Dawg61]

I actually think he has more turnovers than points tonight.

Peters 14 assists is confusing Sloth Spoon.

[Big4Dawg]

Is Peters trolling a little? I mean we need him to score a few points.

I swear he is. He could have had 5 layups

[Lord McBuckethead]

Why is Q struggling so much this year?

No idea. Dude needs to get back to his drive and floater. He right now walks into trouble almost every drive to the basket. Never passes out successfully. I wouldn't be amazed to see him negative in the TO to assist for the year.

[Bulldog1]

Tyson Ray Allen makes a shot, I don't like the extended 3 point line

That’s a 3 on the old line

[msstate7]

Tyson Ray Allen makes a shot, I don't like the extended 3 point line

I wish they would move it back farther. Closer 3s hurts us bc we cannot shoot them anyway... I want em harder for the opposition

[Dawg61]

Is Peters trolling a little? I mean we need him to score a few points.

I would not be surprised if Peters is trolling a little. He's been showing signs of trolling on the court all year.

[RocketDawg]

I haven't been paying really close attention, but it seems we're doing well on rebounds tonight.

[Goldendawg]

Q with a 3!!

[HoopsDawg]

defensive breakdown by Ado, but thankfully Roby missed the shot.

[BuckyIsAB****]

If we play this shitty late against Baylor we will get donkey stomped

[Red Sox Dawg]

Q with a good shot, good for him

[RocketDawg]

Is Peters trolling a little? I mean we need him to score a few points.

I think he is. Has he even scored?

[maroonmania]

Gosh, could we at least defend the driving lane? That was too easy. What was Holman doing?

[Goldendawg]

I wish they would move it back farther. Closer 3s hurts us bc we cannot shoot them anyway... I want em harder for the opposition

I like it further back also. Doesn't matter anyway. Most all D 1 players are sure they have NBA range.

[BeardoMSU]

That's some good D right there...

[RocketDawg]

If we play this shitty late against Baylor we will get donkey stomped

We haven't won yet ....

[MaroonFlounder]

Zero pts for Peters, but a great assist game

[RougeDawg]

Q makes some baddddddd plays.

[HoopsDawg]

This is a very solid win. Especially without Nick.

[Dawg61]

Peters hyper attentive to assists game may be attributed to his video getting 3 million views on house of highlights across the country in a week

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgK2TwwBrNx/

[msbulldog]

Over the back

[BeardoMSU]

This is a very solid win. Especially without Nick.

And without our guards scoring, lol...

[RocketDawg]

Zero pts for Peters, but a great assist game

That must be his goal.

[Red Sox Dawg]

Stapleton isn't a back of the bench guy. He gets 15-20 mins a game so I think it'd be dumb and unfair to him to push him out the door because he shows tendency to be selfish with shooting and he pouts when he gets called for a foul. I'd rather he works on those two weaknesses. If he cleans those two things up he's fine.

I just don't think he is a team player and he is selfish. However those were 2 big free throws

[msstate7]

This is a very solid win. Especially without Nick.

It is. Nice job, dawgs

[RocketDawg]

Now we've won.

[RocketDawg]

#15 for Nebraska has hair like Giorgio Tsoukalas.

[Dawg61]

I just don't think he is a team player and he is selfish. However those were 2 big free throws

I agree he is selfish at times but I think he can fix it over the summer.

[Red Sox Dawg]

Nice win. Maybe X can grow up some, but he didn't grow up much between last year and this year.

Go Dawgs

[Quaoarsking]

This is our first postseason win over a non-SWAC team in 10 years.

[msstate7]

When is Baylor game?

[Dawg61]

#15 for Nebraska has hair like Giorgio Tsoukalas.

Roby? That's the guy that discovered half his family lives in Starkville in August.

[RocketDawg]

This is our first postseason win over a non-SWAC team in 10 years.

Pretty telling isn't it?

[Bulldog1]

When is Baylor game?

Sunday at 11

[RougeDawg]

When is Baylor game?

Sunday 11 am I believe.

[RocketDawg]

Roby? That's the guy that discovered half his family lives in Starkville in August.

Wonder how he's just now hearing about that?

[Bothrops]

Good job, we win despite playing sloppy.

[Dawg61]

Wonder how he's just now hearing about that?

Facebook I think

[MetEdDawg]

We won a game against a 22 win P5 team with no Nick, Peters scoring 0 points, and Q scoring 8. Damn impressed we were able to win this one.

[RocketDawg]

Facebook I think

Cool. It has some positive aspects after all.

[RocketDawg]

We won a game against a 22 win P5 team with no Nick, Peters scoring 0 points, and Q scoring 8. Damn impressed we were able to win this one.

With a 13-5 conference record, and 22 wins overall, why wasn't Nebraska in the NCAA? Must've had some terrible OOC losses.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

With a 13-5 conference record, and 22 wins overall, why wasn't Nebraska in the NCAA? Must've had some terrible OOC losses.

I think I saw that their conference schedule happened to be abnormally soft considering how many good B10 teams there are. And their non conference schedule wasn't very strong

[Dawg61]

I think I saw that their conference schedule happened to be abnormally soft considering how many good B10 teams there are. And their non conference schedule wasn't very strong

B10 might of had the worst season in history this year. Usually strong teams like Wisconsin and Indiana sucked and it hurt a team like Nebraska. 13-5 is usually an auto lock for tourney in that league but not this year with there only being 3-4 good teams.

[MetEdDawg]

B10 might of had the worst season in history this year. Usually strong teams like Wisconsin and Indiana sucked and it hurt a team like Nebraska. 13-5 is usually an auto lock for tourney in that league but not this year with there only being 3-4 good teams.

Their RPI was 58 according to Warren Nolan. I’m stunned they were an NIT 5 seed and I know their fan base was too. Makes no sense honestly. Baylor is an NIT 1 seed and had a 60 RPI. We just beat a really good team. They should have been a 1 or 2 seed in this tournament.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Well not sure what to say about the game. We we're definitely the better team on the court tonight. If Nebraska played our schedule, they wouldn't have won 20 games this season.

We looked rusty as hell out there. I am not sure who I want shooting the ball right now other than Peters. Ado needs to learn how to avoid contact a little when he has the ball. Can't Lawrence Roberts come and teach him how to catch the ball and make an immediate move to where the defense is soft.

Also, I saw us make a cut to the basket today with Stappleton and we actually got him the ball in the 1st half.

Do we not practice a pick and roll? With Ado, Holman, and Peters we should get 15 a game of of a simple pick and roll. Heck, I wonder if you could just let those three practice that one play and it's variants. I just want to see our big man roll to the basket and get to the line or get the two points. Still waiting to see it.

Q has had a rough 1.75 years. Since he broke his wrist, it seems like he is on Debbie downers like Phil Michelson was for a while. Like his A-D-D meds are making him act like his mind isn't actually there with him. He needs to turn into a veteran on O. A preditor that is ready to attack nonstop. It would be interesting if we should run him in circles on offense.

Ado scored tonight, but he doesn't position himself all to well to be counted on.

[Dawg61]

Well not sure what to say about the game. We we're definitely the better team on the court tonight. If Nebraska played our schedule, they wouldn't have won 20 games this season.

We looked rusty as hell out there. I am not sure who I want shooting the ball right now other than Peters. Ado needs to learn how to avoid contact a little when he has the ball. Can't Lawrence Roberts come and teach him how to catch the ball and make an immediate move to where the defense is soft.

Also, I saw us make a cut to the basket today with Stappleton and we actually got him the ball in the 1st half.

Do we not practice a pick and roll? With Ado, Holman, and Peters we should get 15 a game of of a simple pick and roll. Heck, I wonder if you could just let those three practice that one play and it's variants. I just want to see our big man roll to the basket and get to the line or get the two points. Still waiting to see it.

Q has had a rough 1.75 years. Since he broke his wrist, it seems like he is on Debbie downers like Phil Michelson was for a while. Like his A-D-D meds are making him act like his mind isn't actually there with him. He needs to turn into a veteran on O. A preditor that is ready to attack nonstop. It would be interesting if we should run him in circles on offense.

Ado scored tonight, but he doesn't position himself all to well to be counted on.

Lot of good points in this post especially the pick and roll stuff. With Peters, Ado and Holman buckets should be so easy. Just set a pick for Peters up top with one of them and have the other on the wing and then run some type of cut to the basket amongst the three of them. One of them is guaranteed to get a dunk. I hate our motion offense up top. I'd much rather go to a variant of backdoor cuts and pick and roll offense. If Holman stood up top and Peters ran the offense just through him it'd be deadly with Holman's ability to shoot the 3. I don't like how stubborn Howland is to try different things. I'd like us to always be changing how we play and using different defenses. I wanna see a zone some. I wanna see a game where we decide to be Press Virginia. I wanna see us be Princeton and back door cut a team to death. I wanna see us run a Duke high tempo shoot 3's on transition game sometimes. Change it up so the defense can't key on one thing. It's too boring to run the same damn stuff all the time. I realize if you just try to get really good at one thing it has it's benefits but **** that. I want to be high tempo and crazy. Maybe I should just start coaching cause I am never gonna be satisfied with some things no matter who the coach is.