Arky BB game

[parabrave]

And now it's Howlands turn to excel.
Starting Lineup Mol, Moore, Brooks Jeffries and Tolu.

[Pinto]

Pre game is hype if you like jock jams 94 and an announcer who hasn?t hit puberty yet and only hype method is annoyingly stretching out every word.

[KOdawg1]

Not a must win necessarily, but it's pretty close

[parabrave]

Moore with the 3. early lead Defense playing good

[KOdawg1]

Tolu playing good inside early

[parabrave]

Dammit Mol go to the fing basket.

[EdwardDrayton]

Should win this one. Arkansas without Notae and Johnson, together averaging 21 ppg.

[parabrave]

Should win this one. Arkansas without Notae and Johnson, together averaging 21 ppg.

Well we are going have to do better than 25% FG shooting

[KOdawg1]

Tough start shooting for us.

[KOdawg1]

They're making their shots, we're not. It's that simple through the first 8 minutes

[KOdawg1]

Tolu is gonna get them in foul trouble at this rate.

[EdwardDrayton]

Dang, for a minute there was wondering if Leach gave the pregame pep talk.

[parabrave]

Tolu is gonna get them in foul trouble at this rate.

Thats what we want him to do. They are already at 5.

[KOdawg1]

Starting to take bad shots

[KOdawg1]

Drive to the basket and stop heaving NBA jump shots. Y'all aren't in the NBA

[msstate7]

I like carter, but I'll like him more on the bench until next season

[KOdawg1]

Piss poor finish to the half. Had them on the ropes and just handed it back to them.

Still, we have a lead. Need Molinar to come out and have a better 2nd half.

[msstate7]

We have 2 really good 5's. Unfortunately, brooks plays as a 4.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Good half. Yeah we let them sneak back into the game when we could have really stretched that lead in the last 3 minutes, but we bounced right back and got the ball deep under the basket to Tolu. Got to keep working fellas. Do not settle for contested jumpers. Move the ball, move without the ball. Screen and slash.
Please God, someone slash to the basket without the ball every once in a while.

[OLJWales]

I hope the ED Degenerates who also lack DOG BALLS who Bet Pig lose their ass forcing their babies to wait 2 more weeks for the much needed new pair of shoes.

[BayouDawg]

That was a solid half. Best Tolu has looked this year

[EdwardDrayton]

We got this. Our shooting improves as we finish stronger at the rim, we stay solid at the line and our depth trumps their depleted ranks. Go get the W.

[KOdawg1]

What a damn start..

And wuddya know? Driving to the basket

[msstate7]

When tolu leaves, brooks had to play the 5

[KOdawg1]

I like this Garcia kid

[OLJWales]

Y'all Evah heard a Pig right before and during his demise? I'm starting to smell Poke Chops.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Need to close this out. We can?t have another Colorado State repeat

[KOdawg1]

Tolu, trying to channel his inner Abdul Ado, has developed dicks for hands and is losing the ball every time he touches it... much like Ado did his entire career here.

[OLJWales]

Time for Our Band to Strike Up "Dueling Banjos"

[Percho]

where is Derek Fountain

[Pancho]

he on the bench

[Commercecomet24]

Playing well especially on the boards

[msstate7]

Playing well especially on the boards

Finally getting the sec's rebounding leader from last season back

[chef dixon]

We have had Arkansas' number in hoops lately

[KOdawg1]

This team's identity is to drive and crash the boards. When we do that, it opens everything else up, and they're actually fun to watch.

Getting Tolu back is huge. Let's make a damn run.

[parabrave]

Tolu is the man on this team.

[cheewgumm]

Anderson Garcia has looked really good today.

He's undrerated.

[msstate7]

Garcia has earned more mins at Mizzou

[parabrave]

Y'all be careful heading home from the game

[EdwardDrayton]

WRAP IT IN MAROON AND WHITE!! Big W right out of the conference gate.

[msstate7]

How many do we need to win by for the premium?

[NCMSTFAN]

Been saying for a while that we have the talent... Howland just has to direct and Coach these guys. That's a good SEC win

[msstate7]

Been saying for a while that we have the talent... Howland just has to direct and Coach these guys. That's a good SEC win

In howland's defense (seems that's my role), finally getting tolu close to 100% is a huge deal. He's arguably our 2nd best player

[OLJWales]

We Whooped Dat Pig ASS!!

[StarkVegasSteve]

I will say this, Howland had them ready to play today. Amazing we were able to do all that with Garrison struggling.

[Rawdawg]

Won by double digits, helps our NET

[BayouDawg]

Thats a great start to conference play. Howland had a good gameplan and the guys executed it. Whipped them on the glass too.

[LC Dawg]

I know I shouldn't get my hopes up but it's so much fun when we're good at basketball I'm going to do it anyway. Hopefully the conference season is fun.

[Pancho]

Play with this home intensity and then win over half the away games.

[Catfish]

They looked darn good today.

[Pancho]

I was actually surprised how the play on both ends had a purpose and seemed to stay on point.

[msstate7]

I think our fans lose sight of how tough it is to get a bunch of transfers to play together as a team esp when you consider 2 of our pieces (smith and watts) haven't been available. Hell, look at ark... they had 4 transfers, and they haven't been able to make it click just yet with a great HC

[NCMSTFAN]

I think our fans lose sight of how tough it is to get a bunch of transfers to play together as a team esp when you consider 2 of our pieces (smith and watts) haven't been available. Hell, look at ark... they had 4 transfers, and they haven't been able to make it click just yet with a great HC

Really good post...Multiple Transfers from other programs coming together can be tough.. but if they gel, like we seem to be doing.. it can be special

[trob115]

Garcia should continue to be a great option off of the bench. Instant impact guy, even though others on here keep saying otherwise. Tolu being healthy is huge for us. He and Garrison just need to figure out their spacing a little bit, but we are a mismatch when we play aggressively. Big win for sure! Got to win the next one!

[CaptainObvious]

This win wiped a little bit of last nights bad taste away. Good win Dawgs!!!

[Bdawg]

I really like seeing guys go onto the floor after loose balls and and coming away with jump balls(being scrappy). Tells me we were ready to get after it and wanted the win!!!

[NCMSTFAN]

Need to pack the Hump next game... I know the time change hurt us today but the crowd was still loud. Next game let's pack the place... looking across the SEC other games have packed crowds. We gotta help our guys

[OLJWales]

I really like seeing guys go onto the floor after loose balls and and coming away with jump balls(being scrappy). Tells me we were ready to get after it and wanted the win!!!

Winsome Frazier Sighting? Dennis Rodman sneaking incognito?

[Commercecomet24]

Finally getting the sec's rebounding leader from last season back

I liked the effort and physical play tonight. Good win.

[State82]

I think our fans lose sight of how tough it is to get a bunch of transfers to play together as a team esp when you consider 2 of our pieces (smith and watts) haven't been available. Hell, look at ark... they had 4 transfers, and they haven't been able to make it click just yet with a great HC
True. Impressive win.

[RougeDawg]

Was the game time moved up for weather. I had it DVRd to watch when I got home from work and got the final score notification before I even got home. Thought the game was slated for 8 pm. That?s what it showed last night when I scheduled recording.

[parabrave]

In howland's defense (seems that's my role), finally getting tolu close to 100% is a huge deal. He's arguably our 2nd best player

I digress he is our best player. He is the leader on this team/

[Liverpooldawg]

I said this very early on and it still applies: This team COULD be our best one since 96. That doesn't mean it is now or will ever get there. It just means it has the pieces to do it....if the jigsaw puzzle can be fit together. Richard Williams did it with Basketball Jones being the missing piece that he managed to fit in. This team has more than one missing piece that we have on the table, but have yet to fit in. It's a more difficult job than 96, but it COULD be done.

[Reunion Dog]

You need to put that crack rock pipe down. This team doesn?t have 2 first round pics and Dick Williams ain?t on the sideline? Now if he was?. This team could see a lot more of their potential reached?. But not with Howland.

[Rawdawg]

Net ranking up to 35

[msstate7]

Net ranking up to 35

Furman jumped up to 101. Need them, Richmond (84), morehead st (114), and ark (90) to win games

[Ari Gold]

Should win this one. Arkansas without Notae and Johnson, together averaging 21 ppg.

Notae is Scoring 19 of those 21
So Ark was missing one player .. lets dont spin the they were without 2 players narrative too much

[Ari Gold]

Big win and very good effort for the full 40 minutes
missed a lot of easy shots and open shots in the first half and I still worry about our outside shooting , but big time win

Tolu is still getting back into game shape , only his 5th game this year and the committee will take into consideration with those early losses
Great help from the role guys lots of energy and effort .
Iverson not one of his better games and still had 16
This team will keep getting better and better the more games they play together

If DJ starts making outside shots he is going to be a mismatch nightmare

And as usually the crowd sucked , I guess the 4pm tip was the excuse this time.
Looking forward to the excuses for the UGA game..

Really need to win 1 of these next 2 road games if not both but road wins in the league are golng to be hard to come by no matter who it is . But these are 2 that we could both win .. Then take care of UGA at home and that will set up a big time showdown at home with Bama ..

[NWADAWG]

Big win and very good effort for the full 40 minutes
missed a lot of easy shots and open shots in the first half and I still worry about our outside shooting , but big time win

Tolu is still getting back into game shape , only his 5th game this year and the committee will take into consideration with those early losses
Great help from the role guys lots of energy and effort .
Iverson not one of his better games and still had 16
This team will keep getting better and better the more games they play together

If DJ starts making outside shots he is going to be a mismatch nightmare

And as usually the crowd sucked , I guess the 4pm tip was the excuse this time.
Looking forward to the excuses for the UGA game..

Really need to win 1 of these next 2 road games if not both but road wins in the league are golng to be hard to come by no matter who it is . But these are 2 that we could both win .. Then take care of UGA at home and that will set up a big time showdown at home with Bama ..

The only downside to this win against UPig is that no one showed up to work today so I could give them crap.

[msstate7]

The only downside to this win against UPig is that no one showed up to work today so I could give them crap.

I was going at 8. Couldn't make it at 4

[OLJWales]

Big win and very good effort for the full 40 minutes
missed a lot of easy shots and open shots in the first half and I still worry about our outside shooting , but big time win

Tolu is still getting back into game shape , only his 5th game this year and the committee will take into consideration with those early losses
Great help from the role guys lots of energy and effort .
Iverson not one of his better games and still had 16
This team will keep getting better and better the more games they play together

If DJ starts making outside shots he is going to be a mismatch nightmare

And as usually the crowd sucked , I guess the 4pm tip was the excuse this time.
Looking forward to the excuses for the UGA game..

Really need to win 1 of these next 2 road games if not both but road wins in the league are golng to be hard to come by no matter who it is . But these are 2 that we could both win .. Then take care of UGA at home and that will set up a big time showdown at home with Bama ..

If we snag the next two, media buzz & fan excitement will produce a good Hump crowd.