MSU vs Auburn game thread

[R2Dawg]

The Jackson kid for TAMU is really good. 1st team All SEC to me.

MSU MBB just at least don't get blown out tonight.

[R2Dawg]

Decent crowd at Hump

[R2Dawg]

We are sloppy.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Decent crowd at Hump
Auburn brought a couple thousand fans with them.

[R2Dawg]

Well the tennis team is pretty good.

[EdwardDrayton]

I?m here to forget the baseball game. Is that textbook masochism or what.

[R2Dawg]

Auburn brought a couple thousand fans with them.

Yeah that is what I predicted. I know a bunch there.

[R2Dawg]

I?m here to forget the baseball game. Is that textbook masochism or what.

Me too but I'll leave here is this goes bad by half.

[RougeDawg]

Well from baseball game and the start to this one I may Belushi a bottle of Jack and find a cinder block to tie around my neck before jumping in the pool.** sorta.

[R2Dawg]

Kesler on back on RB

[R2Dawg]

Garcia gets a steal and dunk every game.

[LC Dawg]

It's so disappointing to watch how bad this team is.

[R2Dawg]

We can't run a set to get Molinar a good shot?

[PGHBulldogBG]

After the Bama game I said the only team we would beat was Missouri because they are so bad and then vandy a 50/50 shot. We did get the vandy win but we will be a 10 seed in SEC tournament and I just don?t see us beating any of the other 9 on a neutral court

[RougeDawg]

After the Bama game I said the only team we would beat was Missouri because they are so bad and then vandy a 50/50 shot. We did get the vandy win but we will be a 10 seed in SEC tournament and I just don?t see us beating any of the other 9 on a neutral court

We play at such a slow pace and apparently practice against air, that we look like a fish out of water when we play teams not running a 1970?s style of play.

[CarolinaDawgs]

It is literally IMPOSSIBLE to beat good teams when you can?t shoot 3s. **** this team. Thanks for coming out. This aint 1997

[R2Dawg]

a point a minute, really bad

[EdwardDrayton]

The upside to this first half is our team is not luring us with the usual sirens call of false hope.

[OLJWales]

Down 17 in 1st half. (See what I did there?)

[R2Dawg]

Tulo gets mugged on other end no call, didn't touch their guy and foul???

[R2Dawg]

The upside to this first half is our team is not luring us with the usual sirens call of false hope.

I guess I prefer it that way. Not really

[msstate7]

Molinar showing up big - 1 pt, 3 TOs. Me and him have something in common, we'll never play in the nba

[R2Dawg]

Tolu has held his own with Kesler and maybe has gotten better of him.

[R2Dawg]

Pretty amazing half. -21 on 3s and we only down 12.

[RougeDawg]

This teams goes to show you can take 4+ star guys and make them play like 2* guys in an antique offense.

Be like putting 87 octane in a Corvette, trying to beat a Porsche with 93 octane.

Does anyone have a large party barge? Would be interesting to take the entire team out to the lake, shove them over the side and see if any of them could hit the water. This is getting worse.

[msstate7]

Smith, you're most likely the #1 pick overall.... you need to sit out the rest of the game lol

[EdwardDrayton]

Molinar showing up big - 1 pt, 3 TOs. Me and him have something in common, we'll never play in the nba

OK, that made me laugh. And after the baseball game and this first half, I desperately needed some humor.

[msstate7]

1-29 from 3 the last 3 games. I realize we aren't a good 3-pt shooting team, but I'm sorry, that flukish. We truly are a cursed program

[msstate7]

Our baseball hitting and basketball 3-pt shooting seems to just get worse and worse as they keep losing confidence with each miss/k

[msstate7]

I believe in the law of averages, so I think we should come out shooting away from 3-pt land. Surely, surely, we are due a 6-12 or so stretch

[R2Dawg]

I believe in the law of averages, so I think we should come out shooting away from 3-pt land. Surely, surely, we are due a 6-12 or so stretch

Seems that way doesn't it.

[EdwardDrayton]

1-29 from 3 the last 3 games. I realize we aren't a good 3-pt shooting team, but I'm sorry, that flukish. We truly are a cursed program

If I were an opposing SEC basketball coach, I would be wishing this team had four more years together.

[msstate7]

Molinar wide open and air balls a 3

[msstate7]

Molinar is a boss. Great game

[msstate7]

Thank you! Come on Molinar

[R2Dawg]

BS call by refs again.

[Saltydog]

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[msstate7]

I doubt we pull it out, but I'm happy to see we have a pair and manned up

[R2Dawg]

Well we have typically played one bad half every game all year.

[msstate7]

Molinar, what a trash play. You give us nothing tonight, and then you screw us on our run. Jeez

[parabrave]

Molinar is a boss. Great game

1-7, 0-3 3s is not a good game. 0-10 at the 3s sucks. Good thing Tolu came to play.

[R2Dawg]

Well we just blew that momentum

[Cowbell]

Thank you! Come on Molinar

Why do you pick on one kid so much when the coaching is so bad? He's the best player we have by a mile and you just trash him every chance you get. He didn't sign up to carry the whole team.

[msstate7]

Why do you pick on one kid so much when the coaching is so bad? He's the best player we have by a mile and you just trash him every chance you get. He didn't sign up to carry the whole team.

I have high expectations for him. Is smith killing his team? No

[parabrave]

We are getting nothing out of our guards.

[msstate7]

We are getting nothing out of our guards.

Garcia has played well

[msstate7]

I used to love Matthews, but he just comes in hacking these days

[msstate7]

Molinar is 1/9 shooting

[msstate7]

Make it 2/10. Come on Molinar, we got to have you

[CarolinaDawgs]

It is so clearly obvious that this team is HORRIBLE at Howlands pace. Let them run

[LC Dawg]

Credit to our guys for playing good defense this half.

[msstate7]

It is so clearly obvious that this team is HORRIBLE at Howlands pace. Let them run

We need another Garcia. His hands on defense is what fuels our transition

[R2Dawg]

It is so clearly obvious that this team is HORRIBLE at Howlands pace. Let them run

Agree this is a running team, it is obvious. He has throttled some stallions.

[parabrave]

Well we just blew that momentum

Dam media T/O jut blew our momentum. Garcia and Tolu playing Great.

[R2Dawg]

Our basketball team is better than our basaeball team - ouch.

[EdwardDrayton]

Its actually very calming to have no expectations left for this team.

[R2Dawg]

Kesler ain't impressed me at all tonight.

[msstate7]

Tolu, please come back next year for the new coach. His injury is why we aren't a tourney team

[R2Dawg]

Tolu taking Aub to school

[msstate7]

Kesler ain't impressed me at all tonight.

Him and Molinar having bad games. Both are great players

[parabrave]

Down by 1.

[parabrave]

Richard just said we have only attempted 1 3 this half. Since then we have come back/

[msstate7]

That's what I wanna see, Molinar. Hell yeah

[OLJWales]

DAMN!! Dis Fo REALZ??!!

[msstate7]

Richard just said we have only attempted 1 3 this half. Since then we have come back/

I said we should shoot away from 3 at the half bc I thought the law of averages would start working. Face palm

[msstate7]

DAMN!! Dis Fo REALZ??!!

Let's see if we can close. We've done this against good teams all year, but finished with a fizzle

[parabrave]

Well the crowd sounds great on the radio. Brooks is having a good game also.

[Cloak]

Let's see if we can close. We've done this against good teams all year, but finished with a fizzle

Exactly. How do we finish the last few minutes?

[msstate7]

I don't mind Moore taking a 3, but I want it in transition or when he's moving toward the line. I didn't like that one at all

[R2Dawg]

Him and Molinar having bad games. Both are great players

Agree but Molinar is shooting, Kesler getting schooled by Smith nothing to do with his shooting.

[EdwardDrayton]

The five minute mark looms.

[msstate7]

The five minute mark looms.

These big runs take a lot of energy, so hopefully we can maintain intensity

[msstate7]

Smith is a man

[parabrave]

Good one Tolu.

[msstate7]

Garcia is gonna be a stud

[LC Dawg]

Garcia just keeps making plays.

[msstate7]

Molinar, please

[R2Dawg]

What a night for Molinar to have an off night.

[R2Dawg]

Lucky crap

[parabrave]

Dam Mol.

[msstate7]

Molinar missed twice at point blank, and now we losing

[CarolinaDawgs]

Dude got a rebound on his ass gtfoh

[Cloak]

:(

[BuckyIsAB****]

Those last few possessions is why we are where we are

[msstate7]

What a night for Molinar to have an off night.

3/13 shooting and 4 TO

[parabrave]

And we are now out of TO's.

[OLJWales]

Let's see if we can close. We've done this against good teams all year, but finished with a fizzle

I hate to admit but I'm having Negative Vibes created by previous games.

[CarolinaDawgs]

Here come 4 minutes with 0 fg

Good night!

[LC Dawg]

Molinar and Moore both drove and got in trouble on consecutive possessions and we lose the lead.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I really am shocked we are even in this game considering we have no idea how to make a 3 point shot. I?ve seen this song and dance though over and over again

[msstate7]

Molinar is about to take this win. I've bad mouthed him too much for him to let me get away with it

[parabrave]

Thats what we need you to do Mol. Drive and get the foul.

[msstate7]

Tough luck there for mol

[parabrave]

I really am shocked we are even in this game considering we have no idea how to make a 3 point shot. I?ve seen this song and dance though over and over again

Because Aubbie can't hit the side of the barn in the 2nd half.

[msstate7]

We're gonna win. No way this team lets us just walk away and accept defeat. They'll win, and then they'll lay a complete turd at aTm this Saturday

[R2Dawg]

Boy you can't touch Aub Smith or foul

[R2Dawg]

Tolu schooling

[msstate7]

2 completely lucky bounces have lead to auburn baskets

[parabrave]

Dammit Mol/ What are you waiting on.

[msstate7]

Just wow

[R2Dawg]

That was close but BS 10 second call. We had one more second.

[LC Dawg]

WTF Molinar?!

[CarolinaDawgs]

This team is cursed lol here it comes

[PGHBulldogBG]

Is this real life? Lol only we would do this

[msstate7]

Isn't this 3 straight 20 pt games for tolu?

[BeardoMSU]

Is this real life? Lol only we would do this

Setting us up for the biggest of let downs....A$M smoked Bama on the road tonight, lol. Gotta play our last game in cultville.

[R2Dawg]

Smith got fouled on RB

[msstate7]

Molinar, I prefer smith

[parabrave]

Dam Mol/

[OLJWales]

Setting us up for the biggest of let downs....A$M smoked Bama on the road tonight, lol. Gotta play our last game in cultville.

They really are an odd bunch, no?

[parabrave]

And Brooks shoots a 3 WTF are you thinking.

[Saltydog]

The Jackson kid for TAMU is really good. 1st team All SEC to me.

MSU MBB just at least don't get blown out tonight.

Headed for a heartbreak boys!

[CarolinaDawgs]

They tricked us! Here?s an EXTRA 5 minutes of pain

[LC Dawg]

Can't close.

[R2Dawg]

We are so jinxed

[parabrave]

Gawd our last 2 possessions were WTF moments.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I do not want us to ever shoot a 3 again

[msstate7]

If Molinar keeps playing like he has, we will lose, and he has to wear the loss. He has killed us

[BeardoMSU]

I'm ****ing this up. 2 times I switched over from my movie to the game we lose the lead. I literally clicked over now right when they tied it. At least we played good D to send it to OT, lol.

I'll stick to the ESPN gamecast.

[MoreCowbell]

That is just bad coaching at the end we are lucky AU had a brain fart that last possession. With 45 seconds left we should have tried to score quickly so we would have had a 2 for 1 chance instead of milking the clock, getting nothing and then letting them have last possession. Just dumb Howland.

[msstate7]

Was that a trip

[MoreCowbell]

We are not mentally strong enough to win this game but will gladly eat crow.

[Bothrops]

Ok let's get this done!!

[MoreCowbell]

Gonna come down to if we can make free throws. Rebound and make free throws and we will win.

[R2Dawg]

Ballgame

[MoreCowbell]

Jeffries is worthless

[Bothrops]

Damn we'll lose by 10 now

[parabrave]

Well crap.

[MoreCowbell]

I swear we have no game plan Howland just claps and says MAN 2 MAN

[BeardoMSU]

And the trademark implosion. Wunderbar.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Offensive possessions end of game and now will cost it. Same old same

[CarolinaDawgs]

0 for auburn giving me big time dickhead vibes.


I will root for nothing but failure for him moving forward.

[msstate7]

And the trademark implosion. Wunderbar.

The good teams have players that close games. Our best player took a dive tonight or something. Molinar lose this game

[CarolinaDawgs]

At least now we won?t lose to TAMU

[HoopsDawg]

Molinar's Technical in regulation, plus the 10 second call, killers. Terrible execution at the end of regulation. We had a chance to pull two big wins this year: AU and UK and couldn't get it done. Hello 3 seed in the NIT.

[msstate7]

Molinar's Technical in regulation, plus the 10 second call, killers. Terrible execution at the end of regulation. We had a chance to pull two big wins this year: AU and UK and couldn't get it done. Hello 3 seed in the NIT.

It's on him.

[Saltydog]

The Jackson kid for TAMU is really good. 1st team All SEC to me.

MSU MBB just at least don't get blown out tonight.

Why is anyone in here shocked at how this ended? It was the same old script we've seen the last 6 weeks!

[msstate7]

Of course Molinar misses another. Thanks for nothing

[CarolinaDawgs]

0 for auburn giving me big time dickhead vibes.


I will root for nothing but failure for him moving forward.


Bump

[Quaoarsking]

We are so stupid.

[EdwardDrayton]

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[parabrave]

Tolu should at least share POTW.

[PGHBulldogBG]

This game was lost in regulation. There was no way we were going to pull this off in OT

[HoopsDawg]

It's on him.

such a shame. He's been the guy all year.

[HoopsDawg]

This game was lost in regulation. There was no way we were going to pull this off in OT

so bad to not go for the 2 for 1. Just so, so bad. Maybe a fitting ending to the Howland era. Thanks for making us respectable again Ben. Have fun in Malibu.

[maroonmania]

Seriously, can you really expect to win any game that you can't even make one 3 pointer?

[BuckyIsAB****]

This is why nobody cares

[Maroonthirteen]

Well, valiant effort by the Bulldogs. But Auburn was to big and quick in the end.

[Cloak]

This is ****ing embarrassing. **** Howland

[HoopsDawg]

Seriously, can you really expect to win any game that you can't even make one 3 pointer?

rocket watts was a 25% 3 point shooter at Michigan State. DJ was 35%. Shaq Moore was 34%. What was Ben Howland and the staff thinking this past offseason?

[msstate7]

Seriously, can you really expect to win any game that you can't even make one 3 pointer?

By your best player not getting a stupid tech, bone headed 10 sec call, miss more layups than hotdogs sold tonight, and ,commit more TOs than fgs made. Great game, mol

[Activated Alpha]

Seriously, can you really expect to win any game that you can't even make one 3 pointer?

Had to look this up, but we 323 out of 350 for 3-point percentage. Miss Valley shoots the 3 better than us.....

[BuckyIsAB****]

We will do the same thing in the SEC tourney

[EdwardDrayton]

I sure hope we inked another coach a while ago before he watched all these games.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I would love to have Buzz Williams or Frank Martin start the season with our talent. We would be up with the other top 4

[msstate7]

This is ****ing embarrassing. **** Howland

Wouldn't call it embarrassing. We've basically played all the sec tourney teams tooth and nail, but couldn't finish. Frustrating is a better description.

Hopefully the new coach can convince tolu to return and build around him

[CarolinaDawgs]

Wouldn't call it embarrassing. We've basically played all the sec tourney teams tooth and nail, but couldn't finish. Frustrating is a better description.

Hopefully the new coach can convince tolu to return and build around him


Would be a crime to build around Tolu. Its exactly what happened this year.. IT DOESNT WORK. you have to be able to shoot. Your big guy is only effective in the college game if you can space it with some outside threat. Court is too compact otherwise.

[msstate7]

Would be a crime to build around Tolu. Its exactly what happened this year.. IT DOESNT WORK. you have to be able to shoot. Your big guy is only effective in the college game if you can space it with some outside threat. Court is too compact otherwise.

Tolu is good enough down low to get guys open perimeter shots. Just gotta hope the new coach can find 1 or 2. Maybe cam carter or Hamilton can be that guy

[OLJWales]

This is why nobody cares

Sad but true. I'm lethargic, numb & plum outta shits to give.

[Cloak]

Wouldn't call it embarrassing. We've basically played all the sec tourney teams tooth and nail, but couldn't finish. Frustrating is a better description.

Hopefully the new coach can convince tolu to return and build around him

Getting out scored 20-7 in OT is embarrassing. The last minute of regulation was embarrassing. The Auburn chants in the hump were embarrassing.

[RougeDawg]

The metal toughness and basketball IQ is severely lacking. The lackadaisical approach to the offense caused the 10 second call. We are so used to playing snails pace BBall Iverson forgot that we had gotten a rebound and not an in bounds. When you slow the human mind down as much as Howlands offense does, it is difficult to speed it back up.

That?s why the press kills us. Speeds up the mind. The only way Howlands offense works is to have future NBA all stars on your roster that can shoot 35%+ from outside. We do not have that. And you cannot all of a sudden speed up a practiced slow basketball mind.

As we saw tonight the talent is there to compete. The scheme and pace is making 4* guys produce llle 2* guys.

[Bothrops]

This is why nobody cares

I'm ready for the men's program to shut down, permanently. We will never make noise in it again. We've been mediocre to garbage for long enough, that winning would require a major culture change.

[CaptainObvious]

I'm ready for the men's program to shut down, permanently. We will never make noise in it again. We've been mediocre to garbage for long enough, that winning would require a major culture change.

Can we spend it on football!!!! If so, I agree. The space the Hump takes up would be a great 6 story parking garage.

[OLJWales]

Gonna go youtube some lions killing hyenas to cheer my ass up.

[BiscuitEater]

Ok let's get this done!!

Score 7 points in 5 min of OT .. while giving up 20!

[EdwardDrayton]

Got my maroon colored glasses off the mantle and put them on.

I see we’ve locked up our NIT bid.

[RougeDawg]

Hey. At least we can officially write off basketball and Howland now.

[Reunion Dog]

Got to give Garcia credit. From my 2nd row seat he is bigger and much quicker in person. His hands are fast as lightning. Tolu came up to us after the game and had tears in his eyes because he was so upset they lost.

First time I have seen this team show that kind of emotion. I asked Tolu if he had an NIL deal. He said NO ONE has come up to him.

Boys if we don?t get something together with this NIL stuff? it?s gonna get ugly in the 3 big sports.

[msstate7]

And for the record, Molinar is a BA. He's one of my all time favorite basketball dawgs. He's won several games for us this year, and I'm gonna really miss him next year.

Reading back, I come across as a Molinar hater, and that's no where close to the truth. Really sucks that he had such a horrible game in a big game. I expect so much of him that I had unfair expectations... everyone has bad games

[R2Dawg]

And for the record, Molinar is a BA. He's one of my all time favorite basketball dawgs. He's won several games for us this year, and I'm gonna really miss him next year.

Reading back, I come across as a Molinar hater, and that's no where close to the truth. Really sucks that he had such a horrible game in a big game. I expect so much of him that I had unfair expectations... everyone has bad games

So true, Molinar is one tough cool performer. He has played somewhat out of position but dude delivers and takes the best shot of every team. He puts this team on his back over and over. The criticism is stupid, stupid. He had a bad game. He has had less bad games than probably anyone the past 5-10 years. Get that Mol attack out of here.

[Bothrops]

And for the record, Molinar is a BA. He's one of my all time favorite basketball dawgs. He's won several games for us this year, and I'm gonna really miss him next year.

Reading back, I come across as a Molinar hater, and that's no where close to the truth. Really sucks that he had such a horrible game in a big game. I expect so much of him that I had unfair expectations... everyone has bad games

The only consistent bright spot this season.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Molinar is the only player that has played with any consistency this year. Garcia has maximized his talent and I have been very impressed. Tolu got injuries so he gets a pass. The rest of the team has been disaster though.

[msstate7]

Molinar is the only player that has played with any consistency this year. Garcia has maximized his talent and I have been very impressed. Tolu got injuries so he gets a pass. The rest of the team has been disaster though.

Disaster is a strong word. Brooks is avg 10.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg. That's pretty good production