Pine Bluff game thread

[DEDawg]

Tolu with a quick 4 points 3 rebounds. Starting much better, excited to see this team gel but things could get nasty in SEC games when Tolu is off/foul trouble

[parabrave]

27-14. 8 mins to go 1st.

[chef dixon]

Boat racing a team that took TCU and Oklahoma to the wire. I don't recognize MSU basketball

[CadaverDawg]

Boat racing a team that took TCU and Oklahoma to the wire. I don't recognize MSU basketball

Jans is my kind of coach so far. Loving the effort. We look like a different group this year. Keep it up, boys!

[BeardoMSU]

Jans is my kind of coach so far. Loving the effort. We look like a different group this year. Keep it up, boys!

Night and day from the past few years. I love howxwe keep switching up the defenses, too. 2-2-1 press. Man, switch to zone. Guys are flying around. Our movement on offense is also refreshing.

[Coach34]

They play hard and they play D. I like it.

Matthews has added some muscle. Looks good.

[NCMSTFAN]

Ark Pine bluff barely lost to #12 TCU the other night. We look pretty dang good. I want to see some other guys step up and score other than Tolu. We know what he will bring, he's going to need help scoring

[EdwardDrayton]

Thought it might take a few more games to comfortably assess but Chris Jans is showing strong already. He has prepared this team well and shows he can coach in game. Need some more games to assess talent and recruiting but certainly liking what we see so far.

[parabrave]

Defense is heads and tails better than previous years. But we still can't make 3s.

[EdwardDrayton]

Ark Pine bluff barely lost to #12 TCU the other night. We look pretty dang good. I want to see some other guys step up and score other than Tolu. We know what he will bring, he's going to need help scoring

Was good to see Shak and Tolu playing off the Tolu double team. Shak buried the three. If we have guys who hit the midrange and three off that double team, eventually teams will have to back out of the double team. And Tolu will have some big games with a straight up defense.

[662dawg]

Russell, Jones & Hamilton all might help us a lot by mid year. Maybe Murphy can as well. Russell had a very impressive stretch offensively & defensively right before the half.

Stevenson is a high energy guy. He's getting after it. McNair has looked better today as well.

[ZedFedder]

I said before the season began that this team would get in as a 9 seed. I’m really liking the chances so far.

[viverlibre]

I think the locals call it, "Crime Bluff."

[662dawg]

I said before the season began that this team would get in as a 9 seed. I’m really liking the chances so far.

I'm predicting a 5 seed. Stretch I know.

We've played 13 players in the first half 👀

[msstate7]

Tenn down double digits to Colorado. Maybe the sec is down some

[parabrave]

Whats the crowd like?

[DEDawg]

Whats the crowd like?

Terrible. Like always.

[parabrave]

Seems like the younger bench guys are getting some quality PT. This will come in very handy when SEC play begins.

[msstate7]

With my saints' season ending today, I'm all in on this basketball team.

[EdwardDrayton]

Little doubt left even at this early stage. We have the makings of a tournament team.

[msstate7]

Little doubt left even at this early stage. We have the makings of a tournament team.

Still worried about post depth and outside shooting.

[EdwardDrayton]

Still worried about post depth and outside shooting.

Yes to both.

[msstate7]

We gotta chance to be much better than anticipated

[ZedFedder]

Martavious Russell, Kimani Hamilton, and Shawn Jones all played bigger roles and minutes today. I really like this team. Tolu did not have his normal, dominant game, and they still won convincingly against a team that really took some good teams to the wire.

[msstate7]

Didn't realize Russell was so explosive

[Goldendawg]

Just got back with son and friend. Of course, it's early but this team plays hard, can play a zone, can press, and play D. Tulu turned his ankle a little early in game, may have limited minutes a little, but McNair looked much better in all aspects of game. Hamilton and Russell looked good. At 6'2", Russell's last dunk was electric. Jeffries's jump shot is much improved. No selfish plays so far. Played everyone and shared the ball. Get to the Hump and support Jans and this team! Next game is Thursday at 8:00. Hail State!

[CaptainObvious]

The Bench outscored the starters 47 to 33 if the box score is correct.

[HeCannotGo]

Still worried about post depth and outside shooting.

Guys, this may shock you, but msstate7 is worried about something.***

[msstate7]

Guys, this may shock you, but msstate7 is worried about something.***

I know it's a little out of character .

[HeCannotGo]

I know it's a little out of character .

All in good fun, kind sir.

[msstate7]

All in good fun, kind sir.

I liked the post.

[NCMSTFAN]

We need the crowds to get better for both Men's and women's teams. Crowd support means alot for the players and coaches

[msstate7]

We need the crowds to get better for both Men's and women's teams. Crowd support means alot for the players and coaches

Already making plans for Thursday.

[cheewgumm]

I'm fired up about the men.

They play in a style our fans should really get behind. Perfect team for our fans.


I hope everyone gets behind them.

[NCMSTFAN]

Martavious Russell has a chance to be really good for us and not just because of the dunk he had.. Russell played good defense, hit a few shots and looked really comfortable out there. Kimani Hamilton looks like he will eventually help us out too. It's good Jans is getting these young guys in now because you never k own when you will need them.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Hopefully if Jans can put together a tournament team it will get our fans more involved in basketball go up the NIL money. In order to succeed now in basketball we have to be committed. Unfortunately, we have had a string of bad or average floor coaches that has led to fan apathy. As much as I like Jans, I hope our NIL will allow him to get players to compete in the SEC

[parabrave]

We need the crowds to get better for both Men's and women's teams. Crowd support means alot for the players and coaches

If they continue to play hard and aggressive people will drive up from Jackson and the coast to see that.

[msu15]

If every game wasn't on TV I would 100% be making the hour and half drive Thursday even with it being an 8pm tip on a work night. I'll still probably go, but you do have to cut the non-locals some slack for not attending a game against South Dakota during the work week in today's environment.

[ZedFedder]

I didn’t go to a Howland game the last two years. I’m already excited to see this team.

[msstate7]

Let's just not bail on this team once we hit a little skid. Keep in mind we were 4-0 with an avg win by 24 last season before our early season tourney. Certainly not saying we gonna fall off, but again, we looked really good early last year too

[NCMSTFAN]

If every game wasn't on TV I would 100% be making the hour and half drive Thursday even with it being an 8pm tip on a work night. I'll still probably go, but you do have to cut the non-locals some slack for not attending a game against South Dakota during the work week in today's environment.

Thats understandable, I live in North Carolina so obviously I can't make every game. But the locals and students especially have no excuses. There was a time that every home game was packed no matter what day of the week it was. The players notice the lack of support