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03-08-2025, 03:38 PM
msstate7

Sec basketball tourney

Are we set at 10 facing lsu?
03-08-2025, 04:13 PM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Are we set at 10 facing lsu?

Depends on Vandy
03-08-2025, 04:35 PM
Pancho

i think vandy lost to uga
03-08-2025, 05:40 PM
parabrave

Got LSU Wed night.
03-08-2025, 05:42 PM
EdwardDrayton

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Originally Posted by parabrave

Got LSU Wed night.

Oh Lord. Another game we should win. I'm breaking out in a cold sweat already.
03-08-2025, 05:44 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton

Oh Lord. Another game we should win. I'm breaking out in a cold sweat already.

I think we get em. I think I would rather beat Kentucky on Thursday than win a game in the tourney. I am absolutely sick of losing to them every damn time
03-08-2025, 05:50 PM
PGHBulldogBG

Assuming Florida beats ole Miss would we play them again 2nd round or is it set it?s UK?
03-08-2025, 05:53 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by PGHBulldogBG

Assuming Florida beats ole Miss would we play them again 2nd round or is it set it?s UK?

OM beat Kentucky, so I assume OM is higher seed
03-08-2025, 06:16 PM
ArrowDawg

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I think we get em. I think I would rather beat Kentucky on Thursday than win a game in the tourney. I am absolutely sick of losing to them every damn time

The SEC tourney is about the only time we ever beat UK, so maybe...
03-08-2025, 07:42 PM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by PGHBulldogBG

Assuming Florida beats ole Miss would we play them again 2nd round or is it set it?s UK?

I wonder if we even get that far. Right now we are a solid 7-9 seed in the dance3. Nothing to play for wheras LSU is trying to get to the postseason.
03-08-2025, 07:46 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by parabrave

I wonder if we even get that far. Right now we are a solid 7-9 seed in the dance3. Nothing to play for wheras LSU is trying to get to the postseason.

LSU is 14-17. What postseason are they trying to get in to?
03-08-2025, 07:47 PM
PGHBulldogBG

I think we will get Mizzou in the 2nd round that will be fun
03-08-2025, 08:29 PM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by msstate7

LSU is 14-17. What postseason are they trying to get in to?

Any they can
03-08-2025, 08:35 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by parabrave

Any they can

I would think they're more interested in getting this season over. With that said, I expect a pretty close game with us pulling away af the very end.
03-08-2025, 08:53 PM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I would think they're more interested in getting this season over. With that said, I expect a pretty close game with us pulling away af the very end.

Coaches are playing for jobs as well as the players.
03-08-2025, 08:59 PM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by parabrave

Coaches are playing for jobs as well as the players.

So you picking lsu?
03-08-2025, 11:53 PM
parabrave

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Originally Posted by msstate7

So you picking lsu?

Aren't you.
03-09-2025, 07:57 AM
basedog

We will beat Lsu. We have issues but we might be the unluckiest team in the Sec. We a game and let's move on, hell win two and move on. I hope!
03-09-2025, 08:45 AM
R2Dawg

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Originally Posted by basedog

We will beat Lsu. We have issues but we might be the unluckiest team in the Sec. We a game and let's move on, hell win two and move on. I hope!

Boy it seems that way. Like yesterday. Jones steals ball then bounced between his legs right to Ark big man for dunk. Wagner 3 at end, well tough luck and we miss a chip shot at end. Hit our FT yesterday and we win easy.

Ark at one point was 80% shooting with 9min to play in 2nd half.

Every team we play has a career shooting night even when we are guarding them.
03-09-2025, 09:14 AM
basedog

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Originally Posted by R2Dawg

Boy it seems that way. Like yesterday. Jones steals ball then bounced between his legs right to Ark big man for dunk. Wagner 3 at end, well tough luck and we miss a chip shot at end. Hit our FT yesterday and we win easy.

Ark at one point was 80% shooting with 9min to play in 2nd half.

Every team we play has a career shooting night even when we are guarding them.

Yes, it's frustrating the way teams are shooting against us. I saw yesterday at the end of our game we cleared the right side to go one on one, it was a decent play that didn't work with again with an easy shot that didn't go in. I think it was short arm quick shot but I understand as time was expiring. Very good comeback in the second half, but the start of the second half was a killer. Btw I didn't like the first half when Mathews was trying to do too much, his effort or hustle was good, but he couldn't finish driving to the basket. We lost by not just one thing but by a few things.
03-09-2025, 10:57 AM
parabrave

One defensive difference I noticed yesterday. There was a play in the 2nd where we swatted the ball and stole it. In the beginning of the season we did alot of that. Hubb and Harris were in the face of the ball handler when they got to the top of the key swatting the ball and stealing it or disrupting their flos. As soon as conf play started we stopped being aggressive and started defending further back from the ball handlers. As a result the opp shooting % skyrocketed. Esp after the KY game.
03-10-2025, 08:39 AM
StarkVegasSteve

I will be very interested to see how Missouri looks if we can get by LSU. They don't play really well on the road, only 3 wins all year, and have only played one neutral game and that was a loss. Then you would get Florida, who can look like the runaway number 1 team in the country one game and look like a team on the wrong side of the bubble the next game. If we can beat Mizzou, I think that may be enough to push us over the line and get a 7 seed. We closed like this last year and then got hot in Nashville. Hopefully we can do the same. We've got multiple guys that have played a lot of games in that building. That can help us this week.
03-10-2025, 08:44 AM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I will be very interested to see how Missouri looks if we can get by LSU. They don't play really well on the road, only 3 wins all year, and have only played one neutral game and that was a loss. Then you would get Florida, who can look like the runaway number 1 team in the country one game and look like a team on the wrong side of the bubble the next game. If we can beat Mizzou, I think that may be enough to push us over the line and get a 7 seed. We closed like this last year and then got hot in Nashville. Hopefully we can do the same. We've got multiple guys that have played a lot of games in that building. That can help us this week.

Wonder if an lsu loss would push us to a 10-seed.
03-10-2025, 08:51 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Wonder if an lsu loss would push us to a 10-seed.

It's a possibility and it's something I considered but you don't want to be losing games at this time of year, especially in the SEC tournament where teams like OU and Arkansas are on the bubble and can hop you. You don't want to say that's not a big deal and then end up an 11 seed. Look at the end of the day we know if we get the 8/9, we probably can beat whoever the other team is. And then we'd get Duke or Houston. I'll break down that matchup if it happens, but let's get there first. Let's win a game in the tournament and then we can reevaluate where we're at.
03-10-2025, 09:24 AM
msstate7

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

It's a possibility and it's something I considered but you don't want to be losing games at this time of year, especially in the SEC tournament where teams like OU and Arkansas are on the bubble and can hop you. You don't want to say that's not a big deal and then end up an 11 seed. Look at the end of the day we know if we get the 8/9, we probably can beat whoever the other team is. And then we'd get Duke or Houston. I'll break down that matchup if it happens, but let's get there first. Let's win a game in the tournament and then we can reevaluate where we're at.

I absolutely wanna beat lsu. I just want the best 1st round matchup for us we can get. Our perimeter defense and shooting just isn't good enough to get to the sweet 16 imo. Maybe we catch a team that's off or something though.
03-10-2025, 09:36 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I absolutely wanna beat lsu. I just want the best 1st round matchup for us we can get. Our perimeter defense and shooting just isn't good enough to get to the sweet 16 imo. Maybe we catch a team that's off or something though.

Or maybe you find it for 2-3 games. Maybe something strange happens and for one weekend you just find whatever we left in Memphis on Dec. 21st. We haven't looked the same since. Matchup wise, we can match up with any team in the country. Just to run you through what would be the situations:

Duke

Proctor-Hubbard
Kneuppel-Kugel
James-Melendez
Flagg-Matthews
Malauch-Nwoko

Houston

Cryer-Hubbard
Uzan-Kugel
Sharp-Melendez
Roberts-Matthews
Tugler-Nwoko

Now Houston would be the better matchup for us from a height perspective because we would be taller than them at 4 of the 5 positions. I think our physicality could be key against Duke becuase you would tell Matthews, Jones, Melendez, and Murphy that there's 20 fouls between y'all. If Cooper Flagg steps in the lane, put him on his ass. Every time. You Jordan Rules him every time he gets in the lane. Because North Carolina just showed that if you frustrate him, he fouls. And without him on the floor, they aren't all that good. Without him on the floor they're a solid team, but not unbeatable. Again, this is all just guessing. At the end of the day, you have to beat good teams to advance. You want to hold off playing the best of the best as long as possible, but eventually you do have to play them. My point is, there's a way to beat them. It's not just the season is over. There's no UCONN in this field. Every team has a flaw, and a pretty big one.