MBB v Texas State

[preachermatt83]

Read the whole thread and never saw the score posted once. Thanks for the informative game thread. Geez.

[Lord McBuckethead]

This team is athletic and plays hard. Getting arguably our best player back will certainly help things. I enjoy watching this team

Yeah, I have enjoyed watching this team play, but I am waiting for 5 guys to want to be a badass.

[parabrave]

Read the whole thread and never saw the score posted once. Thanks for the informative game thread. Geez.

Come on you have been here since the beginning. If you are able to look for a score here you can go to HailState and follow the game there/ I do and I listen to the game on WFCA.com/ Besides if we listed the score during the 1st half you would've been pulling your hair out.

[RLM38654]

This is a good win. Lost two games against NCAA tournament potential teams. Lost one by 11 State shot 8-27 from FT lost another to Liberty by 11 which Liberty played out of their freaking minds and hit 19 3's(school record), also both games without Molinar. Looking at the glass half full.

[ScoobaDawg]

Read the whole thread and never saw the score posted once. Thanks for the informative game thread. Geez.

I agree here... our basketball game threads suck... post the damn score every few posts instead of just saying... we are losing and suck.

I skipped to the last page of the thread for the score but.. no suprise nothing. took to the last post to find out we won.

State wins 68-51. howland gets win 500 as a head coach.

[basedog]

I watched most of second half, saw lots of good things, very young inexperience team learning to play together and will get better. Losing two players to the NBA and a decent shooter is hard to overcome especially early in the season.

500 wins is a nice milestones, congrats to Howland, he has shown a lot of class as our Coach, he is one of the good guys.

[chef dixon]

Read the whole thread and never saw the score posted once. Thanks for the informative game thread. Geez.

If you can access this thread you can access about 100 websites or apps that can tell you the score with a lot less clicks. Join the 21st century.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Got off to a slow start, but we'll get it going. Starting off with Clemson and Liberty was a tough draw. Couple that with having a historically bad shooting performance against Clemson and Liberty careering it against us and you could see why we were 0-2. Getting Molinar back will be big. That'll either A) Allow us to move Smith to the bench and let Molinar be the point or B) Let Molinar play the 2 and move DJ back to the 3. I imagine we'll roll with A though. I'll also say this, Tolu Smith is going to give A LOT of people problems this year. He runs the court extremely well for 6'10 and can handle the ball as well. I'm not so sure our best lineup moving forward isn't Smith, Molinar, Stewart, Matthews, and Tolu. We could play WAY faster that way and I don't think our D drops off that much. It also could give us a veteran in Ado to anchor the second group.

[chef dixon]

Got off to a slow start, but we'll get it going. Starting off with Clemson and Liberty was a tough draw. Couple that with having a historically bad shooting performance against Clemson and Liberty careering it against us and you could see why we were 0-2. Getting Molinar back will be big. That'll either A) Allow us to move Smith to the bench and let Molinar be the point or B) Let Molinar play the 2 and move DJ back to the 3. I imagine we'll roll with A though. I'll also say this, Tolu Smith is going to give A LOT of people problems this year. He runs the court extremely well for 6'10 and can handle the ball as well. I'm not so sure our best lineup moving forward isn't Smith, Molinar, Stewart, Matthews, and Tolu. We could play WAY faster that way and I don't think our D drops off that much. It also could give us a veteran in Ado to anchor the second group.

I think we gotta get D Smith as much PT as possible. He definitely looks like he needs some time to adjust to the speed of the college game, but the talent is obviously there. The sooner he gets there the higher our ceiling is this year. You're not worth a crap in CBB without good guard play. Agree on Tolu, he brings some good skills with his size. Also some good minutes from Post last night, but not sure Howland trusts him yet against good competition. This group could be really good next year after a year to gel.

[parabrave]

2 main takeaways from last night. 1. The team started to trust each other in the 2nd half. 2. DJ became the alpha male in the 2nd Half. Got to have a leader.

[R2Dawg]

2 main takeaways from last night. 1. The team started to trust each other in the 2nd half. 2. DJ became the alpha male in the 2nd Half. Got to have a leader.

Agree. I saw Johnson get comfortable in what he wants to do - spot up and shoot the three. Yeah DJ is the alpha and I think he is slowly taking it on too. T.Smith is the inside alpha and he knows it.

Get Molinar back and we are looking like a team that can compete.

A few others players are still finding their way - Matthews, D.Smith, Davis, etc.

[HoopsDawg]

I really like Dev Smith, but I hoped his 3 point shot was a little more advanced.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I think we gotta get D Smith as much PT as possible. He definitely looks like he needs some time to adjust to the speed of the college game, but the talent is obviously there. The sooner he gets there the higher our ceiling is this year. You're not worth a crap in CBB without good guard play. Agree on Tolu, he brings some good skills with his size. Also some good minutes from Post last night, but not sure Howland trusts him yet against good competition. This group could be really good next year after a year to gel.

Agree that D Smith needs as much PT as possible and I'd love to be able to roll out a 4 guard lineup with him at the point and Iverson at the 2, but I know Howland likes to have two post players in most of the time. However, I think Tolu rebounds well enough that we'd be fine to just go with him down there. It helps that he could also bring the ball up to really speed up things.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I really like Dev Smith, but I hoped his 3 point shot was a little more advanced.

It'll get there. Right now he's really focused on his passing more than anything. He's not really looking for his shot from 3. He'll balance it out as he gets more comfortable to the college game speed. Reminds of a freshman year Lamar. Was always looking to pass more than anything.

[HoopsDawg]

Agree that D Smith needs as much PT as possible and I'd love to be able to roll out a 4 guard lineup with him at the point and Iverson at the 2, but I know Howland likes to have two post players in most of the time. However, I think Tolu rebounds well enough that we'd be fine to just go with him down there. It helps that he could also bring the ball up to really speed up things.

Yep, Howland is still an inside out coach and half court grinder. But the type of player he has recruited need to run. We have to push the ball on every miss.

[parabrave]

2 athletes who will be studs, Walley and T Smith. T Smith is going to be fun to watch.

[BiscuitEater]

ADO is a walking foul and always will be. horrible

And, just like last year .. he leads the team in shooting FG % at 63.6% and FTs at 77.8%. With Ado, you get what you get.. not all bad .. not all good.

At least he can shoot FTs! Meanwhile, Matthews is 0 for 4 and Davis is 1 of 8!

[parabrave]

And, just like last year .. he leads the team in shooting % at 63.6%. With Ado, you get what you get... not all bad .. not all good.

Yep. But at least he has quit putting the ball on the court when he gets it. He has learned how to drive to the basket and he showed that when he got that surprise pass and scored on it. But he is a foul machine waiting to happen. But we need to develop a big man ala Charles Rhodes. Need a force down there.

[tcdog70]

i think the big 7' EURO needs some props---has some skills. Can Score and well-he is 7 foot.

[basedog]

i think the big 7' EURO needs some props---has some skills. Can Score and well-he is 7 foot.

His time is coming, he looks pretty young, a good weight program will do wonders for him I think. He has decent movement for a 7' guy.