Basketball sec opener tonight

[msstate7]

Espn BPI has us 53.4% favorite.
Vegas has it Georgia -2.

Be nice to get off to a good start.

Well, since BPI called this one, let's look ahead...
Vs KY: state 65.3%
Vs mizzou: state 61.0%
At vandy: state 64.2%
Vs aTm: state 71.5%
Vs Florida: Florida 58.0%

I will take this right now.

[jdelta02]

Not to be overlooked....
Deivon Smith was a huge spark in this game.

[msstate7]

And the waaayyy too early look at rpi... we jumped 50 spots last night to #119.

[msstate7]

Not to be overlooked....
Deivon Smith was a huge spark in this game.

It's a completely different game if he didn't fill in like a champ for Molinar early.

[basedog]

I have a theory about Howland. I think he prefers the hard nosed, scrappy, unselfish teams like he had at Pitt, and like MSU had during it's best seasons. I think him having been at UCLA and all that comes with it made him feel like the best way to rebuild at MSU was with splashy recruits. He never looked comfortable coaching those guys (especially Lamar Peters) and the teams reflected their coach. Howland looks comfortable this year, seems more engaged, and the team seems to respond to him and relate to him better.

I agree with your take on BH. Seems this team is all about team play with no "Me Players", they looked smooth and Coachable. I never understand why some fans think we are a top notch basketball program, We have had some ok to really good teams but overall in our history hasn't been kind. I have no probably with BH, class guy who seems to care about Msu and his players.