This loss is on Vic

[ezsoil]

He should have gone to a zone.... the one time he did they got a stop......KY had less than 10 assists they just drove to the basket and ran into the defender and either got the foul or layup or both.

 

[bulldognation]

No, if you'll look at the stats they are fairly even.... except for one obvious number: TURNOVERS. We turned the ball over 22 times tonight. Kentucky only gave it up 9 times.

We were better on FG%, Three pointers, nearly twice as many assists, led blocked shots 11-3 and outrebounded them 36-32. Yet they still managed the win because they got 14 more shots on goal to go along with 6 more attempts at the line. That's your difference.

 

[Digging dog]

Get outta here.

 

[tired]

Whatever...

 

[ezsoil]

Well when your shots are layups and you have 5 players with 4 or more fouls...a zone may have been a better option... if he does not fix that the girls will be an easy out.

 

[SanfordRJones]

Uh, no they won't.

They might get knocked out early (although I doubt it), but it won't be for whatever the 17 you're talking about.

 

[MSUDC11]

I will be shocked if this team loses before the Elite 8. We will be at home until the Sweet 16 and there are only 4 or 5 teams that can beat us on a neutral court. And they will all be 1 or 2 seeds.

I do think we have to win the SEC tourney to get a 1 seed though. You can pretty much pencil in UConn and Baylor, and likely Notre Dame since they are on such a long winning streak. It's between us and SC for the final spot.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

Foul shots too...they had 28 to MSU's 20. Home cooking per usual.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

USC is playing superior basketball right now, as are at least 4 other teams nationally. This team is very good but hasn't been close to great in well over a month.

QUOTE=MSUDC11;1316139]I will be shocked if this team loses before the Elite 8. We will be at home until the Sweet 16 and there are only 4 or 5 teams that can beat us on a neutral court. And they will all be 1 or 2 seeds.

I do think we have to win the SEC tourney to get a 1 seed though. You can pretty much pencil in UConn and Baylor, and likely Notre Dame since they are on such a long winning streak. It's between us and SC for the final spot.[/QUOTE]

 

[MSUDC11]

USC is playing superior basketball right now, as are at least 4 other teams nationally. This team is very good but hasn't been close to great in well over a month.

You mean the same USC team that lost less than a week ago to an unranked team?

That doesn't disagree with anything I said. I said that there are about 4 or 5 teams that have a decent chance to beat us in the tournament and we won't see any of them before the Elite 8.

I want the Final Four, but an Elite 8 trip would still be the best in program history.

We've had two games since we lost to SC where I didn't think we played well: Ole Miss and Georgia. I was fine with our play at A&M, and even last night wasn't bad.

Our two losses are by a combined 5 points to two ranked teams on the road. We are fine.