Seth Davis - The Athletic

[#ShowOff]

Seth Davis gives a shout-out to Reggie Perry-


• We all know about freshmen hitting the proverbial wall this time of year, but sometimes this is when youngsters begin to emerge. We’ve seen that happen the last few weeks with Purdue forward Trevion Williams, and now it’s happening at Mississippi State with 6-10 Reggie Perry. He had back-to-back career highs for the Bulldogs, including going for 21 points and 11 rebounds in a season-high 34 minutes in Saturday’s win at Ole Miss. Perry came into that game shooting 22 percent from 3 but he went 2-of-2 from behind the arc to help MSU win for the fourth time in its last six games. Keep your eye on him, because if this is how Perry is going to play from here on out, then Mississippi State is about to take it up a notch.


Also-

Kentucky at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Saturday, CBS. Kentucky is due for a clunker, but it still hasn’t happened. The Cats faced a deep deficit at Florida, yet still came back and won. Humphrey Coliseum will be packed and rowdy for this one, and you can bet Ben Howland will have his guys ready.


His Top 25-
[h=3]This week’s AP ballot[/h](Last week’s rank on my ballot in parentheses)

1. Tennessee (1)
2. Duke (2)
3. Virginia (3)
4. Gonzaga (6)
5. Kentucky (7)
6. Nevada (9)
7. North Carolina (15)
8. Purdue (8)
9. Michigan State (4)
10. Michigan (5)
11. Marquette (12)
12. Kansas (10)
13. Louisville (11)
14. Wisconsin (13)
15. Villanova (14)
16. Iowa State (17)
17. Houston (18)
18. Virginia Tech (16)
19. Washington (25)
20. Kansas State (22)
21. Maryland (23)
22. Texas Tech (21)
23. Cincinnati (24)
24. Iowa (NR)
25. Wofford (NR)

Dropped out: LSU (19), Buffalo (20)


Other teams I considered ranking included Baylor, Syracuse, Lipscomb, Minnesota, LSU, Mississippi State, Buffalo and Auburn. You know how this works. You’ve got to win to get in.

 

[She Mate Me]

Glad he noticed. Too bad he hasn't noticed we're a little better than Cincy and Wofford.

 

[hatfieldms]

Hell I figured you would have agreed since you reached a point last week where you wee done with this team

 

[She Mate Me]

Hell I figured you would have agreed since you reached a point last week where you wee done with this team

If you're this interested I encourage you to read more than one angry post after a ****** performance. I'm generally Mr. Positive on this team and coach, just hate seeing them not reach potential.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

damn we play UK again????

 

[Seinfeld]

College basketball can be funny. I’ve been as frustrated as anyone following some of the stinkers we’ve had this season, but even though we’ve piled up a few Ls that we probably could have avoided, you don’t have to look around long to see that pretty much every other team is doing the same

I don’t know that this group has enough intangibles to go on a 10-win streak, but with Perry and Woodard stepping up, I think they’ve got enough to make some noise. They’ve also racked up quite a few good wins, and barring a meltdown, it’ll be good to be playing for seeding at the end of the year rather than a bid

 

[TBone.sixpack]

This board loves to jump on knee jerk and negative reactions. If we didn’t have those this place would be boring as hell. I think part of the therapy of the Pack is the ability to vent and lose your **** then feel better.

I mean who is it really hurting?

 

[She Mate Me]

This board loves to jump on knee jerk and negative reactions. If we didn’t have those this place would be boring as hell. I think part of the therapy of the Pack is the ability to vent and lose your **** then feel better.

I mean who is it really hurting?

I've been the one jumping on those who like to relentlessly say Howland can't coach way more than I've been the one bitching about our play. My angry post after UK was just a buildup of frustration.

Honestly, as long as someone is not making ridiculous and false statements, ***** away.

 

[She Mate Me]

College basketball can be funny. I’ve been as frustrated as anyone following some of the stinkers we’ve had this season, but even though we’ve piled up a few Ls that we probably could have avoided, you don’t have to look around long to see that pretty much every other team is doing the same

I don’t know that this group has enough intangibles to go on a 10-win streak, but with Perry and Woodard stepping up, I think they’ve got enough to make some noise. They’ve also racked up quite a few good wins, and barring a meltdown, it’ll be good to be playing for seeding at the end of the year rather than a bid

I agree with you. Going into the season I thought this team had 3 seed potential with all that experience. Still thought so after the non conference. This start in the SEC hurt them, but there is still a ton of potential. Would love to see them get on a roll.

 

[maroonmania]

damn we play UK again????

Pretty irritating that the bottom 4 SEC teams in the standings so far have a combined 4 league wins (Vandy, TA&M, Georgia, Mizzou) and we only get one game against each of those.

 

[hatfieldms]

I agree. I do think everyone has the right to vent and make these statements. Others have a right to call those out for crazy angry responses. It is all in good fun of course