So basketball is rolling tonight….

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WillSavery

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I’m always hopeful to start a season, but I caution you to consider the competition in these early games. It’s truly terrible.
I think you can tell an awful lot regardless of the competition. But how they respond to adversity we won’t know until the competition ramps up.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

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Kind of see a correlation between the two styles for the first two games.
Game 1 score 106 points but play no defense and give up 88.
Game 2 score only 82 points but only gave up only 44.
Game 2 shot poorly but win by 38. Defense really gets into the Legs if you play it very hard like the second half tonight where they only scored 18 points. Example: state shot 6-14 from 3 in the first half and only 2-14 in the second half. Tired legs mean forcing shots and not getting set. They will get better at shooting when the conditioning kicks in and the playing time is settled into about 9 players getting 20 plus minutes.
 
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Kind of see a correlation between the two styles for the first two games.
Game 1 score 106 points but play no defense and give up 88.
Game 2 score only 82 points but only gave up only 44.
Game 2 shot poorly but win by 38. Defense really gets into the Legs if you play it very hard like the second half tonight where they only scored 18 points. Example: state shot 6-14 from 3 in the first half and only 2-14 in the second half. Tired legs mean forcing shots and not getting set. They will get better at shooting when the conditioning kicks in and the playing time is settled into about 9 players getting 20 plus minutes.
He played mostly bench players the second half with various lineups.

82 points in college basketball is a good amount of points for a team.

Three point shooting is pretty awful still.
Like I said earlier in the thread this team is much more athletic especially in the front court.

Still remains to be seen good (or bad) they are but I think this group is better than last years team but sample size is small and we will just have to wait and see.
 

BulldogBlitz

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That about sums up MSU basketball fans as a whole because there weren't many in the stands either
Unfortunately, we are not a basketball school. Even when we were preseason good, no one shows up against a directional school and if they do, its going to be just sitting there and zero involvement in the game.

Now....get us a preseason baseball game in the fall against no one and there's outrage if it isnt streaming.
 

MSUDC11-2.0

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I was there. We played well. NW State is one of the worst 3-4 teams we will play this year. We should beat Jackson State on Monday and then our season really begins with the Xavier game next Friday night.
 
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He played mostly bench players the second half with various lineups.

82 points in college basketball is a good amount of points for a team.

Three point shooting is pretty awful still.
Like I said earlier in the thread this team is much more athletic especially in the front court.

Still remains to be seen good (or bad) they are but I think this group is better than last years team but sample size is small and we will just have to wait and see.
I like the 6 total turnovers. I realize the competition wasn't stiff but early in the season and playing that many players 6 total turnovers is pretty good.
 

MSUDC11-2.0

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We are going to struggle in the post from what I saw tonight.

I think Reed can be a good player by the end of the year, but he’s not quite ready yet. Seems a little timid. But he definitely looks the part and like someone who could have a really good career if he develops.
 
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