Auburn

[woozman]

Is not a good basketball team. OM is a decent team and they are beating AU like a drum at the moment. I posted the other day that a loss @AU was inevitable - I officially retract that statement.

 

[The Fatboy]

Isn't AU's best player injured?

 

[57stratdawg]

In Auburn too. They're playing their way out of the Tournament if they take an L tonight.

 

[DoomSlayer]

If you’re talking about Wiley then yeah, he is. He’s playing now but he’s extremely limited in minutes, I think they wanted to get him around 10 tonight.

 

[coach66]

Ole miss beating them with their own game,

Deadly from 3. Just like they did us in Starkville.

 

[57stratdawg]

What was Auburn doing there? They wasted 15 seconds before fouling.

 

[coach66]

If they aren’t shooting the three they suck.

Nm

 

[DoomSlayer]

That was crazy. Just a complete 17 up.

 

[The Fatboy]

Pearl's clock management was **** that last minute.

 

[coach66]

Kermit doing a great job, they played hard

On the road and they have consistently done that this year.

 

[klong-dog]

Auburn lives and dies by the 3 ball. Usually at home, they make more than enough. Not tonight.

 

[Shamoan]

They have taken a large number of L's at home. Not sure what the issue is, but they play better on the road and the pavilion might have the worst home w % in the conference...or close to it.

 

[JungRebel]

We have four losses at home, tied for 6th best in the SEC with... Mississippi State.

 

[anon1787432961]

Don't kid yourself. That game was won based on hot 3 point shooting. That happens about once every 2 months

 

[TBone.sixpack]

To the rescue!

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Don't kid yourself. That game was won based on hot 3 point shooting. That happens about once every 2 months

That game was won because Ole Miss locked Auburn down on the perimeter. Held them to about 30 below their season average on the road. After holding them to about 20 under their average in Oxford.
If you knew anything about Kermit Davis at all you would know that’s not a fluke. He will never have elite talent there and some years will be better than others because of the program’s lot in life, but Ole Miss made a damn good hire.

 

[Bud.sixpack]

Pearl's teams have always been traditionally over rated. If you remember back, he was the main driving force behind ridding the east/west divisional format. His Tennessee teams would always finish third in the east, then whine about playing on day one of the SEC tournament.

 

[MSUDC11]

Based on last night and our first game against Auburn, there’s no reason to think we can’t win there as well in a few weeks. And that’s a game most of us have been chalking up as a sure loss all season.

 

[anon1787432961]

That game was won because Ole Miss locked Auburn down on the perimeter. Held them to about 30 below their season average on the road. After holding them to about 20 under their average in Oxford.
If you knew anything about Kermit Davis at all you would know that’s not a fluke. He will never have elite talent there and some years will be better than others because of the program’s lot in life, but Ole Miss made a damn good hire.

That's certainly the narrative the announcers were selling post game. Take away the 3 pointers and all that ******** is irrelevant

 

[jdbulldog]

UM won because they were much more aggressive. Loose balls won by Rebels all night. Reb players hit the floor every time while Auburn watched. Kermit teaches toughness and it shows.

 

[MoBamba]

You can’t let AU run & shoot. Pearl pressed the whole game trying to push tempo but OM stuck to the gameplan of slowing it down to under 10 seconds before shooting. OM had Hinson out with the flu & Davis sat most of the game with fouls. OM shot it well from 3 but Kermit outcoached Pearl again.

 

[Go Budaw]

We have four losses at home, tied for 6th best in the SEC with... Mississippi State.

We have only lost 3 at home. OM, LSU, UK. Other losses were @UK, @USC, @Bama, and Arizona State at a neutral site that was basically a road game.

 

[anon1787432961]

Ole Miss made 13 3 pointers. Auburn made 5 of 20. Ball game.

 

[Shamoan]

yall have a higher win % in road games in the sec. OM home in sec play: 3-2 away: 4-2. for state in sec play: home: 3-2 away: 2-4. yall have as many sec losses on the road as we have wins. i think its pretty clear yall perform your best on the road, which is a difficult thing to do in the sec. the fact that home vs away is comparable, is pretty telling.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

That's certainly the narrative the announcers were selling post game. Take away the 3 pointers and all that ******** is irrelevant

Ole Miss took away Auburn's three point game by stretching their perimeter defense. Keeping Auburn in the 50's was very relevant.

 

[JungRebel]

I was counting the AZ State game, got the numbers from Google. Yall were the 'home team,' but you're correct. My mistake.

 

[JungRebel]

We lost to two tournament teams at home. Yall lost to three tournament teams at home. The only telling thing here is that tournament teams are capable of winning on the road.

 

[Shamoan]

so you agree that you play better on the road? statistically speaking, that is not really debatable, but that hasnt stopped everyone before.

 

[VegasDawg13]

so you agree that you play better on the road? statistically speaking, that is not really debatable, but that hasnt stopped everyone before.

It's not debatable that their road results have thus far been better than their home results. You showed that's an objective fact, but the most likely explanation for that is that it's an anomaly.

If you believe they are actually better on the road, then you have some nice betting opportunities coming up.

 

[JungRebel]

Well it's not statistically debatable that we dont have one of the worst home winning percentages "or close to it," but that didnt stop you from posting it. Have you even looked at the damn schedule? Of course we "play better" when we play **** teams like Vanderbilt, Georgia, and Florida (even though we lost), on the road or not. Funny coincidence, we played better against Arkansas and Texas A and M at home than we did against teams with a pulse. I have no idea what you are trying to argue. We have been blown out on the road and at home. We have also won hard games at home and on the road. We are a good team that beats and sometimes loses to good teams.

 

[Shamoan]

well, you have to take the whole post for what it is. the point was, that you play better on the road than you have at home which is unusual. for most teams, its the opposite.