Just to be clear.....

[Reunion Dog]

We are in NO WAY close to having a basketball team anywhere near the caliber of teams that I have watched the last 2 days. And for you people that think getting Malik Newman next year will change anything.... then you need to put the crack rock pipe down.

I don't blame RR as much as everyone else does. This is ALL on the athletic director..... and those that think otherwise.... it's fans like you that don't hold the male cheerleader from Jackson Prep accountable.... He has set MS State basketball back 10 years.....

 

[DerHntr]

Just to be clear, 6 sentences do not require 25 periods.

 

[seshomoru]

Don't confuse close games with good basketball

A few dudes hit some clutch shots. Some didn't. Lots of horrid offense and tight coaching and playing by supposedly good teams.

You're gonna suck *** sometime in basketball unless you're about 10-12 programs. It's hardly an indictment on our AD given the current state of our football facilities and program, our upcoming baseball facilities and program, and many other also ran sports that are doing awesome.

Pour another and pass the 17 out.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Dramatic effect bro... Use your suspension of belief for optimal effect. ** #gulityofthisshitmyself

 

[seshomoru]

cuck fommas

Well that sounds even worse doesn't it?

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Until the NBA puts in a two or three year college rule the NCAA tourney will confuse many as to what good basketball is.

if you don't believe me remember back to dome of those damn good teams that could not win it all from the previous college era, like the Georgetown teams of the Patrick Ewing era. Drop them in the last few tourneys and see hat happens.

 

[philduckworth]

We would make the tourney with Malik and Sword in the backcourt.

 

[jakldawg]

...and shame on you all for wasting money on crack when you should have been putting that cash into the "get Malik to sign with MSU" slush fund.

 

[seshomoru]

Oddly enough...

Two of the most bad *** teams in college basketball history (Ewing's Hoyas and Phi Slamma Jamma) were on the bad end of two of the biggest upsets ever.

 

[8dog]

Lsu has been tough to watch all year. Im not a beliver your performance in the tourney validates or invalidates your bid but lsu has looked like that most of the year. Just not a tourney team. The poster child for the slow death of college hoops.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Two of the most bad *** teams in college basketball history (Ewing's Hoyas and Phi Slamma Jamma) were on the bad end of two of the biggest upsets ever.

That is very true. Also great examples of turrible, turrible coaching on the losers part.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

our fans have completely over valued our program. sorry, but the number of teams we've had that were tourney teams good enough to win the first weekend is pretty much limited to one hand.

put the crack pipe down indeed.

 

[msstate7]

We would make the tourney with Malik and Sword in the backcourt.

Or Houston living up to his potential with mulder and zuppardo hitting 3's around .400. Either way, we need another guard that can fill it up. Ray has to land mulder/Malik or weatherspoon/tookie has to great immediately

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Thanks for the update.

 

[maroonmania]

You are nuts if you don't think getting Malik Newman would change anything. It would change EVERYTHING. Problem is, it doesn't look like we will get him. Basketball is primarily about how much talent you have on the floor. Usually coaching really only makes a difference if the teams are somewhat close in talent. Of course, for one game, anything can happen, but over the course of a season in basketball talent wins out.

 

[patdog]

It's hardly an indictment on our AD given the current state of our football facilities and program, our upcoming baseball facilities and program, and many other also ran sports that are doing awesome.

It never ceases to amaze me that so many idiots hate Scott Stricklin for some reason. Granted, basketball is in the *******. But overall, our athletic programs are in far better shape than they've ever been at any point in our history. He's got to be doing something right.

 

[vhdawg]

Just to be clear, 6 sentences do not require 25 periods.

FYI, people, an ellipsis should consist of three periods, unless it ends a sentence, when it should have four.

 

[patdog]

Saw Phi Slamma Jamma kick our *** in the Hump the year before the championship game loss. Damn, that was a fun team to watch play basketball.

 

[Dawgg]

This^^^

Until the NBA puts in a two or three year college rule the NCAA tourney will confuse many as to what good basketball is.

if you don't believe me remember back to dome of those damn good teams that could not win it all from the previous college era, like the Georgetown teams of the Patrick Ewing era. Drop them in the last few tourneys and see hat happens.

Watching 'I Hate Christian Laetnner(sp)' the other night made me a lot more nostalgic for pre-'free agency' college basketball. We've hashed this out here a lot now, but I think we can all agree that no sport (outside of maybe NASCAR) has seen a decline in quality and viewer interest over the last 20 years like men's college basketball, especially in an era where other college sports have seen their profile increase.

 

[msstate7]

Until the NBA puts in a two or three year college rule the NCAA tourney will confuse many as to what good basketball is.

if you don't believe me remember back to dome of those damn good teams that could not win it all from the previous college era, like the Georgetown teams of the Patrick Ewing era. Drop them in the last few tourneys and see hat happens.

I just wish there was a rule that if you go to college that you stay 3 years before you're draft eligible. I don't mind the ones that are good enough going straight to nba from HS