My take from The Hump

[Rick Cleveland]

State actually has played well three straight games. One win to show for it... https://mississippitoday.org/2019/0...but-bulldogs-must-learn-how-to-finish-a-game/

 

[PineGroveBully]

That game Tuesday night is kinda like opening day at the Masters. We can't play our way into the tournament vs Bama but we can play our way out of it.

I think this team needs a must-win game. We need to see how they react with their backs against the wall.

 

[HomeBoyDawg]

Thanks, Rick...great assessment of the situation.

 

[Seinfeld]

Good stuff. This team reminds me a lot of the ‘08 team that showed signs all year of being able to make some noise, but the 23-11 record didn’t reflect it.

Jamont, Rhodes, Varnado, Stewart, and Hansbrough were on that team, and after barely squeaking into the tournament, they gave the eventual national runner up(Memphis) all they wanted and then some in the 2nd round. We even had a 7 pt lead with about 5 minutes left if I remember right, but a virtual unknown Willie Kemp came in and suddenly started raining threes out of nowhere to win the game for Memphis

Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see the new bracketolgy because we still seem to be firmly inside the top 30 of the net rankings, but I’m guessing Lunardi will have us as an 8 seed in the latest update. Whatever the case, our margin for error is now nil

 

[philduckworth]

just got to find a way to get in the tournament, avoid Duke's bracket, and anything can happen. Especially if Howland figured something out with his rotations in the 2nd half. Hint, many of us figured this out 3 weeks ago.

 

[PineGroveBully]

If Rick had started fouling 90 seconds earlier than he did at the end we would have beaten Memphis. That Memphis team may have been the worst FT shooting team I remember watching.