Sweet 16 is a real possibility.
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This may be an obvious statement, but we have to hit our 3s against good teams finally. That’s the only way we advance far imo.
Where are all you experts getting Va Tech crushes us? They're solid, so are we. They're strong on D, but we're quite a bit better offensive team.
We've been pretty tough this year on teams that aren't pretty elite offensively (with a few exceptions), and VA Tech is not.
Massey has it as basically a tossup. Slight advantage Va Tech.
We've been pretty tough this year on teams that aren't pretty elite offensively (with a few exceptions), and VA Tech is not.
Massey has it as basically a tossup. Slight advantage Va Tech.
Anything can happen. Who called Tennessee, who looked absolutely invincible Friday night, looking like month old diaper trash today? Never say die.
And LSU, who's bettter than us, needed every bit they had to beat us. Coulda gone either way.
They did beat Duke this year and held NC St to 24 TOTAL points. Lost at Clemson and Penn St. Beat Liberty by 16
Will have to play great on both ends of the court and make FT’s to even have a chance to win this one.
Will have to play great on both ends of the court and make FT’s to even have a chance to win this one.
[FONT="]Mississippi State is 8-7 when failing to shoot 35-plus percent from beyond the arc yet 15-3 otherwise.
Live and Die by 3 ball..[/FONT]
My biggest question is will Cohen try to save a dime on the flight and not get us there on time for shoot around.
I agree, and that's realistically what this team is. Losing to liberty would be a huge disappointment, while going up against Duke in the sweet 16 would be an overachievement.
If we usually win even when shooting poorly from 3, how is that living and dying by the 3 ball?
I would assume the wins are against lesser opponents. I guess technically overall, it’s not live or die...but against good teams, it is.
I always had huge expectations during the Stansbury years and was always left disappointed. This year, I am just glad we finally made it back to the dance. My expectations have already been meet and everything from here forward is just a bonus.
The stat was we are 8-7 when shoot less than 35% from 3 and 15-3 when we shoot more than 35% from 3.
Which means two things:
1) We still usually win when we shoot poorly from 3, which is what I said.
2) We are better when we shoot well from 3, which... duh.
How bout capable in the way Clemson, who we beat 82-71, was when they beat Va Tech 59-51.
Nobody knows how that game will possibly play out, but only someone not paying attention thinks we are somehow not capable of beating Va Tech.
8-7 is not usually winning. That's barley above 50% at 53%. Did you pass the math portion of the ACT?
If the Vtech team that beat Duke shows up, we lose, if the team that lost to Clemson shows up, we win?
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