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They were 19-14 so record wise very similar. For State, if we don’t hit at least 35% from three and 75% from the FT line, we can forget even having a chance to win. But they are obviously flawed as well losing 14 games. Looking at their roster they seem somewhat similar to us. Let’s roll the dice and see what happens.

Bianco is safe. I don’t get the Ole Miss folks wanting to run him off after 25 successful years of which maybe 3-4 were below par. He is such a class act and even though I am a State alum/fan, he has always been one of my favorites. Lot of respect for him. And not just about baseball. And I am still willing to give Lemonis this season to either make it or break it. If we swoon the rest of the year then it will be time for a change. But the season still has a long way to go. We will see what happens.

I disagree about Duke. I think they are beatable. Now I have no idea about Baylor-State. Teams are equal. But if State happens to win that game, I actually like our chances against Duke. Why? Just because it seems that this team might finally play its best game of the season. That has not been done yet.

I don’t think that it is Fire Lemonis” time. Give credit to Texas for playing just a bit better than we did. This team has some good pieces and I think it can be good. But losing three at home is not a good look at all. And of course the 2021 team was swept at home by Arkansas early as well. Pressure is now on to win some games going forward. And win immediately. We will see.

State women with a big 4-3 win over Alabama in softball on the road to win 2 of 3 over the Tidewomen.

Give credit where credit is due. Texas with two big hits in the 7th and the left fielder saved the game with a great catch in the bottom of the 7th. Otherwise State played a solid game today. Disappointing loss but not disappointed in our players. They played well.

Ole Miss looks good and depending on the match up has good chance to be playing the second weekend of The Tournament. I think we have beat the State horse to death and back again and then again. Just don’t get the inconsistency and the lack of shooting from players who seemingly have the talent to make a higher percentage of shots. Plus our FT shooting is atrocious outside Hubbard. I do think the Clary injury did hurt this team in that he was a true PG. While we have a good number of good ball handlers, we don’t have a true PG.,

Why not pitch Simmons at the start of the 7th inning and let him finish it out? Certainly a competitive game and I like our fight in the 9th inning but it should have never come to that.

Ole Miss should crush Arkansas. They were lucky to win their last two games.

Good win in that our bench played a lot of minutes. After the beatdown we took from Missouri we better come out focused and ready tomorrow night.

Well I did not want to create a new topic but State’s softball team started conference play with a three game sweep over Auburn. So a good start for the Diamond Lady Dogs. Ole Miss with a solid 2 of a 3 over R-Can-Saw. A good weekend for our Women teams. And again with OK now in the fold, the SEC is loaded in softball just like baseball and basketball.

I would agree with you. We are a good team in a league with a number of great teams and even more really good teams. A top 30 team but this year in the SEC that means we are about 10th best which is where we finished. Most certainly we are a flawed team that is capable. While Matthews has always been one of our favorite players, his poor FT shooting has cost us in close games. And he does so much so well and his effort is off the charts. And we all know he works on it to be better. But some guys just don’t have that right touch on FT’s. Kugel is another example of a player very capable but he missed two crucial FT’s against TX and then had his late shot blocked Saturday. Still a good amount of talent on this team but they have not played a complete great game since Memphis (TBTH). We have had some really good games but even in some of our better victories State did not play its best basketball. I have no idea what will happen this week or in the following week. I can see a couple of wins this week as a possibility. Or 1-1. I do think we should beat LSU but even that is not a given. But the Tournament is total crap shoot. We can lose the first game by 25 and limp home or we could win a couple of games as well. But who knows?

LSU& Missouri are must wins for State. Period. The last two games for State prove that you can’t start playing basketball in the last 10 minutes of a game. Ole Miss is playing well at this juncture. Today’s game was mostly expected as Florida maybe the best team in the country.

State women were losing 46-32. Went on a 35-1 run. How does that even happen?

Both State basketball squads seem to have the same mentality. Mediocre against the weak teams. Women looked awful in the first half but have a twenty point lead in the fourth quarter against a bad Mizzou team. Sets up a match up with Ole Miss tomorrow. Gotta give OM the edge. State turns the ball over way too much and we are way too inconsistent.