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No telling what happens in the second half but Hubbard with 35 in the first half and State leads by 15 at the half. Unbelievable.

I kind of equate this with the blind squirrel finally finds a nut. Don’t expect it to lead to anything further. And 83, you are correct that these two teams are bad. Maybe not as bad as OK, LSU & SCAR but not much better than either of them.

Hofstra’s pitching has been pretty good through two games. Have to give them some credit. First game of the DH has been much better for State. Good solid job through 8 innings.

State @ Ole Miss tomorrow night. I will go back to my mantra. One team will lose this game and one team will not lose this game. I will say State has about 75% of losing and Ole Miss has about a 75% of chance of not losing. And that is being conservative, probably more like 85-90% if we are being honest.

UC-Santa Barbara with a 5-1 win. Of course those West Coast teams are always solid. Hopefully USM can bounce back tomorrow.

Not at a very auspicious start for STATE. Totally outplayed but we did win 6-5. So there is that I suppose.

I would say there is no limit to how long a player can stay in college and play at this point. Unlimited.

The individual talent appeared to be better than what they have played. Davis-Fleming and Grace are good Freshmen who look like they will develop into really good players. Epps/McGhee have been wildly inconsistent. And that spells doom in the SEC. And the front line as you alluded has been bad to below average at best. Jones is a good defender and a good complementary player but has zero ability to create his own shot unless it’s a dunk or rebound layup. So yes we are bad defensively and without any offensive help Hubbard is getting blanketed every game. All that to say Jans certainly deserves time and another year or two to get this thing back on track. This season has been a disappointment to this point. Still 7 games to play plus the SEC Tournament. But my crystal ball does not see more than 1-2 possible wins at this juncture.

Since it has been so quiet here lately, I have to give a shout out to the State Softball team for a 4-0 start in the Baylor tournament especially the 10-0 blowout of the Bears in the first game. Of course the SEC is always stacked but Ricketts is a good coach and she has built a good solid program over the last few years. And baseball kicks off with the first pitch Friday for all of our teams. As Harry Carey espoused for the lowly Cubs back in the day “Hope Springs Eternal “ and everyone is 0-0 at the beginning of the season. And this year all three teams are looking good and I think we could be in for a fun year on the diamond!!!

I remember back in 1975-76-77 Coach Tyler and State fought the NCAA over a player who was declared ineligible because he received a discount at a clothing store that was available to ALL students. The NAZI’s err NC2A then forced State to forfeit 19 wins and 2 ties. Most egregious atrocity ever committed by that organization. Sadly I can see something similar happening in this case. Good luck to the young man and the school but honestly I don’t see this turning out good for Ole Miss (at least at this point).

Well now does Mr. Chambliss take his wares to the NFL, where IMO, he will make a bucket full of money. As I understand this he will fight the NCAA in court but that most likely will be a losing proposition. In the NFL, I can see him being a smaller version of Taysom Hill. He is so versatile. He could play QB, RB, FL, WR etc. At his size I am not sure he could be a FT QB. But man, put him in the right NFL offense and he can be an explosive weapon. We will see how this develops.

It pains me to say this but as good as Hubbard is, this year he has not been a good clutch player. Today we are down three, he has a one and one to cut the lead to one. He misses the free throw. And basically the game is over. Have to make those Free Throws to put pressure on the other team.

I got home late last night and had no idea who won. Turned the replay on and after a rough start, the ladies ended the half on a 9-0 run to lead by 9. And then stretched it to over twenty in the second half and basically cruised home. I was very pleasantly surprised. I would agree this team was not expected to do much but if they make the tournament which the announcers last night felt confident that they would (especially with that win in your back pocket) that would be a heck of an accomplishment.

We don’t talk much about the ladies but State had a huge road win at Knoxville last night over Tennessee (who was previously undefeated in conference play). We will see if it parlays in to more success as the season progresses. They have had some tough losses but no doubt they are improving. Big game with Missouri Sunday in the Hump. Definitely one I did not see coming.

Agree. Florida looks good, Vandy after a bit of a slump is playing well. But that is about it. A&M has been good but I have no confidence that it will continue. Everybody is inconsistent.

Think that ship has sailed. Second go arounds seldom match the first go arounds. But coaching change in Red Stick is gonna happen…maybe this weekend but if not most likely before the end of the season.

Well State with a must win tonight. And I know it was LSU who is/was worse than State. Not much to read into this game except it was not a loss. And all wins on the road are good wins.

Don’t let a five game losing streak make you emotional about a coach. Yes things are bad but firing a coach after a short period of bad games is totally stupidity. With Raiders 10 logic, we would be on our third head coach during this year alone. Lose a game or two jump into the coaching portal and sign a coach to a ten day contract. Win a game extend it for five days. Lose game, throw him back into the lake like an undersized bass.

So far it seems that State & Ole Miss have done a decent job in adding mercenaries to their respective teams. The proof will be in the pudding this fall.

Not sure either team is NIT worthy at this point in time. Embarrassing performance again tonight by State. Young guys off the bench seem to be playing better. Might as well let them play more going forward. Starters have been below average.

Indy for the win!!!! Wow what a great game!!! Mendoza with the run of the decade!!!

I mean the guy has led State to three straight NCAA tournaments. This year has been a struggle but it seems people have the patience of a Gnat these days. This microwave society that we live in today is just completely absurd. The season is barely half over and some knuckleheads are wanting him on the hot seat. Really? Let the season play out and then make an assessment on how he is doing. If everyone had this attitude in 1988-89-90, Richard Williams would have been fired. And there would have been no 1991 SEC Championship, no 1995 Sweet Sixteen, no 1996 Final Four…. completely ridiculous….

Are you guys hearing something that I am not? Yes this team has had some struggles this year but they are not a bad team by any means. Last night neither team played well. After sleeping on it, I think Hubbard may felt the extra pressure of the 1996 team being in the house. And as a result, he was pressing and struggled. Missing 5 FT’s? Just unheard of for him. And he missed several wide open threes. Last night was less about the coaches and more about the players just not making shots. Both teams had numerous open looks from three and just failed to make them. Way too much is made out of one game. Both Beard & Jans are good coaches. The game could have easily ended up with a State win had Hubbard’s layup gone in. That is how close it was. Credit to Ole Miss for scoring one more point last night. Nothing more, nothing less.

There is way too many school districts and the administration offices are bloated to the max. It seems to me that if a Principal is failing, the administration office creates a new position and then promotes said Principal into it. And then coaches seem to get shuttled around from school to school as many times as Zsa Zsa Gabor was married. 1. There should be one school district office for each county (and in some cases i.e. Issaquena County, one office for two counties). 2. Administrative offices should be pared back to the bare minimum. 3. State testing is needs to be completely revamped. There is way too much emphasis on it. Obviously you have to be able to assess where a child stands academically. But the current system discourages creative thinking skills and encourages learning how to pass a test. 4. Now with respect to the transfer issue, I see quite a few people whining about it but none seem to care about why some schools are failing to educate their students. Poor parenting, poor teachers, bloated administration, kids that don’t care, no discipline (thanks to the Southern Poverty Law Center for that) are some of the reasons. 5. If schools were succeeding in educating their students, this bill would have never come up. Some of these schools/districts seem to operate as their own little fiefdom and woe to anyone who attempts to make improvements to them, or force them to start living up to their responsibilities and expectations of teaching children. Period. We will see where all this lands but it is about time the Apple Cart got turned over in education and some real action taken to improve our schools and most importantly teach our children the highest standard possible.

Missed two FT’s and a layup. But it was an ugly game that State lost and Ole Miss did not lose. Coach Jans is safe. I can’t believe that someone would even broach that subject.