Dawg83 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Pitt is up by 1 at the half, kind of a high scoring half but State has done a decent job of keeping up so far. Made several threes early but then cooled off. Need to defend the three better, Pitt is 8-13 so far. But the fact that it’s a one point game with Pitt shooting like that could be a positive sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Dawg83 said: Pitt is up by 1 at the half, kind of a high scoring half but State has done a decent job of keeping up so far. Made several threes early but then cooled off. Need to defend the three better, Pitt is 8-13 so far. But the fact that it’s a one point game with Pitt shooting like that could be a positive sign. Looks like it will be a battle the second half. State has had several players step up to score, and Pitt has had several make 3’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1nglewing Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Two very middling teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 MSU put up a heckuva fight, as did Pitt. Pitt picks up the play in game win. Very nice first season for Jans at MSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 What a heartbreaking loss for State. The turnovers are probably the Achilles heel in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Dang Could not ask for a better look When he shot it looked good Uggggghhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Man, that’s a super tough way to go out, but also kind of sums up State’s offensive struggles pretty well. Had an open three and an open tap in at the buzzer and couldn’t get either to fall. The lack of timely offense was the difference in this team being pretty good and really good. Wildly successful season for State though, cannot emphasize that enough. I think they are going to be tournament regulars under Jans. Need to add some more offense for next year, and if they do that and are able to bring back several of the key guys from this group, they’ve got a chance to have an excellent season next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 State played their style of game, they just didn’t have anyone they could count on to make a bucket when they needed it. Three shots for the win is more than you could ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Pitt made one three the entire second half and it was Hinson making an off balance shot from the mid court logo because who else would it be? That guy would be the national player of the year if he got to play State every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 We’ll see what happens with State and the transfer portal now. They also had several seniors that still have a COVID year and could return, including Tolu and Jeffries. The only two that I believe are gone for sure are Reed and Stevenson. May have some younger guys transfer due to playing time. They’ll have some more offensive options coming in via the signing class, the Hubbard kid from MRA is really talented and Trey Fort scored a ton of points in JUCO this year. Still need to add at least couple of guys from the portal. Jans has made it abundantly clear that he is very much a one year at a time team builder that will bring in several transfers every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I didn't know the NIT started yesterday also. USM lost to UAB in the first NIT round last night. Andy KeNIT is the UAB coach. Hate to see USM lose so quickly but happy for AK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 State dominates Illinois in the second half to win the play in game today and will now face off against Creighton Friday. Close game in the first half and we led by 1 point at the half but we just took the game over in third quarter. Great game by our ladies and a good win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, rebmus said: I didn't know the NIT started yesterday also. USM lost to UAB in the first NIT round last night. Andy KeNIT is the UAB coach. Hate to see USM lose so quickly but happy for AK. Rutgers and Clemson both lost in the NIT first round. Both of those teams were considered NCAAT snubs by most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Often see that happen when teams that are disappointed not to make the NCAAT then they have no motivation when they play in the NIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said: Often see that happen when teams that are disappointed not to make the NCAAT then they have no motivation when they play in the NIT. It’s the old expression of NIT = Not Into This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsmaniac10 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said: Rutgers and Clemson both lost in the NIT first round. Both of those teams were considered NCAAT snubs by most. Clemson I could agree with being considered a snub. Finish tied for 3rd in the ACC and 23 regular season wins. But I guess the non conference losses to South Carolina and Loyola were too much for the committee. Rutgers was less of a snub to me. 9th place finish in the big 10, 14 regular season losses, and 3-7 in their last 10. They upset purdue back in early January and that seemed to hold them in the convo the rest of the year. But agreed NIT is starting to remind me of some of the bowl games in college football. More often now the bigger programs just don’t seem to care much if they aren’t in the big game. Edited March 16, 2023 by sportsmaniac10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, rebmus said: Andy KeNIT is the UAB coach. Lawd this is some funny stuff right here. Great play on words LOL! I'll never be able to unsee this. Edited March 16, 2023 by maroontide06 Permanently engrained into my brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Gotta love March Madness, already a big upset with Furman taking down Virginia in their first NCAAT game in 40 years. Last second dramatics too, incredibly dumb turnover by UVA led to the game winning three. Edited March 16, 2023 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Add Princeton over Arizona. I had AZ in the Final Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 14 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said: Add Princeton over Arizona. I had AZ in the Final Four. Same, might as well throw my bracket in the trash now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Princeton is one of those teams that you hate to play. They play like a team but more importantly most pundits underrate their talent. They have some players. They had guys that just flat beat the AZ players one on one. So yes they are sound fundamentally but their players are talented as well. It is not a fluke that they compete well and win games in the NCAAT. We played them back in 1996 in the second round and our overall physical talent was just too much for them. But they had beat UCLA in the first round. They just could not match up with Damper, Jones, Wilson etc. But going into that game, I was very worried. And we ended winning comfortably but I was never comfortable until late in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) Pitt hammering Iowa State and Xavier struggling with Kennesaw State pretty much reaffirms my original thinking, if State could’ve gotten past Pitt then there was a realistic path to the Sweet 16. Ugh. Makes that loss on Tuesday even tougher. Moot point now but don’t think State or Pitt should’ve been in the play in game to begin with. The Mountain West bubble teams making fools of themselves kinda proves my point. Edited March 17, 2023 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Purdue is absolutely the worst NCAAT team in the country. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Purdue has lost to three straight double digit seeds in the NCAAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Great job by the State women tonight. I know Sunday against Notre Dame will be a tall task, but a win against a 6 seed when you’re an 11 seed is no small task either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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