Insideradvantage Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 We are 10-0 but by gosh I’m not gonna enjoy it and you can’t make me. That’s sort of what I’m hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I think it’s cool that State is playing in Tupelo today and Ole Miss/USM are playing in Biloxi next week. State normally plays a game in Jackson but it had gotten really stale over the years, people weren’t showing up anymore, and it doesn’t help that the Big House is a dump. Perfectly fine with giving some of these other venues a chance to host. Would like to see State play a game at the Landers Center in Southaven at some point. Or honestly just play Memphis period. OM does it every year, State never does. Only meeting I can recall between State and Memphis in hoops in the last couple of decades was in the ‘08 NCAA Tourney in Little Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Ole Miss fans should be enjoying being 10-0. The alternative to winning is losing so enjoy it. Eventually the team will lose but for now you are batting .1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Definitely agree that when school is out, playing a game in TUP or BIX makes great sense. Last year when State played JSU in JAN there were only 3200 in attendance. Almost all were State fans. Where were the JSU fans? And they almost beat us. Should have been 7-8K in the coliseum. I would think in TUP there will be at least 5K+ today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said: Definitely agree that when school is out, playing a game in TUP or BIX makes great sense. Last year when State played JSU in JAN there were only 3200 in attendance. Almost all were State fans. Where were the JSU fans? And they almost beat us. Should have been 7-8K in the coliseum. I would think in TUP there will be at least 5K+ today. I’m curious to see what the Tupelo crowd looks like. Only time semi-recently that State has played there was during the Rick Ray era when nobody cared about the program, so that’s probably not a good gauge of what to expect. I’m sure the crowd today will be better than that one was in 2013/2014/whenever the last Tupelo game was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Soooooo State fans, take the -6.5 or leave this game alone? Asking for a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Early on NTXST looked liked a good bet with the points. Led 25-14 at one point in the first half. Game has flipped and now State leads 58-42 in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I took State ML and was def sweating it at the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 minute ago, NoWammies said: I took State ML and was def sweating it at the beginning. No way I’d bet on this State team lol. They are too unpredictable. Even last year the under was a safe bet, it’s not at all this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Lol I had seen North TX play LSU couple weeks ago and they were horrible so I was hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 State covered and it was over barely. Like by one-half point. I would not touch this State team with a thirty-nine half foot pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 State trimmed down its rotation today, that seemed to help. The mass subbing nearly got them beat by Murray State, so Jans didn’t even sniff anything like that today. Fairly big game in Newark on Saturday again Rutgers. Would be a very solid nonconference win if State can get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said: I would not touch this State team with a thirty-nine half foot pole. You're a mean one... ** 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) Did not realize this while watching the game (I was also watching my 18 month old so the game didn’t get my undivided attention), but State only had 3 turnovers the entire game. And North Texas wasn’t playing bad defense or anything. Cannot recall a college basketball game where one team had that few turnovers in 40 minutes of play. Edited December 18, 2023 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Ole Miss moves to 11-0 with a 74-53 win over Troy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 9 minutes ago, rebmus said: Ole Miss moves to 11-0 with a 74-53 win over Troy. If we keep beating teams by double digits that we’re favored to beat by double digits insider is gonna start liking me I think. OAN: Hope the Cisse injury isn’t too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 That LOOKED bad for Cisse, but he was on the bike after it... so hopefully he's ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Memphis has rattled off three wins vs #21, #13, and #22. This will help Ole Miss IF they end up a bubble team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insideradvantage Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, NoWammies said: If we keep beating teams by double digits that we’re favored to beat by double digits insider is gonna start liking me I think. OAN: Hope the Cisse injury isn’t too bad. Hahahaha I like you already, man. Just let yourself enjoy 11-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Insideradvantage said: Hahahaha I like you already, man. Just let yourself enjoy 11-0. Lol I’m trying bud. We do look like we’re starting to click as a team lately which I can understand took a lil time being bunch of new guys in a new system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, rebmus said: That LOOKED bad for Cisse, but he was on the bike after it... so hopefully he's ok? Just read where Beard cleared him to return but didn’t see any reason why he needed to come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Midweek NET update, State is now 35, Ole Miss is 57. If OM can get by USM on Saturday, I think they’ll go into SEC play undefeated but probably lose pretty quickly, as the first conference game is at Tennessee. Yeesh. But they do have several winnable SEC games immediately following that. State has the big game against Rutgers on Saturday, then Bethune Cookman, then an absolute gauntlet to start SEC play. 8 of the first 9 SEC games are against Top 60 NET teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insideradvantage Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 OM is definitely about to take a few on the chin but ironically that NET might even rise with the right loss. It's a long haul. Hopefully they can just continue to improve and play well enough when it counts most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Insideradvantage said: OM is definitely about to take a few on the chin but ironically that NET might even rise with the right loss. It's a long haul. Hopefully they can just continue to improve and play well enough when it counts most. With an undefeated nonconference, Ole Miss likely only needs 8 or 9 SEC wins to make the NCAAT. I’d put that number at 9 or 10 for State. I just think you don’t want to be anywhere close to the bubble if you have a SWAC loss on your resume. Edited December 20, 2023 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 FWIW, State got in with an 8-10 SEC record last year but they only had one nonconference loss and had unbelievably good fortune with no stolen bids in other conference tourneys. And even then they got shipped to Dayton (I still think they were underseeded, but I don’t get a vote). It will be hard to bank on there being literally zero stolen bids again, so for both teams you definitely want to find a way to be safely clear of the bubble by early March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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