maroontide06 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Dawg83 said: SEC play starts tonight. Bama at State and Tennessee at Ole Miss. The game in Starkville has been announced as a sellout, hopefully that will make for a great atmosphere. I like State's chances if Jans can muster up some offense tonight. If he can't then I see Bama winning this one. It'll be a tough game either way, but I'm glad The Hump will have a sellout crowd. The excitement certainly is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, maroontide06 said: I like State's chances if Jans can muster up some offense tonight. If he can't then I see Bama winning this one. It'll be a tough game either way, but I'm glad The Hump will have a sellout crowd. The excitement certainly is there. To be fair, I expect a fair amount of Bama fans to make the trip over. But regardless, this game hasn’t been a sellout in YEARS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 The last sellout I remember was Kentucky in 2012. I was at that game. We had 15 point lead throughout the first half but Rodney Hood suffered an injury right before the half and that hurt our depth in the second half. And we ended up losing right at the end of the game. We just ran out of gas. Otherwise , I don’t remember the Hump being full since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I remember the '07 game against Billy Donovan's #1 ranked Florida squad. There wasn't a place to sit in The Hump. It was slam packed and I had to stand against a wall the whole game. State didn't win that day, but man The Hump was rockin' that day. It was an electric atmosphere for basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 3 hours ago, maroontide06 said: I remember the '07 game against Billy Donovan's #1 ranked Florida squad. There wasn't a place to sit in The Hump. It was slam packed and I had to stand against a wall the whole game. State didn't win that day, but man The Hump was rockin' that day. It was an electric atmosphere for basketball. I was given tickets to that game and went, really great crowd that night. I met MHSWriter at the game briefly that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 What’s the deal with Tolu? He can’t make a free throw to save his skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, rebmus said: I was given tickets to that game and went, really great crowd that night. I met MHSWriter at the game briefly that night. I remember MHSWriter. He was an old mod on this board from Meridian. He loved his Cats and Bulldogs. I wonder if he’s still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Bama is a really good basketball team. But when Tolu struggles like that, State will have a hard time beating anyone. Not surprised by the loss, but it doesn’t get any easier for State, next game is in Knoxville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Tolu just didn’t look comfortable on the basketball court and his free throws were just atrocious. If the free throws get made, State has a legitimate shot at winning the game. Tolu has got to get some confidence and some Lawrence Roberts tenacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Dawg83 said: Bama is a really good basketball team. But when Tolu struggles like that, State will have a hard time beating anyone. Not surprised by the loss, but it doesn’t get any easier for State, next game is in Knoxville. Bama is good. They’re good defensively, but they can also shoot 3s. State was shooting under 40% from the FT line late in the game. Ended up 50%. 18-36. They also missed several layups early in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Just now, MSTSatchmo said: Bama is good. They’re good defensively, but they can also shoot 3s. State was shooting under 40% from the FT line late in the game. Ended up 50%. 18-36. They also missed several layups early in the game. You hate to blame a loss on one guy but the overwhelming majority of those free throw misses were one guy. I don’t ever recall seeing a player struggle that much from the line in a game. Not even Shaquille O’Neal during the peak of the Hack-a-Shaq era. Tolu will have better games than this one, but this night was particularly rough for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 As bad as State was shooting for most of the first half, I was surprised they could get Smith the ball. The second half it seemed more difficult to get him in good spots, but he was being aggressive and getting to the line. That was a positive for him, but man, 3-15 is hard to overcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 Very tough night for Tolu. 3-15 from the FT line. Free throws did us in tonight or at least prevented us from having a shot to win down the stretch. Alabama shoots the threes well and they hit some big ones tonight. But I sure like Coach Jans and I believe our future is bright. Bama is a bit better than us especially offensively but we are not far behind them. We did a lot good things, including getting them into foul trouble. Unfortunately we were only 18-35 from the FT line and that will get you beat almost game. Great crowd and atmosphere and there were not as many Bama fans there as I thought would be giving the fact that they are a top ten team. They had few hundred fans but much less than I anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 MHSwriter moved from Meridian to Jackson several years ago. As far as I know he is doing well. I see his Mom from time time. Not sure why he doesn’t post here anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroontide06 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 @mhswriterthis is a welfare check. We want to make sure you are doing ok. Heck you can PM me if you want if you don't want to post. You were a great asset and moderator to this board back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 State is at Tennessee on Tuesday and Ole Miss is at Bama. Good chance both teams are going to be 0-2 when OM comes to The Hump a week from Saturday. That feels like an important game for State’s NCAAT hopes and also for Kermit Davis’s future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Pretty big women’s game today in the Hump. Ole Miss and State are both playing well through the OOC season and both won their openers in conference play. Even though it is NYD it should be a big crowd and great atmosphere. Coach Purcell seems to have the Lady Dawgs trending in the right direction and Coach Yo has done a good job at Ole Miss. Both teams have a good shot at finishing in the top half of the standings this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSTSatchmo Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 State was down 46-22 at the half at Tennessee. OM is down 44-23 at the half at Alabama. OM has the opportunity to make a second half run, but State was terrible offensively again and the defense was just as bad tonight. Tennessee shot 70% from the field. Tough SEC start for State, but like OM, they’re starting with the two best SEC teams and both are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Ole Miss travels to Starkville this weekend and the loser of the game starts SEC play 0-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 Not surprising that we are both 0-2 but thought we would both play better last night. TN/AL are both top ten teams and are very good. State and Ole Miss are both decent clubs nothing close to being ranked. We all knew State was not as good as the 11-0 record indicated but we are not as bad as the 0-3 record is either over the last two weeks. Saturday’s match up is huge. Still early but the team that wins will feel better about themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 My gut says State probably wins an ugly game at home on Saturday but who knows. It felt like Howland could never win in this spot. He’d have an early loss to Ole Miss just about every year and it would totally derail momentum for the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebmus Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 11 hours ago, Dawg83 said: My gut says State probably wins an ugly game at home on Saturday but who knows. It felt like Howland could never win in this spot. He’d have an early loss to Ole Miss just about every year and it would totally derail momentum for the season. I don't bet on sports but this game tempts me. 1. Bet the under. 2. Bet on MSU to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, rebmus said: I don't bet on sports but this game tempts me. 1. Bet the under. 2. Bet on MSU to win. This has a very real chance to be a 50-45 type game that’s absolutely horrible to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insideradvantage Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 11 hours ago, Dawg83 said: This has a very real chance to be a 50-45 type game that’s absolutely horrible to watch. Haha, no, if it's that type game it will be great to watch. Sort of like when you can't take your eyes off stupid people accidents or the like on Facebook or somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 I think the first college game my wife ever saw was back in the 1980’s, a State-Ole Miss game that was uglier than ugly. State won but it was like 42-40. The loser was the team that missed the most shots. The kind of game that you go “well we won but there were only lowlights and the final score was hardly a highlight.” The game tomorrow has that kind of feel to it though these two teams are more talented than those teams were 35 years ago. But maybe they will surprise us. We will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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