When the bright lights are on, all eyes focused on the dogs - CHOKE
And in true Mississippi State fashion ….
- Thread starter Lloyd Christmas.sixpack
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We played a top 6 team to the wire and it's a choke? 17 off!
I don't think we choked so much as Kentucky played great. They’re good. Really good. They’ve got 3 top 10 wins. But I think the difference in the game is they shot the ball better than their ability.
To be fair we were favored by 5.
You can't win every basketball game. We scored 91 points and almost came back. Are you even a State fan or just a troll?
I don't see anybody beating UK when they shoot as they did tonight, but of course it's always against us when they decide to bust out. Meh.
Yes. We didn’t defend the 3 at all tonight.
Same old song and dance my friend. 40 years of it has taught me not to get as invested. Expect the worst, hope for the best. It’s the best way.
At least we are competitive in this sport.
At least we are competitive in this sport.
Easy money. There was no way the cheating SEC refs would have let us win, let alone cover.
Get off your high horse you whiner. We played a top 10 team that lost coming into this game. They shot 50% from 3. You are a loser and I won't let you drag me down with you.
Kentucky played well but that was not a Jans defense.
death, taxes, and msu losing to Kentucky in basketball.
Like last 15 years of the same. We can beat anyone but somehow always manage to lose to them. Don't know what it is. Maybe Kentucky comes in and gives it their best against us every time I don't know. But if you told me we would score in the 90s we would have beaten the crap out of them.
death, taxes, and msu losing to Kentucky in basketball.
Like last 15 years of the same. We can beat anyone but somehow always manage to lose to them. Don't know what it is. Maybe Kentucky comes in and gives it their best against us every time I don't know. But if you told me we would score in the 90s we would have beaten the crap out of them.
Why’d they shoot so well from 3? A large part is Hubbard can’t defend.
Yes, preacher, I’m a state fan & alumnus & have been for decades. Grew up in starkville in 80s, student in 90s & have watched more nights like this in all MSU sports than I care to remember.
Great opportunity but didn’t get it done
Great opportunity but didn’t get it done
From what I saw we left it all on the court. I’ll take it.
I can’t believe Kentucky made all those 17ing shots.
I can’t believe Kentucky made all those 17ing shots.
The vast majority of times we don’t. Only once in my years of being a state fan have we exceeded expectations.
Kentucky was on fire from outside. They just had it going, and not much you can do to stop that.
Ok, just asking because I haven't seen you around here. You only have 28 posts so far. It really was a sincere question.
17 Kentucky! 17 the refs! And 17 the SEC!
Not in my emotions if we can get Hub going, we'll be fine.
The good news my four year old is all dawg much to his Kentucky momma's chagrin. The bad news I'm pretty sure I'm sharing a bed with him tonight.
Edit for one last thing: Hail 17ing State! I'll roll with our guys against anyone.
Not in my emotions if we can get Hub going, we'll be fine.
The good news my four year old is all dawg much to his Kentucky momma's chagrin. The bad news I'm pretty sure I'm sharing a bed with him tonight.
Edit for one last thing: Hail 17ing State! I'll roll with our guys against anyone.
Oh, you’re right, so sorry
Yay!!! We played a top 10 team to the wire at home & ALMOST won - Yippee moral victories
And let’s be honest. “They” was really Robinson. If that $hithead just goes 3-6 instead of 7-10, it’s a completely different ballgame.
Every damn year. I remember when Cal got tossed and we had them dead to right a few years ago only for some freshman that averaged 3 pts/gm to come in and knock down 6-7 threes. I hate that team
And, much as I hate to say it, he killed us down the stretch taking bad shots. He’s struggling & making it worse by trying to do too much.
The Ghost of Kobe, dad rest his soul, could not have beat UK tonight the way they were shooting.
I think KY shot 100% on their last 6-7 shots. We went 2 for our last 10.
I think we really could have used Kugel down the stretch. He looked better tonight.
Exactly. People act like 3-pointers are random dice rolls….and they just kept getting lucky. BS. I think maybe 2 of their 30-something attempts were even remotely contested. The rest were all either wide open, or taken with at least a 4 foot cushion.
When you don’t defend the perimeter at all against a Top 10 team, you’re gonna pay for it just about every time. It was the exact same thing last year. Pope probably just popped in last year’s tape and just said “yep, we’re gonna just do that same thing again”. We let them dictate the pace and the flow, and we tried to beat them at their own game.
They are a little better than us and had us tonight. That's a legit top 10 team but we can take them. No reason to get down on this team yet.
Yes we did. I lot of the ones they made were well contested, and a few were just circus shots.
You didn't watch the game, or if you did you weren't paying attention.
Kentucky was much better at moving the ball, moving on offense and setting picks to get better looks. You can tell they work on it. I'm guessing they had a good talk after the Georgia game. Freaking GEORGIA, who doesn't even care about basketball.
Shooting 50% in a live game even if they were mostly uncontested is pretty damn good.
What is the deal with so many of you turning into Genespage sheep lately? Whining about trolls and post count instead of just dealing with folks in SPS fashion.
And hell if you can’t come on this board and trash an MSU choke, then we’ve lost our edge.
There were open shots in the first half. Wide open. They were running screens to get guys open and it was working well. Second half was a different story. State was much more active getting around and fight through the screens and many of those threes made were contested. Of wide open threes I bet they shot 80 percent which is pretty wild.
The camera angle must make it look that way because no one was around him when he shot.
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