The second half was a different team. Not the worst result ever. I’m so glad to see the ball go in for hub.
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As bad as we played in the first, im not upset
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I agree. I predicted we’d lose by 10, and we lost by 12. We scored 40 points in the second half and outscored them by six. The first half was the worst basketball we’ve played all season. Kudos for the team for regrouping and playing pretty well in the second half.
Disappointing to see players standing around playing one on one, taking bad shots. Need to see screens, cutting , ball movement. Roster is missing a combo guard 6-2/6-3 who is physically strong , can drive to the basket as well as hit an open shot.
I’m a bit upset. We didn’t even show up for the 1st half. And then we “won” garbage time. That’s not good enough. Especially in this conference .
I think it’s clear that right now, we aren’t a Sweet 16 team, which is a bit disappointing given how we started. Too many teams shoot it too well from 3 against us for us to make a nice run.
I’m more concerned about the offense. They have tried to run way too much iso in these last three or four games. In all those blowout wins there’s much more passing and cutting leading to easier baskets.
I think after the first half Tennessee knew they were better and they were going to win and they just let their foot off the gas a bit. When we cut it to single digits it wasn’t long they had it right back up to 20. I think they just wanted to finish the game and not have any injuries.
Saturday’s game is a near must win. If we lose I think we are in trouble.
Saturday’s game is a near must win. If we lose I think we are in trouble.
I think there are many that don’t want to admit that maybe we just aren’t as good as we thought/hoped we were.
Tenn is good at home. 11 and 0. All double digits. Look it up
More upset about teams shooting 41% from 3 against our defense in SEC play
Yeah but only one team has scored fewer than 16 points in the first half at TN (W. Carolina) and the others aren’t close to 16. That’s really disappointing
4 losses and 3 of them to top 10 teams. I'm glad we've raised our expectations.
Maybe they did take their foot off the gas or maybe we fought back and just couldn't overcome the worst 1st half of the year. Most State teams I've watched over the years would have got their doors blown out after that 1st half.....this team didn't.
We aren’t that good…right now. Teams have ups and downs. The competition we’re playing against is good enough that a small dip is going to give bad results.
I do think the sample size is big enough to say we have a problem covering the three, at least against athletic teams. That’s a major problem for tournament time, but we’re still good enough to be able to play teams outside of the top ten close if we’re playing decent.
We did better at Tenn than the averag opposing team does this year. Showed signs of life. Maybe someone will catch that expensive roster at home on an off night. We didn't.
Jans is making the pieces work in the way that makes sense to him. I don’t think he’s perfect. But in the end, this is yet another typical MSU team with absolutely zero NBA talent (or any high end professional talent of any kind) that is still a Top 15 squad. And we’re in the top half of the league standings of what is now 100% known to be the best conference in college basketball history over a single year period. It’s hard to complain too much about that from a coaching perspective.
Our problems covering the 3 seem somewhat intentional. We’re playing more up-tempo this year without guys like Tolu and Jimmy Bell out there. That style of play typically involves playing the passing lanes as opposed to the shooters….in order to try and create turnovers and run-out opportunities.
Trouble is, SEC teams have figured that out, and are countering what we’re doing by pushing the ball up before we can get set, and either taking quick perimeter shots off 1-2 passes, or going down low if its not open. We need to be forcing the 2nd option more than we are…..especially since we aren’t forcing nearly as many turnovers lately. We need to change what we’re doing and just be more variable in general on the defensive end.
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