At the halfway point....

[DawgatAuburn]

We have played three of the top four in the conference and don't play them again.

LSU, A&M and Vandy are the bottom three in the league. They are all remaining on our schedule, albeit all three on the road.

The nine teams we have played have a conference record of 43-38. Our remaining nine opponents are 35-46.

If the SEC Tournament started today, we would not be playing on Wednesday night for the first time since Stansbury left. (Assuming we are not last in the six way tie for sixth place, and since we've beaten three of those teams, that seems unlikely.)

It's all right in front of us. GO GET IT.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I think many

unfairly judged our team based on an extremely tough January schedule.

 

[She Mate Me]

unfairly judged our team based on an extremely tough January schedule.

I suspected we were better than we looked and it would show if shots started to fall, but until they started closing out some of these wins it was hard not to be negative.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I suspected we were better than we looked and it would show if shots started to fall, but until they started closing out some of these wins it was hard not to be negative.

It's not hard to not be negative. Just don't be negative.

 

[She Mate Me]

It's not hard to not be negative. Just don't be negative.

I made the conscious (and public) decision to go negative before the UK game because my positiveness wasn't doing any good. I take 83% credit for the two game win streak.

 

[Bulldogg31]

I made the conscious (and public) decision to go negative before the UK game because my positiveness wasn't doing any good. I take 83% credit for the two game win streak.

Weak stomachs made bad State fans.

 

[bulldogbaja]

The Ole Miss loss was brutal. That one goes the other way, and I think that January would have felt a lot different.
Which is to say, we're actually playing pretty well.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

For whatever reason, I expected that loss on the road. We're one game ahead of where I thought we would be at this point. The Arkansas win was the one I missed on. But I also had us at 3-6 on the back half, winning at Vandy, and in the home games against Ole Miss and USC. I think we can do better than that. Starting on Saturday.

 

[tired]

If Peter's will stay the course, we'll be fine.

 

[She Mate Me]

If Peter's will stay the course, we'll be fine.

Peters is important, but what's vital and different in the last two wins is shooting %. Bad shooting makes everything look worse and saps energy from a team. If we shoot similar to the way we have all year from 3 and FT we lose last night and likely lose to Mizzou.

 

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

unfairly judged our team based on an extremely tough January schedule.

Including yourself.

 

[KurtRambis4]

The biggest change that I've

noticed in our streak (dating back to AL second 1/2), is our guards finally playing like I thought they would when we signed Nick.

They need to ATTACK the basket. Both Nick and Lamar are too damn quick to not be doing this.

Having them sitting on the perimeter, jacking up 3's is a recipe for losing.

Moreover, us attempting more than 20 3's a game is a recipe for disaster.

To win, we've got to keep it under 20/game.

In all of our wins, we've attempted less than 20 (except AR, we had 21).

In all of our losses, we've attempted more than 20 (except UF).

 

[KurtRambis4]

I don't

know.

I've been one of the few asking folks to show up to games to support the team, and saying that Howland will get it turned around.

Sure I've been unhappy with some things. You'd be dumb not to.

However, I've said all along that the schedule was rough in January.

We played 4 home games and 5 road games.

One of the 4 home games was against the top team in the league and three of the road games were against AL, UK, and UF (not exactly talent-less teams).