Classic Rick. Choking against the 2nd worst team in the league.***
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But still an awful loss with everything on the line. If MSU was in the "last 4 in" before this game, it stands to reason they're in the "last 4 out" after this loss. Bad loss.
at Auburn. I don't likethem but they played lights out! Tay Waller always eatsour lunchbut everyone was hitting shots against us. Hats off to them,let's moveonand concentrate on UT at home.
Defense killed us and Turner even played poorly when he was in. about as bad a defensive effort as I've seen in years.
I don't know what the final stats were but, last I saw we were shooting 50%........but Auburn was shooting 60%.
They hit everything they threw up. Even their 50% free throw shooter couldn't miss. Auburn was hot!!
They hit everything they threw up. Even their 50% free throw shooter couldn't miss. Auburn was hot!!
although they ate the zone up- I understand why he tried it to protect Jarvis...its just the fact that we <span style="text-decoration:underline">could not</span>afford to lose this game and we got our *** beat by a 5-9 team in the SEC. Thats just what is disappointing in a season full of disappointments
Auburn shoots 12 free throws in Starkville and we shoot 23. Tonight at home they shoot 31 and we shoot 11. We actually didn't do that bad a job on Waller, he is a great shooter but how many uncontested lay ups did they shoot? Plenty and we won't beat many teams giving up 80 points or more but you can now go have a cool one because it will give you more material for the next few days. Knox made us look silly and a lot of it was Jarvis trying to cover up our defensive ineffiencies.
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We should not have played much zone at all. How do you beat a zone, you shoot lights out from downtown, and Waller has been doing that for the last several games. What made Rick think he would go cold tonight? Poor defensive planing.
The zone allowed us to rest some and not have to chase them around, plus protect Jarvis a little.
But when we went man, they cleared the lane and had good matchups to take us off the dribble at the 3 and 4 positions, They also ran some ball screens and made us switch a bigger guy on a guard.
But when we went man, they cleared the lane and had good matchups to take us off the dribble at the 3 and 4 positions, They also ran some ball screens and made us switch a bigger guy on a guard.