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FQDawg

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This is from Seth Davis' latest column on SI.com. He talks to opposing coaches to get the low down on a handful of teams.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: When they make shots they're a handful, because they're going to shoot a bunch of threes regardless. [Jarvis] Varnardo changes things, but to me the key is Dee Bost. When he plays well I think he's one of the most talented players in our league. He's strong, he's fast, and when he plays with confidence and makes shots they're very hard to beat. Ravern Johnson can go for 20 on any night. They almost beat Kentucky and he didn't even play that game. They have a lot of complementary guys to play with Varnardo. He has had a good year. Some of the pro scouts may be scared of him because of his lack of size and strength, but he can really block shots and he's a low-maintenance kid. His offense is so much better than when he got there. He can make free throws now, and he's not a terrible passer out of the post. It used to be if you doubled him he'd throw it to you, but he doesn't do that anymore. They have some work to do, but if they get in as a 12 seed, I wouldn't want to be the 5 seed that has to play them in the first round.
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FQDawg

FQDawg

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This is from Seth Davis' latest column on SI.com. He talks to opposing coaches to get the low down on a handful of teams.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: When they make shots they're a handful, because they're going to shoot a bunch of threes regardless. [Jarvis] Varnardo changes things, but to me the key is Dee Bost. When he plays well I think he's one of the most talented players in our league. He's strong, he's fast, and when he plays with confidence and makes shots they're very hard to beat. Ravern Johnson can go for 20 on any night. They almost beat Kentucky and he didn't even play that game. They have a lot of complementary guys to play with Varnardo. He has had a good year. Some of the pro scouts may be scared of him because of his lack of size and strength, but he can really block shots and he's a low-maintenance kid. His offense is so much better than when he got there. He can make free throws now, and he's not a terrible passer out of the post. It used to be if you doubled him he'd throw it to you, but he doesn't do that anymore. They have some work to do, but if they get in as a 12 seed, I wouldn't want to be the 5 seed that has to play them in the first round.
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AthensBully

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Even you have to admit that we're at best the 4th or 5th most talented team in the SEC. We don't have more talent than Kentucky, Vandy,or Tennessee. I would even throw inFlorida, although that would be up for debate.
 
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Coach34

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Calipari calls us a top 25 talent, and other coaches talk about how talented we are...i'd have to say im not spinning anything

It appears you guys are doing the spinning to mask underachievement
 
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DowntownDawg

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...and I am anything but a basketball sheep.

Or it could be that we aren't getting enough out of our guys with talent and we are relying on our less talented guys to play big minutes.
 
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Coach34

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take out Wayne Chism and Scottie Hopson and see if Tennessee can have a 7 point lead on Kentucky with 3 minutes left. Is Benock any worse than Pearl's kid coming off the bench?

We have a very good PG
Our SG plays as good on ball defense as anybody in the league, and scores 12 a night
our SF is the 2nd best 3 point shooter in the conference
our PF plays well in spurts, awful in others
our C is one of the nation's top defensively, and is averaging 13 and 11 every night

Our 6th man hit a 23 footer to beat LSU Saturday

We have players and everybody knows it...and thats why its shocking we are fighting on the bubble right now
 
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GBryne4Heisman

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There isn't one single NBA player on this team. Varnardo will probably get drafted late 1st round probably, but I dont think he's going to cut it.
 
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By no means is he secondin 3pt shooting in leagues games. In other threads you dismiss stats compiled against the MVSUs of the world. Here, you use them to make your point. </p>
 
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Hanmudog

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I grant you that we have talent (obviously) but if you think the team we had on the floor against UK toward the end was top 25 talent then you are nucking futs. At one point we Benock, Turner, Bost, Stewart, and Osby on the floor. Do you think that group could hang with Pitt or Michigan State most nights? It was by the grace of God that we were even in that game and does not say jack about our talent level afterVarnado and Bostso your Hopson and Chism analogy is complete crap....what a shock.
Bottom line is that you just can't bring yourself to admit that Calipari, with far superior talent, had his team behind 7 points.
 
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Coach34

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GBryne4Heisman said:
There isn't one single NBA player on this team. Varnardo will probably get drafted late 1st round probably, but I dont think he's going to cut it.
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How many draft picks does Butler expect to have? N. Iowa?
How many years did Darryl Wilson play in the NBA? Timmy Bowers? Greg Carter? Cameron Burns? Werent they very good <span style="text-decoration:underline">college</span> players?
 
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It's old. It's been old. It's so old, there's cobwebs in its ****** and its tits are on the floor. We all get it....you don't like the basketball coach. We know your stance. Now shut the 17 up about it. You should thank God that I'm not an administrator cause I would have thrown your *** off of here a long time ago. It's not because I disagree. It's because you just keep saying the same **** over and over again. Come up with new material or stop posting. We get it. You get a woody every time you bash Stansbury and someone argues with you about it. Yay for you. Find a new argument.



DS, I know that you think he brings something to the board......but really, he has out-lived anything that he may have brought to the board. During this time of the year, this asshat should be thrown the hell out for reposting. During football and baseball seasons, he sometimes makes sense.......sometimes, so he could actually be allowed to type during those periods but damn! Every other thread is this douche baiting or bitching about Stansbury. At least during football season, we all know he'll be blowing LSU.
 
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rugbdawg

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performance unless you berate him for the Alabama loss, Arkansas loss, WKU loss, Rider loss, and the LSU win. The reason why we are on the bubble is due to Stans. Our talent is underperforming. Anyone who says otherwise is nuts.

No one (even Coach) has denied the Kentucky game was his best game as a coach this year. But...it proves how totally inept he has been the rest of the season.
 
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bulldogbaja

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We are loaded. Kentucky is the only team in the SEC that is unquestionably more talented than us.
 
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Somebody in the Big Ten thinks we would be a bad matchup for Ohio State..

"If I had a team that could go 10, 11 deep, I would press the hell out of them because I think it would tire them out. Mississippi State, for example, would be a bad matchup for them"
 
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JimC1097

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The NBA is a game for "specialists". Few overall mutlipurpose players. And the way coaches sub and use players, he will land as a shot blocking defensive specialist. He can add some bulk continue working on the short hook shot and he will be fine. In my opinion....
 
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I don't post much on here.Jus wanted to saythanks for all that you do on here. Sorry there's not more knowlegeable basketball people on this site. </p>
 
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Coach34

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there are more like you here, they just stay quiet because they dont want to engage like I do
 
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Coach34

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a top 25 team, one would make the assumption that he feels we should be and therefore are underachieving until we are a top 25 team
 
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