Who wants to do the work? Since our loss vs Xavier (2004)
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<table style="FONT-SIZE: 95%" class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><td>2004–2005</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>23–11</td><td>9–7</td><td>3rd (West) </td><td>NCAA 2nd Round</td></tr><tr><td>2005–2006</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>15–15</td><td>5–11</td><td>5th (West) </td><td></td></tr><tr style="BACKGROUND: #bbffff"><td>2006–2007</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>21–14</td><td>8–8</td><td>T–1st (West) </td><td>NIT Final Four</td></tr><tr style="BACKGROUND: #bbffff"><td>2007–2008</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>23–11</td><td>12–4</td><td>1st (West) </td><td>NCAA 2nd Round</td></tr><tr style="BACKGROUND: #ffff99"><td>2008–2009</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>23–13</td><td>9–7</td><td>3rd (West) </td><td>NCAA 1st Round</td></tr><tr style="BACKGROUND: #bbffff"><td>2009–2010</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>24–12</td><td>9–7</td><td>T–1st (West) </td><td>NIT 2nd Round</td></tr><tr><td>2010–2011</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>17–13</td><td>9–7</td><td>2nd (West) </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011–2012</td><td>Mississippi State</td><td>21–11</td><td>8–8</td><td>T–6th</td></tr></tbody></table>
Total of 167-100 (69-59 SEC). 2-3 NCAA record, 4-2 NIT (soon to be 4-3).
Total of 167-100 (69-59 SEC). 2-3 NCAA record, 4-2 NIT (soon to be 4-3).
But instead we lost the second round (1st game for us) to an inferior Vandy team, that out-hustled us. We played like we could care less to be in that game. Sounds eerily familiar.
If Sidney leaves after this season, who are we going to blame next year for our poor play and lack of team chemistry? Probably Wendell Lewis.
I've seen multiple people blame Kodi and/or Ravern for some of our problems in the past; while the players come and go, but the problems remain.
which was the season before this chart.
2001-2002 - first season back in NCAAs since Final 4 - 3 seed (lost to 6 seed Texas in 2nd round)
2002-2003 - 5 seed in the East - lost to Butler in 1st round
2003-2004 - 2 seed in the South - 25-3 overall record (made to 2nd round)
2004-2005 - 9 seed in Austin (made to 2nd round)
2007-2008 - 8 seed in South (made to 2nd round)
2008-2009 - 13 seed in West (lost 1st round)
2001-2002 - first season back in NCAAs since Final 4 - 3 seed (lost to 6 seed Texas in 2nd round)
2002-2003 - 5 seed in the East - lost to Butler in 1st round
2003-2004 - 2 seed in the South - 25-3 overall record (made to 2nd round)
2004-2005 - 9 seed in Austin (made to 2nd round)
2007-2008 - 8 seed in South (made to 2nd round)
2008-2009 - 13 seed in West (lost 1st round)
that's actually not as bad as I thought it was. Can anyone do the rpi and strength of schedule? It looks like Stansbury is stuck in bubble land. He is able to field a consistent bubble team every year and every 3-4 years it's slightly better or slightly worse than bubble territory. Mississippi State basketball is a bubble.
Coolbone said:
this is why we are not making the tournament. The OOC has to be amped up way more than ever. We have to be playing a top 25 schedule strength. We can't dodge the tough games anymore. It's not helping MSU it's hurting us every year. The SEC is not a strong enough conference to get us help.
SyonaraStanz said:
Next year will be a "rebuilding" year. We're losing 3 of our starting 5. We're also losing some of the white guys that take depth spotsonly to play the impotant role of clean up in blowouts in the final seconds. There's always an excuse.
We should schedule ZERO games against teams likely to be sub-200 in RPI, and over half of our OOC should be against teams likely to be in the top 100. If we'd done that this year, we probably would have been comfortably in the tournament even with our late collapse, unless we lost a bunch of them.