WBB vs Southern Arkansas (exh)

NT03 · November 7, 2014

Ladies win 75-74 in OT

THOR · November 7, 2014

That's not good...

GRN-WHT · November 7, 2014

Only beat the Muleriders of Southern Arkansas by 1 at home?

It's ok, RV found a good soccer coach, nothing to see here.

Harry · November 7, 2014

That's discouraging for Coach Pete.

Andrew · November 7, 2014

It's just a scrimmage but a win is a win.

BillySee58 · November 7, 2014

Only beat the Muleriders of Southern Arkansas by 1 at home?

It's ok, RV found a good soccer coach, nothing to see here.

RV didn't hire Hedlund.

a win is a win.

And it begins, ladies and gentlemen. Edited November 7, 2014 by BillySee58

Andrew · November 7, 2014

I rather win every game by one point than go 16-16 losing those 16 games by a point.

GrandGreen · November 7, 2014

A win is not a win when it is one point over a div 2 team picked 7th in their conference by the coaches.

Certainly not an encouraging outcome, but more troubling is the lack of production by any of the newcomers. 35 minutes and 5 points scored by this year's incoming class, doesn't give you much confidence that there is any one close to as good as the prematurely departed Peterson and Hyder. I was really surprised how little he played his new recruits.

It is also concerning that there are only 12 players on the roster, 3 under the limit, particularly with the number of players lost last year because of injuries.

THOR · November 7, 2014

Don't forget...it was in overtime...women's bball has been benford'd

Andrew · November 7, 2014

I am not saying that it is not concerning. I just much rather win a game than lose a game. Beating duke by 1 or beating Lamar university by 1. Both are wins and I would be happy with both. Obviously one will help our RPI more.

Mean Green Matt · November 7, 2014

I am not saying that it is not concerning. I just much rather win a game than lose a game. Beating duke by 1 or beating Lamar university by 1. Both are wins and I would be happy with both. Obviously one will help our RPI more.

But this was an exhibition game, so it is not really a win, loss, or anything other than a bad omen. Things are going to get much harder than D2 Directional Arkansas.

Brett Vito · November 7, 2014

MGB: Late night hoops rewind:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/11/late-night-hoops-rewind-unt-women-75-southern-arkansas-74-ot.html/

forevereagle · November 7, 2014

Not saying that this is a good omen, but teams lose these types of exhibitions, it is not that uncommon. Louisville (if memory serves) lost one a few years ago and still made a tourney appearance. Again, not saying that we should be happy with the result, but we probably should take a wait and see approach.

FirefightnRick · November 7, 2014

Say what?
Blowing them away is OK, but you would rather have to compete. We are going to have to compete next Friday. Regardless of who you are playing against, to have possessions of value means something. This did us a whole lot more good than beating the dog out of someone, a whole lot more good.

Right, because we all know without a doubt how difficult it is to evaluate your your team when they put someone away like they should?

Rick

Edited November 7, 2014 by FirefightnRick

greenminer · November 7, 2014

Right, because we all know without a doubt how difficult it is to evaluate your your team when they put someone away like they should?
Rick

Yeah, threw me for a loop. I've heard bad coach speak, but this was a cavernous reach by Peterson.

Army of Dad · November 7, 2014

I mean, its not like they actually lost to a DII...

Green Dozer · November 7, 2014

"It's just a ball."

Green Mean · November 7, 2014

Benford'd

Petersen'd

RV'd

KRAM1 · November 8, 2014

You know...it's funny...I did not see many of the folks posting here at the game. Don't think it was on TV, so odd that so much "knowledge" can be found just from seeing a score.

Ladies looked tentative all night, and found it hard to work against the press and a zone defense for the entire game. The Mean Green struggled at times to break through the press...early season jitters and new teammates. That team will not come in 7th in their conference. It is senior and junior heavy and sports lots of JUCO players. The coach is young and pretty much played a platoon system with the 16 players he had on the bench. At times I thought I was watching a shift change at a hockey game. But, the guy made the most of what he has. Our ladies would have won by 10-12 if they had just hit their shots at the basket. They just missed and missed easky shots from the start. Don't expect that to continue for the season. Peterson has lots of "teaching moments" he can use in practice leading up to next Friday's game against Houston. That will be a much tougher contest for the Mean Green, but I would expect Houston to play the Mean Green more head's up one on one and not press for the entire game. That should give the Mean Green more room to work and to display their athleticism more. But, Houston will present a much greater challenge for the ladies than did the Muleriders. The game certainly will help all the new players and returning players find their comfort zones in knowing what to expect in various situations. As Coach Pete said after the game....this type of game will teach them more and prepare them better than a 20 point blowout win. Let's hope so as there is work left to do before conference.

But, a couple of things...no one cried when Peterson "chatted" with them, the players seemed to play as a team more than last year, and the Mean Green has a small (5'1") guard that looks to be able to run the floor and pass with a bit of zip on the ball.

Hitting our shots and dumping in free throws would help too! LOL!

Edited November 8, 2014 by KRAM1