Middle Tennessee State (2/10/18)

[GMG24]

I LOVE how hard these dudes are competing! Absolutely battling on the road! 

[DeepGreen]

All I think about is the last five years of wasted basketball.  Makes me also think about what a coach like McCasland could have done with a Tony Mitchell.

[CMJ]

MTSU 74 --------- NT 69

 

 

3:08 to go

 

 

Gotta get some stops....

[FirefightnRick]

4 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

All I think about is the last five years of wasted basketball.  Makes me also think about what a coach like McCasland could have done with a Tony Mitchell.

Me too.

 

Rick

[RBTX]

No timeouts left :(

[GMG24]

Ouch. 

[FirefightnRick]

If we ever learn the free throw....

 

Rick

[RBTX]

We played really well, just may have made too many turnovers against the top team.

[UNTLifer]

Missed free throws and turnovers. 

[TreeFiddy]

Man, we are just a couple of guys short.  We could really use some of the guys that are redshirting this season.  This team is only going to get better.  Like the hustle.

[UNTLifer]

Proud of this team, though. 

Just love how they compete and never give up.   

Edited February 11, 2018 by UNTLifer

[GMG24]

Can’t have 18 turnovers and go 7-16 from the Line on the road and expect to win against the top teams in conference.   Solid showing got some stuff to clean up! 

[CMJ]

MTSU 79 --------- NT 73

 

 

Final

 

 

 

[Shark84]

7 of 16 at the line. Hate to beat a dead horse but .......

[BillySee58]

3 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Missed free throws and turnovers. 

 

2 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Can’t have 18 turnovers and go 7-16 from the Line on the road and expect to win against the top teams in conference.   Solid showing got some stuff to clean up! 

Bingo. Great effort, though. We're about as far as long as we could have hoped at this stage in year one without Gibson, Tikhonenko and J Simmons. Big homestand coming up. Let's make the Pit feel like it did back when we were last this good.

[CMJ]

Just now, Shark84 said:

7 of 16 at the line. Hate to beat a dead horse but .......

Honestly, I don't think that hurts nearly as bas as being -13 turnovers.  It might have even been worse than that, but the last I saw I think that was the differential.

[GrandGreen]

Horrible broadcast, very disappointing

Too many turnovers and missed free throws to beat a quality team.  The best defense against Woolridge is to foul him.  

Shows though that this team could beat the Muts at a neutral site. 

 

[Shark84]

Middle loses top three players next year. Excited about our future! Let's get a big turnout on Thursday vs. Western Kentucky.

[GMG24]

2 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

 

Bingo. Great effort, though. We're about as far as long as we could have hoped at this stage in year one without Gibson, Tikhonenko and J Simmons. Big homestand coming up. Let's make the Pit feel like it did back when we were last this good.

I’ll be there Thursday unless my baseball scrimmages get moved

[Mean Green Matt]

Disappointing because this was a game we could have won. Encouraging because this was a game we could have won. 

[Shark84]

3 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Honestly, I don't think that hurts nearly as bas as being -13 turnovers.  It might have even been worse than that, but the last I saw I think that was the differential.

Missed free throws are just like a turnover. Especially in the bonus.

[diehardUNTfan]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

 

 

Side note, I am interested to know why Temara has been buried so deep in the bench. I know his defense isn’t fantastic, but he really helps stretch the floor on offense. 

Because his shooting percentage has tanked.

[greenminer]

8 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Proud of this team, though. 

Just love how they compete and never give up.   

Postgame Kermit had some kind words. Said MTSU played well, tipped his hat to Mac.  Said Mean Green will not go away.

 

i think we have a fighting chance to steal a win or two in the next couple games.

[CMJ]

1 hour ago, Shark84 said:

Missed free throws are just like a turnover. Especially in the bonus.

Yes....and even if we'd made all the FT's (which rarely happens...about the best one can hope for realistically is 75-80%) that's not as many as we probably lost with all those TOs

Edited February 11, 2018 by CMJ

[golfingomez]

went to the game tonight, and i have to admit... i have been a terrible mean green basketball fan for the last five years, so this was my first full game viewing of the team since year one of Benford.

A couple of things i noticed tonight

- #3 Smart... wow, he has the green light and deservedly so.

- Woolridge... i'm not sure he sat for more than a minute of this game... and both of these guys are sophomores????

-We have an assistant coach that likes to dance

-Love that the offense is not afraid to push the ball and work the fast break

-It was nice watching a team not worry about getting sat down every thirty seconds if they made an error

-I was confused to see that we burned our last timeout with 6 minutes left, and later knew immediately that we had just pulled a Chris Webber

-MTSU is good, King is great, but i think their #20 had an off game.

-When MTSU used their half court press for back to back possessions against us late in the game, that was scary good.

-Like everyone said... free throws are extremely disappointing

-We could really use a big presence down low, but i think we can still make a run in the CUSA tourney... I would advise McCasland to pack more than one suit...