Alcorn State: Opponent Review/Discussion

UNTLifer · March 13, 2023

Alcorn State University, founded in 1871, is the oldest public historically black land-grant institution in the United States and was the second oldest state supported institution of higher learning in Mississippi. It was created to educate the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans and named in honor of then sitting governor of Mississippi, James L Alcorn.

Mascot: The Braves

Colors: Purple and Gold

Location: Lorman, MS in Southwest MS close to the MS/LA border. It is located between I20 and Natchez

Notable Alumni: Alex Haley, Steve McNair, Michael Clarke Duncan, Isaac Holt, Donald Driver, Medgar Evers, Mildrette Netter White, Dr. Chandra Minor

Record: 18-13 (10-9 on the road)

Notable Games: Lost 73-58 to Ole Miss; W 66-57 at Wichita State, W 69-60 at SFA; L 73-61 (2OT) at UTEP; L 98-67 vs. TAMU-CC; L 76-54 @ AZ St.; L 80-72 @ GCU; L 94-40@ TN; beat JJ and TSU twice during the regular season before falling to them in the SWAC quarterfinals.

Conference Affiliation: SWAC

Four players average double figures: 6'4" G Dominic Brewton (12.0 ppg) 5'11" G Byron Joshua (11.2 ppg) 6'6" F Jeremiah Kendall (11.1 ppg & 6.7 rpg) F/C Keondre Montgomery (10.5 ppg)

CMJ · March 13, 2023

This won't be an easy game, but if we come in focused I say we win by 6-10 points. If we come in feeling sorry for ourselves, we're gonna get beaten.

emmitt01 · March 13, 2023

Just got my 5 tickets

NorthTexasWeLove · March 13, 2023

15 minutes ago, CMJ said:

This won't be an easy game, but if we come in focused I say we win by 6-10 points. If we come in feeling sorry for ourselves, we're gonna get beaten.

I don't know. I can't imagine they're any better than anyone in the bottom half of our conference. Then factor in we get them at home with a probable 5k+ crowd, we should win this going away (12-18 points).

If we get them trapped into our style, I see a scenario where it can get uglier.

Matt from A700 · March 13, 2023

I think this is the first purple and gold team to the Pit since Paul Quinn I think. I like that combo. Hopefully they don't wear black jerseys.

CMJ · March 13, 2023

19 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

I don't know. I can't imagine they're any better than anyone in the bottom half of our conference. Then factor in we get them at home with a probable 5k+ crowd, we should win this going away (12-18 points).

If we get them trapped into our style, I see a scenario where it can get uglier.

We're not gonna get 5K out for this game. I can't find the number, but I am nearly certain we didn't get that for Virginia. We're certainly not getting it for Alcorn State.

Given the opponent, I hesitate to guess but I don't think it'll be good.

Matt from A700 · March 13, 2023

7 minutes ago, CMJ said:

We're not gonna get 5K out for this game. I can't find the number, but I am nearly certain we didn't get that for Virginia. We're certainly not getting it for Alcorn State.

Given the opponent, I hesitate to guess but I don't think it'll be good.

Wikipedia says 4,866. I could have sworn it was better than that.

Surprised we haven't seen any ticket deals come out yet.

CMJ · March 13, 2023

10 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Wikipedia says 4,866. I could have sworn it was better than that.

Surprised we haven't seen any ticket deals come out yet.

What about Texas State? I'd say look at that game and we'll probably be in the neighborhood of what we get for Alcorn State. Give or take a few hundred people anyway.

Matt from A700 · March 13, 2023

27 minutes ago, CMJ said:

What about Texas State? I'd say look at that game and we'll probably be in the neighborhood of what we get for Alcorn State. Give or take a few hundred people anyway.

Only 3,386. A lot of opposing fans too.

UNTLifer · March 13, 2023

48 minutes ago, CMJ said:

We're not gonna get 5K out for this game. I can't find the number, but I am nearly certain we didn't get that for Virginia. We're certainly not getting it for Alcorn State.

Given the opponent, I hesitate to guess but I don't think it'll be good.

Per Meangreensports.com we had the following:

TX St. 3,386 (game was on a Tuesday night)

VA 4,866 (game was on Sunday)

Regarding ticket deals, students get in for free. Hope they can walk all the way to the SP.

https://meangreensports.com/gameday/mens-basketball-vs-alcorn-state/mbball/198/

Edited March 13, 2023 by UNTLifer

YNWA2017 · March 13, 2023

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Per Meangreensports.com we had the following:

TX St. 3,386 (game was on a Tuesday night)

VA 4,866 (game was on Sunday)

Regarding ticket deals, students get in for free. Hope they can walk all the way to the SP.

https://meangreensports.com/gameday/mens-basketball-vs-alcorn-state/mbball/198/

Spring Break just started. There will hardly be any students there. Last year, when we played Virginia, Spring Break was just ending. In fact, because Spring Break just started today, we may not get an NIT game at home with the students back. The only chance of that is if OK State loses and we make it the 3rd round.

CMJ · March 13, 2023

21 minutes ago, YNWA2017 said:

Spring Break just started. There will hardly be any students there. Last year, when we played Virginia, Spring Break was just ending. In fact, because Spring Break just started today, we may not get an NIT game at home with the students back. The only chance of that is if OK State loses and we make it the 3rd round.

Well, that's not necessarily the case. Usually the NIT 2nd round games stretch from Saturday to Monday. I know on the printable bracket they show all the Second Round played on the 18th or 19th, but I wouldn't be stunned if this doesn't actually happen.

Typically there are two second round games on Saturday, two on Sunday, and four on Monday (which would definitely be after the students are back). The Sat/Sun winners then play on Tuesday, the Monday winners on Wednesday.

Edited March 13, 2023 by CMJ

YNWA2017 · March 14, 2023

1 hour ago, CMJ said:

Well, that's not necessarily the case. Usually the NIT 2nd round games stretch from Saturday to Monday. I know on the printable bracket they show all the Second Round played on the 18th or 19th, but I wouldn't be stunned if this doesn't actually happen.

Typically there are two second round games on Saturday, two on Sunday, and four on Monday (which would definitely be after the students are back). The Sat/Sun winners then play on Tuesday, the Monday winners on Wednesday.

Ok cool. Hopefully either way we have a decent crowd.