Men vs. Ole Miss game thread

[ShocksMyBrain 9,366]

Gross. 

Without Harper and Brown landing shots we’re pretty bad. 

[jared52 4,354]

5 minutes ago, AURex said:

AU explaining why they should be an 11 seed. Waiting to see why my Tigers should be seeded any higher.

11? Maybe a 2 seed in the NIT. This isn’t a tournament team. 

[GwillMac6 20,683]

We played pretty solid defense for the most part. They just hit some insanely lucky shots over and over.

[Tiger 8,827]

2 minutes ago, jared52 said:

Yeah, it was centered around McLemore going down, but the team looks worn down and lackadaisical. Just wonder if it’s something in the way Bruce is doing things.

We aren't great because we lack a 2nd ball handler (transfer) , have no size and nobody who plays tough enough on the glass, our only center has barely played, and nobody who's a threat to take it to the rack and finish.

So we are a good team but not great.

The reason we look so sluggish right now in particular is that Kermit knows the blueprint to beat us and our only ball handler is sapped of all energy because he's playing so many minutes and has a bum ankle on top of that. We aren't fading, we barely lost to LSU who is VERY good. They just beat Kentucky at Rupp. 

Apologies for tone earlier didn't mean it maliciously 

[tigerbrotha12 2,362]

1 minute ago, jj3jordan said:

No we left a guy wide open in the corner. And he made us pay. 

Shot was contested by two players. 

[auburntiger1987 759]

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

One of those nights. Not a good sign. We defended that well and got 2 dudes who contested that.

They were late and the dude just sat at the corner again knowing he’d have the shot. Somethings got to give on it

[ShocksMyBrain 9,366]

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

One of those nights. Not a good sign. We defended that well and got 2 dudes who contested that.

Surely it can’t last the entire game. 

[jared52 4,354]

Just now, GwillMac6 said:

We played pretty solid defense for the most part. They just hit some insanely lucky shots over and over.

Maybe a couple were “lucky” but they hit enough open shots. Frankly. They could be up by 20 but shooting marginally better than AU while out playing them on the defensive end. AU rebounding OK, but 7 turnovers to 4 assists is the reason this looks so bad. 

[auburntiger1987 759]

Just now, tigerbrotha12 said:

Shot was contested by two players. 

They were late getting over and the guy knew he had it as he sat down in the corner waiting for the pass. Need to do better than running at him as he lets it go

[The Plainsman 948]

Well. We smoked LSU and then went cold in the second half.  Probably going to happen to Ole Miss too.  And AU will pull away.  No way they keep up their %.  And we will improve.  

[autigeremt 6,634]

We have to speed up the style of play.

[gr82b4au 5,568]

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

We played pretty solid defense for the most part. They just hit some insanely lucky shots over and over.

I find it a little odd that that is happened to us a lot this year. There are teams hitting some unbelievable shots against us over and over.

Harper is having the worst game of his career.

[Tiger 8,827]

2 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

We played pretty solid defense for the most part. They just hit some insanely lucky shots over and over.

No way that's sustainable unless the basketball lords have predetermined this one

[GwillMac6 20,683]

1 minute ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

Surely it can’t last the entire game. 

It could go like the kentucky game. Everytime we get within 1 possession they hit a clutch shot to extend it to a 2 possession game and that repeats itself over and over again.

[jared52 4,354]

2 minutes ago, Tiger said:

We aren't great because we lack a 2nd ball handler (transfer) , have no size and nobody who plays tough enough on the glass, our only center has barely played, and nobody who's a threat to take it to the rack and finish.

So we are a good team but not great.

The reason we look so sluggish right now in particular is that Kermit knows the blueprint to beat us and our only ball handler is sapped of all energy because he's playing so many minutes and has a bum ankle on top of that. We aren't fading, we barely lost to LSU who is VERY good. They just beat Kentucky at Rupp. 

Apologies for tone earlier didn't mean it maliciously 

If they would move the ball around more and get Ole Miss moving they would get the same kind of shots and hopefully make a few. 

[AUBwins 10,075]

Just now, GwillMac6 said:

It could go like the kentucky game. Everytime we get within 1 possession they hit a clutch shot to extend it to a 2 possession game and that repeats itself over and over again.

Same thing at NCState

[Maverick.AU 13,281]

Just now, gr82b4au said:

I find it a little odd that that is happened to us a lot this year. There are teams hitting some unbelievable shots against us over and over.

Harper is having the worst game of his career.

Yea we couldn’t get the nc state that played VT

[GwillMac6 20,683]

6 minutes ago, Tiger said:

No way that's sustainable unless the basketball lords have predetermined this one

Knock on food fam. If they are allowed to continually  hug our guards like that it will not matter how much they miss because we will not be able to score enough.

[jared52 4,354]

1 minute ago, The Plainsman said:

Well. We smoked LSU and then went cold in the second half.  Probably going to happen to Ole Miss too.  And AU will pull away.  No way they keep up their %.  And we will improve.  

They are shooting 33%, so yes, they won’t keep that up as it will likely rise. 

[ShocksMyBrain 9,366]

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

It could go like the kentucky game. Everytime we get within 1 possession they hit a clutch shot to extend it to a 2 possession game and that repeats itself over and over again.

It was like that the first time we played Ole Miss too until we just rolled over late in the game. 

[auburntiger1987 759]

We have to play smarter on both sides. They are getting too lax on defense late in the shot clock giving up the three at the buzzer. On offense you have to do better finishing at the rim. No excuse to miss some of those layups. And with a chance to tie the game or cut it to one, you cannot just turn the stupid ball over. 

[GwillMac6 20,683]

1 minute ago, AUBwins said:

Same thing at NCState

That game hurts so bad now seeing how they scored TWENTY FOUR POINTS for a whole game the other day. 

[gr82b4au 5,568]

Just now, GwillMac6 said:

Knock on food fam. If they are continued to hug are guards like that it will not matter how much they miss because we will not be able to score enough.

Bingo. All they have to do is play the three-point line like they are playing it and we are toast. They had seven threes that period And we had two. 

Ole Miss is playing the perfect defense against us. They did it the first game and they are doing at this game.

[Tiger 8,827]

1 minute ago, GwillMac6 said:

Knock on food fam. If they are continued to hug are guards like that it will not matter how much they miss because we will not be able to score enough.

You're right about that. This 2nd half would be a great time for Chuma to flash that NBA potential

[tgrogan21 6,198]

4 minutes ago, jared52 said:

Maybe a couple were “lucky” but they hit enough open shots. Frankly. They could be up by 20 but shooting marginally better than AU while out playing them on the defensive end. AU rebounding OK, but 7 turnovers to 4 assists is the reason this looks so bad. 

I know that it's worse but we actually have 8 turnovers. And 8 made FGs