Thank fuggin god. Boogs just aren’t as mentally tough as last year but I love that they buckled down and finished this one. Legggggoooooo dancing dancing
***** Official MSU at Boogs Game Thread ******
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so, that last post I made about missing Bryce... I’ll take off work and drive to Auburn to help Samir pack
Ugly down the stretch, but huge win. Now let’s go thump Bama and the Vols and improve that seed.
By the way, we were out rebounded 41-21. Turnovers and threes made the difference. Gotta do better rebounding to finish the season well
By the way, we were out rebounded 41-21. Turnovers and threes made the difference. Gotta do better rebounding to finish the season well
Bryce saving us again. Best guard that can’t dribble I’ve ever seen
just 5 more unnecessary minutes of stress we put on Jared and Bryce’s legs... I know they’re 21 year old genetic jackhammers, but goddamn... even the most H and G HYG’s can only withstand so much physical and mental exertion
Eating post game at moes downtown. Talent level: high.
I did it again, you’re welcome gang. Will post thoughts later, but big win for us IMO.
Harper 9:0 assist to turnover ratio. Is that good? Can our PG expert weigh in?
We’re going into cullman memorial airport hanger and coming out with the W.
Up 19 we took both starting guards out and went:
Turnover
Turnover
Missed oop cause Malik tried to one hand it
Turnover - shot clock violation
Bucket by Chuma
Turnover
Missed 3
Missed 3 (bailed out by foul on rebound but missed the front end)
We just took the foot off the gas and relaxed. Thought it was over. It’s March man. Can’t be relaxing now. Bench has to come in and be ready for the level of intensity that’s gonna be there. Everyone we play from here out will be fighting for something.
Other than that stretch I thought we were pretty good. Our fan base sucks though. I’m completely pissed about the crowd. Bruce and they HYG’s deserve more
Turnover
Turnover
Missed oop cause Malik tried to one hand it
Turnover - shot clock violation
Bucket by Chuma
Turnover
Missed 3
Missed 3 (bailed out by foul on rebound but missed the front end)
We just took the foot off the gas and relaxed. Thought it was over. It’s March man. Can’t be relaxing now. Bench has to come in and be ready for the level of intensity that’s gonna be there. Everyone we play from here out will be fighting for something.
Other than that stretch I thought we were pretty good. Our fan base sucks though. I’m completely pissed about the crowd. Bruce and they HYG’s deserve more
This win is on the Malik gifs. Well done @Van Gorstache
Crowd was bad. UK and Bama games have been hype, but been disappointed this year overall with the environments
Check the big AU boards during any hoops season, even last years title winning one. The minute we lose a game that maybe we shouldn’t a huge chunk starts in with the “street ball thugs” stuff. They literally don’t understand hoops talent, recruiting or X’s and O’s. They don’t really like the game. They just watch because it’s the 2nd largest mens sport available to them.
The only way they are going to pack the place out weekly is if we’re a top 10 team basically. Anything short of that and people fade. It’s completely ridiculous
Agreed. I was really disappointed in Javon late. He had it taken away from him twice as he crossed mid court. That’s terrible. Also Chuma could have recovered a loose ball but watched it waiting for the other team to touch it. He has to know when they slap it away into the back court he can pick it up. Fortunately didn’t cost us today, but that’s basic basketball IQ stuff.
An open 3 is a great shot compared to a 2 point jumper or contested shot in the lane. Even if Bryce is 50% on open 3s in transition, its still not a great shot compared to an uncontested dunk.
Eh, today was the first game where I was disappointed with our crowd. Even the preseason games the turnout was much better than today. Murray State and Dayton games were strong turnouts. Where were the students today? Both baseline student section areas were empty which was a first this year for a game I attended. I walked downtown after the game and Moes and other bars were crowded with students so its not like everyone had gone home for the weekend.
The drop off when we go to the bench is the biggest difference between this year and last year IMO. Where we thought we were going to be super deep, it just hasn’t played out like that. It just seems like we can’t affors to take Bryce or Jared out of the game right now. We don’t have anyone to replace Bryce’s shooting or defense on the bench, and JVon is really hit or miss on how well he plays when he replaces Jared.
just relooking at the box score. Boogs had just 1 offensive rebound in the whole game. That's bananas.
Even so we should get 9k+ in stands for this kinda game easily. Just pathetic. Need to croot some more hoops loving Asian kids to Boogville. Not gonna get caught up in redneck nonsense like a rodeo or huthut or whatever. Probably have the mental capacity to come up with some original heckling and cheers too.
Up 19 should be time to get some weird lineup on there and rest guys. We just completely collapsed. We couldn’t even slow it down and take bad shots. Hopefully that’s a blip and not something we have to deal with next time.
Still feel like we never got a settled rotation at all. Not a great feeling TBH.
I can not explain getting beat by that MSU team 14-1 on offensive boards. We had actually been pretty level in that department for 5+ games or so. Was that just a statistical anomaly yesterday or something with gameplan or are we headed for real trouble?
I’m inclined to think it was an anomaly, although State was definitely the better rebounding team. We got our hands on a lot of balls we couldn’t pull down. Need stronger hands.
Jvon wasn’t great but Danjel is totally worthless out there helping to get the ball up the court. Then the starters come back and guys are still fugging up trying to break pressure.
Our rebounding is our fatal flaw and I don’t know why we don’t do more with lineups to compete on the glass. This why we need Austin back. Even if he’s a shell off what we expected he can at least clear space to rebound.
Danjel is way too soft to rebound the 4. Samir way too soft at 3. Mac at 5. I’m yearning for the time we rotated Horace at 4. Especially if Mac is gaining confidence from 3 that’s a lineup that can compete on the glass. Just not possible to go to that lineup without Austin available though.
Malik should be able to do a lot more on the glass in theory but he just refuses to get in position or secure the ball with 2 hands.
Our rebounding is our fatal flaw and I don’t know why we don’t do more with lineups to compete on the glass. This why we need Austin back. Even if he’s a shell off what we expected he can at least clear space to rebound.
Danjel is way too soft to rebound the 4. Samir way too soft at 3. Mac at 5. I’m yearning for the time we rotated Horace at 4. Especially if Mac is gaining confidence from 3 that’s a lineup that can compete on the glass. Just not possible to go to that lineup without Austin available though.
Malik should be able to do a lot more on the glass in theory but he just refuses to get in position or secure the ball with 2 hands.
Miss St ranks in the bottom half of the league in both offensive and defensive rebounds per game. And AU ranks second in the league in getting offensive boards. They definitely have some big athletic bodies but it's crazy to think that AU could only grab one favorable bounce on the offensive glass all game.
There are a lot of fans who buy tickets and still don’t understand basketball. I sat with the rich folk and they were dead the whole game. Many left a tight ball game late to beat the traffic. In fact, one rich guy screamed when Horace got the ball wide open across half court at the end of the game “HE CANT MAKE FREE THROWS.” Then he turned and sprinted out of the arena to beat traffic out instead of watching Horace knock down both free throws.
I’m with @Denim Vest on this. Need more Asian fans.
I saw the Asians. They were literally playing basketball at the act (or whatever they call that building these days) during the game.
how can we start the BRUCE to UCLA movement? I just realized they’ve got Chip Kelly coaching the hut hut team... I mean, at this point I NEED it to happen
it would be best for all parties involved - myself especially... we could turn this place into the greatest Bruin board on the net in a matter of weeks
Uggg. Another huge issue is the seasons ticket holders who attend 3 games and dona really poor job of getting folks into those seats. It would be worth it for the AD to hire a staffer and give them a couple of student workers whose job it was to get those tickets into the right hands.
I’m livid at how many seats I see empty in that arena for meaningful games. Bruce is being a good soldier, saying the right things, but the atmosphere is so basic right now.
For better or worse, I’m an Auburn and can’t/won’t change. I can’t be having Bruce leave.
It would be our worst nightmare, as we replaced Bruce with Nate Oats. But Bruce in LA would be college basketball royalty within three years max out there. He’d win multiple Nattys and Pauley P would surpass The Staples center as the place to hoop in LA. He’d be so revered he might even host the Oscars
I attended a wedding yesterday evening and missed the game. Great win!
There should be a law that weddings can only happen between May 1st and Aug 24th.
