(11-11-2017 06:56 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  So disappointed about the Troy game. Troy played well enough to win the game, shot 43% overall and 57% in the second half alone.

But how in the world do you beat a team that comes out in the 2nd Half and makes 77% of their shots with defenders in their face? Plus their star player, Crandall, was 15-19 on FG's and 7-9 from 3-point range.

Just one of those weird games...

I agree, I was wanting and expecting Troy to win. They should've found a more effective defensive strategy to keep them from scoring but it's still early and they got time to help improve the conference RPI and OOC record.

(11-11-2017 08:35 AM)MavUp Wrote:  

(11-11-2017 06:56 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  So disappointed about the Troy game. Troy played well enough to win the game, shot 43% overall and 57% in the second half alone.

But how in the world do you beat a team that comes out in the 2nd Half and makes 77% of their shots with defenders in their face? Plus their star player, Crandall, was 15-19 on FG's and 7-9 from 3-point range.

Just one of those weird games...

I agree, I was wanting and expecting Troy to win. They should've found a more effective defensive strategy to keep them from scoring but it's still early and they got time to help improve the conference RPI and OOC record.

Troy was changing it up defensively. Troy was playing good defense and was putting a lot of pressure on North Dakota. But it seems like every time the play clock got below 5 seconds, they'd throw up a 3 and it would go in.

Despite the loss, I liked what I saw from Troy.

I'm going to pretend our game yesterday didn't happen. Oof

(11-11-2017 01:44 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(11-11-2017 08:35 AM)MavUp Wrote:  

(11-11-2017 06:56 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  So disappointed about the Troy game. Troy played well enough to win the game, shot 43% overall and 57% in the second half alone.

But how in the world do you beat a team that comes out in the 2nd Half and makes 77% of their shots with defenders in their face? Plus their star player, Crandall, was 15-19 on FG's and 7-9 from 3-point range.

Just one of those weird games...

I agree, I was wanting and expecting Troy to win. They should've found a more effective defensive strategy to keep them from scoring but it's still early and they got time to help improve the conference RPI and OOC record.

Troy was changing it up defensively. Troy was playing good defense and was putting a lot of pressure on North Dakota. But it seems like every time the play clock got below 5 seconds, they'd throw up a 3 and it would go in.

Despite the loss, I liked what I saw from Troy.

They definitely have a good team. During pre-season play, I'm rooting for every SBC team to get that conference RPI and respect up for higher NCAA seeding and hopefully more than one automatic bid. I love college basketball season .... my favorite sporting season. It's one of the major sports everyone has a fair chance to win a national championship ... FBS college football is rigged to favor select teams which is why I'm no longer a big fan of it.

Great win from Georgia Southern.

Disappointed in the Troy loss, and while I didn't expect them to necessarily win I didn't expect Arkansas State to get dominated by Evansville. So so first day I'd say.

Need 3-0 today as a league. 2 non-D1 teams and our preseason favorite takes on Loyola Marymount at home.

App up 35-5 on Toccoa Falls only halfway through the first. Whoever the hell that is....

(11-10-2017 11:34 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Picked 12th in the Big XII out of ten teams?

Don’t know what I was thinking. Picked 3rd in the Big 12.

Apps beat Taccoa Falls 135-34. I'm afraid we should've saved some of that for the Bridgewater game tomorrow.

Little Rock down at the half to Ouachita Baptist.

(11-11-2017 05:35 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Little Rock down at the half to Ouachita Baptist.

Who Baptist?

We're going to win at everything ever in basketball.

Might score 250 points in just over 24 hours.

Yeah tough schedule there for your opening weekend bub

Texas State fans seem a little smug about scheduling for a team that has regular season games against McMurry, UTRGV, and Ecclesia College.

No, not smug. Our schedule always sucks in basketball.

He left himself open with that comment though.

Little Rock loses to Ouachita Baptist. Ouch.

(11-11-2017 06:00 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Little Rock loses to Ouachita Baptist. Ouch.

What? That’s worse than us holy cow.

Felt pretty good about the league's start after the Georgia Southern-Wake Forest game. Not so much 22 hours later...

(11-11-2017 06:00 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Little Rock loses to Ouachita Baptist. Ouch.

Good lord.

(11-11-2017 05:55 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Yeah tough schedule there for your opening weekend bub

Only the sixth time in D1 history a team has won by triple digits. I'm having my moment.

(11-11-2017 06:00 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Little Rock loses to Ouachita Baptist. Ouch.

Dafuq?

(11-11-2017 07:15 PM)T-Dog Wrote:  

(11-11-2017 05:55 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Yeah tough schedule there for your opening weekend bub

Only the sixth time in D1 history a team has won by triple digits. I'm having my moment.

This is also something to consider. Pretty sure we're now one of the 6 greatest college basketball teams of all time.