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State, Carolina or A&M.

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You never know with this team, but those teams are terrible and I feel pretty confident we beat all three at home.

@UK @ Vandy @LSU
Would love to go 2-1 but wouldn’t be shocked at 1-2.

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Anyone have info on TyTy for Kentucky? I read he got an X-ray but I’m not sure the results

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One report said he could be out for "a week or two" but nobody really knows yet.

I'm more worried about stopping Iverson Molinar. I assume Oats will use a similar defense that he used on Notae. If we can stop Iverson, MSU doesn't have a whole lot else they can do.

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Not saying we should bench him, but I would feel FAR more comfortable with having JD close in the final few minutes over JQ in close games at this point. I'm not sure what has happened to him this year, but he has a very disturbing trend of imploding late when he's needed most.

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They're both possible liabilities in crunch time (and before!).
The stupid turnovers that each made starting with JD.s pass at around the 7 minute left mark that started the implosion, then JQ's backcourt violation appear to either be a loss of focus, or a lack of intelligence, or both!....and that's scary.
We probably just need to face the fact that Alabama doesn't have a #1 who can be trusted to run the show at a crucial time.
PS- By the way, who else noticed that the 2 short-range jumpers by Gurley (not 3-pointers, or points at the rim) won the game for us?

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I assume Oats will use a similar defense that he used on Notae

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Yes. Oats said on post game interview with SEC network when asked about the "diamond and one" defense (or box and one) that he used it because Charles did not have a good man D matchup. Maybe he has a better match up with Tolu Smith, but we covered Notae well, especially on that last shot, and I think Molinar is just as good as he is. However, last time, Miss State killed us with offensive rebounds, and we have had a hard time getting defensive rebounds out of a zone.

Maybe if Gary gets some more minutes our rebounding will improve. Is he gonna have to wear that mask all year?

Absolutely. Not looking past state. Tolu Smith will give us fits if he stays out of foul trouble. I think he fouled out pretty early when we played them earlier this year. Hopefully the students bring a good environment on Wednesday. If we can just get our fair share of rebounds and not turn the ball over as often we should handle state. We have a good team. The problem is the 2-5 minutes of each half where we sabotage ourselves

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Those were at the rim shots by Gurley…

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No no, anything between the actual rim itself and the 3pt line is a mid-range shot. Oats definitely discourages bigs from taking shots at the edge of the restricted area.

Rockie, why do folks on the Arkansas board hate us so much? We hate Muss but I didn’t think the fanbases hated one another