Terry Brutus out for season

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I don't foresee us being very good.

That would mean State is going to be decent.

20 wins and a top 200 SOS. recipe for success in Mississippi

OM will get an NIT invite.... Probably win 7 or 8 conference games .... I think State finishes in the bottom half of the league... 6-12 SEC record likely

I am hoping we get 7 wins in conference...but I am not really keeping up with what people are keeping/losing in basketball. We may be able to get 10 OOC wins since it's not too difficult. I would be fine with a 7 game improvement in year 2.

Hopefully the team stays healthy so we can get a better idea of what kind of coach we have.

Losing Brutus will have zero impact on this season.

That is the most ignorant post any Ole Miss fan could come up with. You didn't watch much basketball.

Terry Brutus gave us valuable minutes with the two big men off the floor. When no one else was hustling, Brutus was. He was at least a couple inches shorter than murph and reg but is twice as physical and will be a better rebounder.

I would almost say the Best thing that could happen to us was Buckner and Holloway graduating so our new guys can step in. Sure they will have their freshman moments but they can shoot free throws, rebound and hustle.

I like his effort and work ethic. Guarantee he and AJ won't wait until the last 5 games of their careers before turning it up a notch.

Losing Brutus is really gonna hurt us. He was a physical player who will be sorely missed. We need his physical presence for defense and rebounding. I don't care about his scoring, we have guys who can score. We need defense and rebounding. And he could give us that. He also had the ability to hit a couple 10-12 footers and he was a MUCH better free throw shooter than the other.2 guys who started last year.

I disagree that we wont miss Murph. But screw Buckner. I mean really, as a big basketball fan, I was SOOO pissed at him the last 5 games. He played lights out and played great. Where the hell was that the previous 3¾ years? Buckner was a lazy POS and it showed. People talked about how great he was during the SEC and NCAA tourney and rightfully so but people who watched OM basketball before that knew he was lazy. He never went to workouts, never ran, never tried to improve his offensive game and never tried. He had draftable potential and wasted it. Screw him. I'm glad hes gone.

Its gonna be a tough year though. Marshall is the leader of our team? Haha that's a joke. We better hope our freshmen can come in and really contribute. Perez is nothing but a right handed Terrance Henry, he still looks to weigh about 180lbs, which tells me he hasn't done shite in the offseason either, Just like Terrance. I don't expect anything from him. I love Jarvis summers and snoop white. we're really gonna need snoop to step up and be a leader and scorer, which he can do but he disappeared some last year. We can't have that this year.

As for our Miss State friends, I really like Rick Ray. I think he did a great job last year and y'all will improve this year. Give him a couple years to stock pile some talent and lets see what he can do. I expect y'all yo go to the NIT this year for sure.

As I said, I'm a big OM bball fan and I'll tell you, I'm a much bigger Rick Ray fan than I am of Kennedy. I was a kennedy fan until about 2 years ago. Our team doesnt improve and we dont play basketball, we try to put athletes on the floor and just play streetball. That wins us 20 games a year but we'll never beat anybody worth a damn when it matters. Just sucks we won a tourney game because now we're stick with him for another 3-4 years.

That's a very fair analysis. I was joking about Hendo being the leader but also who will step up and lead this team? I'm probably being too hard on Brutus, but I was looking for the new freshmen to step in and contribute more so than a Brutus or a Perez. I love basketball, but sometimes it's hard to watch AK coached teams so I feel you on that.