Alcorn State (3/15/23)

[Hunter Green]

And Rubin trying to beat us again with a stupid turnover!

[Matt from A700]

7 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Who is the DUMBASS announcer who is saying North Texas State?

Need to get a name and call him out on Twitter until he corrects himself.

[CMJ]

NT 19  -------- ASU 16

 

8:16 to go

 

Alcorn giving us a lot of issues with their pressure defense.

[El Paso Eagle]

Time for Grant to get pissed and light a fire. This is what I worried about - our guys seem to think they can win just by showing up

[Matt]

I feel like we have looked poor/unprepared against the press all year.. why is this still an issue?!

[El Paso Eagle]

26 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

We might lead the nation on missed layups 

Might also lead in shots taken with less than 2 seconds to go on a possession 

[Matt]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Might also lead in shots taken with less than 2 seconds to go on a possession 

Might also be in the running for most missed wide open 3s

[El Paso Eagle]

At this point I would give us a solid D- for this first half

[CMJ]

NT 24  -------- ASU 20

 

3:52 to go

 

Can't get much separation.  A nice little run before the break would be great.

[El Paso Eagle]

Just saying -- ESPN showed our highlights, and we were wearing Green or White in each one 

[El Paso Eagle]

Sorry, but it's crap that we wait until 1-2 seconds on so many shots

[CMJ]

NT 27  -------- ASU 24

 

1:03 to go

 

Considering Alcorn's two best players are out, this is a pretty scary nineteen minutes.

[Matt]

2 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Sorry, but it's crap that we wait until 1-2 seconds on so many shots

I think it would feel a lot less crap if we were actually hitting the shots

[meangreenacct]

We need to go quicker in the shot clock. We are passing up decent shots to take poor late clock shots. With their team shorthanded we need to look at trying to wear them out. Would also like to see Tylor look for his own shot more.

[Censored by Laurie]

I’ve finally figured out what I hate about generic C-team announcers…they care far more about how they commentate as opposed to what it is they’re actually saying. 
 

These bros suck. 

[CMJ]

NT 30  -------- ASU 26

 

Halftime

 

We really need to regroup.  I was scared of this game and it looks like I had good reason to be.

[meangreenacct]

Not a good half. Looked way too flat. Grant needs to light a fire so we can prove we should have been in the other tournament.

[El Paso Eagle]

12 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

At this point I would give us a solid D- for this first half

Have to revise it to an F. Sorry, but the team looks like it doesn't want to be here. If this was FAU or UAB we were playing, we might be down by 15-20

[Travis]

This doesn’t bode well. We will pull it out in the second half. But I am not sure we will fair well in the next round based on this mess. 

[Censored by Laurie]

everybody should just settle down. I swear it's like half of you just forget everything about what this team is and comment passionately as opposed to practically. we're playing fine. Alcorn doesn't suck...and they've also hit a lot of iso-jump shots that likely won't keep falling. 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Censored by Laurie

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, Censored by Laurie said:

everybody should just settle down. I swear it's like half of you just forget everything about what these team is and comment passionately as opposed to practically. we're playing fine. Alcorn doesn't suck...and they've also hit a lot of iso-jump shots that likely won't keep falling. 

I think the reason I'm so concerned is they have two of their best guys out and we're only up four right now.  If they were full strength and we were struggling to put distance on them, I'd understand a lot more.

[Green Crazy]

We're playing flat partly because our crowd is sparse and quiet.  This is like a middle of the road c-usa team crowd, not a NIT crowd.

[Censored by Laurie]

4 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I think the reason I'm so concerned is they have two of their best guys out and we're only up four right now.  If they were full strength and we were struggling to put distance on them, I'd understand a lot more.

sure...but how often do you see a short-handed team over-perform early only for actual talent to come to the fore-front late. it's cliche. 

we're playing fine. I just struggle with the "man, we should push more" or "shoot faster" comments, like you haven't watched what this team is for the last five years, 100+ wins. 

we have an identity as a program. to think it's just gonna change in game 32 because our opponent is down a few players is silly. 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Censored by Laurie

[Coltonw83]

2 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

We're playing flat partly because our crowd is sparse and quiet.  This is like a middle of the road c-usa team crowd, not a NIT crowd.

I mean it is spring break, most of the crowd is alumni

[Greendylan]

2 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

We're playing flat partly because our crowd is sparse and quiet.  This is like a middle of the road c-usa team crowd, not a NIT crowd.

If you look at the numbers across the nation, attendance is pretty ugly for most teams hosting first-round NIT games.