[December 30, 2023] Indiana State (11-1) at Michigan State (6-5)

[CoachShipp]

Just can't BUY a fucking bucket...

 

[swsycamore]

4 white shirts under the basket and 0 blue

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Man, that ball was half way down. Just can't get a shot to drop.

 

[treeman]

Man, that ball was half way down. Just can't get a shot to drop.

Yup, just went cold. Honestly didn't line Bledson finding the bench there. Thought he gave us a greta lift

 

[swsycamore]

Geez, with fans like you...

fans like me has nothing to do with it. fans don't score points

 

[bent20]

Glad to see us give them a scare, but really wish we could see what the outcome would be today and in the Alabama game, if the officials in both games didn't play such a factor. Hard to compete when by the halfway point of the second half Avila, Bledson and Kent each has four fouls.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Glad to see us give them a scare, but really wish we could see what the outcome would be today and in the Alabama game, if the officials in both games didn't play such a factor. Hard to compete when by the halfway point of the second half Avila, Bledson and Kent each has four fouls.

Buy games are buy games for a reason.

This just makes me more confident we're going to have a great Valley slate.

 

[bluestreak]

There’s always somebody that has to spit in the punch

 

[Jason Svoboda]

I'm not calling it being screwed, I'm just calling it a home whistle against lesser opponents. Removing Wisconsin, they get a 8 FTA disparity at home versus those lesser opponents. They average 23.4 FTA in those games and give up 15.4 FTA and at a 70% FT% clip, you need to make up 3 buckets in an average game there.

In their 2 home losses (JMU and Wisconsin), they hit 1 and 6 3FG while JMU hit 8 and Wisconsin hit 10. Also, in those games, the FT disparity was only +2 against JMU and was actually -9 to Wisconsin.

That is why I'm of the belief we need to likely hit 15 3FG due to our interior defense not being the best and we'll be giving up a lot of length down there, too. We've done it once and was close two other times -- 16 versus Rice and 14 against Bradley and Southern Indiana. One wildcard here is if Swope/Ju can somehow force TOs from their guards and get us some extra possessions.

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Got the 14 3FGAs but 10 FTM disparity ate that up. They also shot like 15% over their team average from the line. Then the difference is the points in the paint. We're still several horses away from being HM beaters.

 

[swsycamore]

Glad to see us give them a scare, but really wish we could see what the outcome would be today and in the Alabama game, if the officials in both games didn't play such a factor. Hard to compete when by the halfway point of the second half Avila, Bledson and Kent each has four fouls.

It EVERY game we lose this board blames it on the refs. Yes there were some bad calls but that isn't what lost this game for us.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

I'm proud of this team. There's no quit in these guys. That's a different game on a neutral court.

 

[SycamoreTree]

I

Are you serious. We haven't shown up to play.

Yes very serious, Not many teams go to East Lansing and win, we played tough. Take a deep breath. Any team in the country would have the same issues. We were playing 8 and with that environment. I truly think we are better.

 

[ISUCC]

Great effort, we're going to be ok in MVC play, and like others said, on a neutral court that is a different ball game.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

Would someone please make sure SSOM doesn't get arrested???

 

[sycamore_21]

18 game winning streak incoming. Don’t see these boys losing anytime soon.

 

[sycamore_21]

Liked Gray’s mins today too

 

[CoachShipp]

We're better than we have been in years, put up a good fight against a physically superior opponent. Coach Schertz will use this to better this current team and the program as a whole. Would've loved getting a huge road win today, and I HATE losing more than I love winning...

...but LET'S GO WIN THE FUCKING VALLEY NOW!!!

 

[bent20]

It EVERY game we lose this board blames it on the refs. Yes there were some bad calls but that isn't what lost this game for us.

I didn't blame it on the refs. Said I'd like to see how the game would have played out if our bigs weren't in early foul trouble. I recognized early on they had more size and skill (naturally as they are Michigan State), but we still took the lead in the second half and fought them hard. I'm not real sure why you're out to assign blame.

 

[Southgrad07]

Nothing to be ashamed of. Avila was a non factor and still had them on the ropes on their home floor? Not to mention they are a poor ft and 3pt shooting team and they shot pretty well today.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

I didn't blame it on the refs. Said I'd like to see how the game would have played out if our bigs weren't in early foul trouble. I recognized early on they had more size and skill (naturally as they are Michigan State), but we still took the lead in the second half and fought them hard. I'm not real sure why you're out to assign blame.

Yep. We played back to even and they hit shots down the stretch and we didn't.