Men's basketball games around the SEC and the country 2/8

[bierce]

Texas (29) @ Vandy (46)

Not a must win by any means, but one that would help in many ways, not in the least by pushing Texas way ahead of Vandy in the Matrix (Texas currently a 10 and Vandy an 11)

Vandy forces a ton of turnovers, but we're pretty good about avoiding them.

Tennessee @ OU (38)

Tennessee is playing to win a protected seed.  OU is a bubble team

A&M (13) @ Missouri (19)

Winner has the leg up for a double bye in the conference tournament.  Missouri has easy remaining schedule with Alabama and Kentucky both at home and nothing but bubble or out of tourney teasm otherwise.  A&M starts a Auburn, Tennessee, Florida gauntlet in a couple of weeks. 

So Car @ Kentucky

Kentucky has lost 4 of its last 5 including @ Vandy and home to Arky.

Mississippi St (30) @ Georgia (31)

Matrix still has MSU as a 7 seed.  Georgia the last 10.  One guess which team finds this game more important.

Florida (5) @ Auburn (1)

Mississippi (21) @ LSU (79)

Alabama (6) @ Arky (43)

Never dreamed a week ago that our loss to Arky might wind up as a q1 loss, but it could happen.  Of course, that would probably require us to loss to Arky again in Fayetteville. 

 

[bierce]

A&M pulled it out against Missouri in a game that was decided by a Taylor 3pt shot with 2.1 seconds left.

Those who think the portal era prevents a coach from building from within should consider 4 of the 5 Agroids who lead in minutes played have played together for at least 3 years, and two of the top 4 in bench minutes have also been around 3 years or more. 

That's some kind of continuity. 

[bierce]

Court storming in Clemson.  C'mon people, you've beaten Duke before and now have 5 straight wins over top 5 teams, so what is the big deal?

[bierce]

In a game with absolutely no bubble significance, Lamar invented a great way to win a game when inbounding with 1.5 seconds left in a tie game.

Chuck it the length of the floor, overshoot the big man you are trying to hit, have the ball carom off the backboard into the hands of one of your players at the elbow, and have him hit the jumper.

Put it in your playbook, everyone.

[bierce]

Going inside has worked for Alabama against Arky all game.  75-62 Bama with 5:52 left.  Bama has 50 points in the paint.  I didn't think that was the way for our team to attack Arky, but if you have a bunch of big men who can score inside, it looks like it can work.

[Jordan91]

Man can LSU not make free throws. Gave the game back to Ole Miss. 

[bierce]

4 minutes ago, Jordan91 said:

Man can LSU not make free throws. Gave the game back to Ole Miss. 

Couldn't hang onto the ball, either.

[harveycmd]

I saw more missed dunks and missed layups in three games yesterday than I've seen in 300 games over thirty years.

[bierce]

Nebraska beat tOSU in Lincoln today for NU's 4th straight win, 3 of which were q1.  Its season can still go either way as its next four games are also q1 and Pomeroy has every one of them as a one point loss for Nebraska, giving Nebraska a 46%-48% chance in each of them.