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MBB vs PSU

Post by Catfanatic84 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:17 am

A lot on the line tonight for the Cats....PSU has been hot and tough to be in their new arena. I'm hoping we get Frey back on track and Hall lights it up...add in a little D and we could pull this one out.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by GoldstoneCat » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:36 am

Obviously a huge game, if we lose we're sixth. Let's say we manage to win, and EWU beats Weber. That makes us 12-8, EWU 12-8, Weber 11-9. Who wins the tiebreaker between us and EWU in that situation? I'm guessing they do because they beat Montana once, right?



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Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:20 am

I hate to be negative, but until we win these kinds of games...we are destined for 6th. I would love, and will root for a win...but I have been around MSU basketball too long to see a winning trend in March!



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by Colter_Nuanez » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:11 pm

GoldstoneCat wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:36 am
Obviously a huge game, if we lose we're sixth. Let's say we manage to win, and EWU beats Weber. That makes us 12-8, EWU 12-8, Weber 11-9. Who wins the tiebreaker between us and EWU in that situation? I'm guessing they do because they beat Montana once, right?
Stayed up way too late figuring all this out the other night...

If MSU and EWU win, EWU is third, MSU 4th, Weber 5th. If MSU and Weber win, MSU still 4th, other two flip flop. That’s assuming Montana beats Sac. If UNC is the champ, MSU might actually get 5th because all three MSU, EWU, Weber split with UNC but Montana Swept both Cats. And Weber swept MSU.

If MSU loses, PSU gets a bye and the Cats play Idaho in the first round.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by GoldstoneCat » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:49 pm

Colter_Nuanez wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:11 pm
GoldstoneCat wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:36 am
Obviously a huge game, if we lose we're sixth. Let's say we manage to win, and EWU beats Weber. That makes us 12-8, EWU 12-8, Weber 11-9. Who wins the tiebreaker between us and EWU in that situation? I'm guessing they do because they beat Montana once, right?
Stayed up way too late figuring all this out the other night...

If MSU and EWU win, EWU is third, MSU 4th, Weber 5th. If MSU and Weber win, MSU still 4th, other two flip flop. That’s assuming Montana beats Sac. If UNC is the champ, MSU might actually get 5th because all three MSU, EWU, Weber split with UNC but Montana Swept both Cats. And Weber swept MSU.

If MSU loses, PSU gets a bye and the Cats play Idaho in the first round.
Thanks for the midnight oil efforts. Obviously a bye is preferable, but the path through the BSC tourney theoretically isn't bad from 6th this year. Should we be in that spot, i think we'd beat Idaho and face one of Weber or eastern in the quarters. If we're 4th, we face one of those 2 in the quarters with Montana looming in the semis rather than UNC in the other path. One extra game but not reason to despair IMO if that's the case.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by John K » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:24 pm

I swear I have never seen a team that misses so many close, (what should be) easy baskets. They've already missed about 3 right at the rim in the first few minutes tonight.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:37 pm

Aaaannnnnnddddd, here we gooooooooo........ :roll:

These kids seem either tired or distracted. At any rate, it is not a good way to enter the tourney having potentially lost 2 in a row and a first round bye.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by KittieKop » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:41 pm

Uninspired is the kindest way to describe what's going on tonight.


"It was like a coordinated effort by the Missoulian and the police to bring UM Football program down..." eGriz 11/30/12

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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:44 pm

Tyler just lets his guy shoot and score his 3's.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by KittieKop » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:44 pm

Stand off, let PSU drill 3 after 3. Can't seem to figure out how to break PSU's press. Miraculously only down 8.


"It was like a coordinated effort by the Missoulian and the police to bring UM Football program down..." eGriz 11/30/12

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Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:55 pm

And then, now we streak to be down only by 3. So much potential on this team.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by John K » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:57 pm

Make that about 5 or 6 shots that we've missed now, right around the basket. I can't believe we're within 3. One announcer has referred to us as the Grizzlies and the other as the Wildcats.



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Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:01 pm

Halftime and down by 1. Amazing how this team can go from being totally out of a game and can storm back into it. Imagine if they only could sustain that level of urgency from buzzer to buzzer. It has to be a mindset thing or something, but it's fascinating/frustrating to watch.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by John K » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:06 pm

All of a sudden, we've got a little more to play for tonight. Weber lost to Eastern, so a win would give us the #3 seed, while a loss could still drop us all the way down to #6 I believe. WSU is really struggling. UNC lost to NAU, which clinches the #1 seed for UM I think, since according to Colter they hold the tie-breaker.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:12 pm

So, do you tell the boys tonight at halftime what the other teams are doing in the BSC? I'm not sure if that would help or hurt them.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:31 pm

Well, now they are playing basketball. Should be a fun finish. Let's go Cats!



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by KittieKop » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:45 pm

Is there such a thing as defensive indifference in college basketball?


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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by GoldstoneCat » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:45 pm

Offensive rebounds are absolutely killing us. Zone has been effective at times but we can't rebound out of it. Still, a great effort on the road tonight.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by catsrback76 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:49 pm

I'd love to see Neuman send a pass to a cutting Blevins for a dunk...just saying.



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Re: MBB vs PSU

Post by HawkAndBobcat » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:53 pm

Actually a 6 seed I think bodes well for us by the way.



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