MSU vs. SDSU - Men's Basketball

89rabbit · Post by **89rabbit** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:53 pm

Hey Bobcats,

Thought I would start a thread about this Friday's game. Your guys are making the trek to Brookings for our only home game in December. We are very young this year (7 freshmen and 1 soph, with a handful of upperclassmen) and currently are starting 3 fresh., 1 soph., and 1 sr. (couple of starters out with injuries) but we seem to be starting to play a little better. How about your guys?

Stop by our board if you want to say hi.

http://www.sdsufans.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

Helcat72 · Post by **Helcat72** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:05 pm

Sounds like a carbon copy of the Bobcats.. .should be an interesting game.

89rabbit · Post by **89rabbit** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:24 am

Have any of you guys heard, will the Denver Airport situation affect your ability to get to Brookings?

Post by **kmax** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:55 am

I haven't heard anything, but I would think it would be just about as easy to go through Minneapolis wouldn't it?

89rabbit · Post by **89rabbit** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:04 am

kmax wrote:I haven't heard anything, but I would think it would be just about as easy to go through Minneapolis wouldn't it?

Yep. Sioux Falls (45 min. away from SDSU) gets flights from Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Orlando, and Salt Lake City. Brookings (Home of SDSU) gets flights from Denver. I figured they wouldn't have any problem because there are lots of options, but I thought I would check.

89rabbit · Post by **89rabbit** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:53 pm

Final

SDSU 65 - MSU 62

Cat in SoDak · Post by **Cat in SoDak** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:40 pm

89rabbit wrote:Final

SDSU 65 - MSU 62

The good:
Branden Johnson's shooting

The bad:
Turnovers
On-the-ball defending
Defensive rebounding at key times

The Cats just didn't seem to have any offensive flow and don't have a guy that can consistently break down the defense.

On the other end, SDSU got into the lane very easily at times and had several offensive rebounds off free throws, etc.

BelgradeBobcat · Post by **BelgradeBobcat** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:04 pm

There's no way around it...we're a couple of years away. I like our coach and I like his system, but it's going to take a while to rebuild.

Enjoy the process.

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:05 pm

89rabbit wrote:Final

SDSU 65 - MSU 62

Sigh...

Elizabethany · Post by **Elizabethany** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:02 pm

Can anyone tell me any details about the game???

crimsonfacedbobcat · Post by **crimsonfacedbobcat** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:08 pm

who's the point guard? 19 turnovers indicates that either the Jackrabbits have a helluva defense or that the 'Cats are struggling to get the ball up the floor and read defenses?

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:14 pm

crimsonfacedbobcat wrote:who's the point guard? 19 turnovers indicates that either the Jackrabbits have a helluva defense or that the 'Cats are struggling to get the ball up the floor and read defenses?

More than likely it's Taylor.

Cat in SoDak · Post by **Cat in SoDak** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:46 am

crimsonfacedbobcat wrote:who's the point guard? 19 turnovers indicates that either the Jackrabbits have a helluva defense or that the 'Cats are struggling to get the ball up the floor and read defenses?

Durham was the primary ballhandler. Taylor didn't play a ton of minutes.

Sloppy passing, rather than intense defensive pressure, led to the majority of the turnovers.

3 point shooting was pretty good, but the Cats had no inside game to speak of and no one really took it to the defense. Mostly, they'd just pass around the perimeter and settle for jump shots.

On defense, the Cats had a tough time stopping SDSU's guards from penetrating, hence the large discrepancy in free throws.

Branden Johnson had a nice game. He can really shoot the ball. Dissly played pretty well, but was pressing at times. As I mentioned above, none of the big guys really did much. Davis and Durr were OK.

El Profesor · Post by **El Profesor** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:50 am

Here's the boxscore:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores10 ... 719745.htm

Here's the Grizzlies' boxscore from their game versus Portland:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores10 ... 707048.htm

Elizabethany · Post by **Elizabethany** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:43 pm

Thanks for the link

I will be listening to the next game!

89rabbit · Post by **89rabbit** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:07 am

Sioux Falls Argus Leader Story:

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 002/SPORTS

MSU vs. SDSU - Men's Basketball

MSU vs. SDSU - Men's Basketball

Didnt get to listen :(