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Post by eaglefan on Jan 19, 2024 12:50:49 GMT -6
Date: 1/20, tomorrow Time: 3:30 pm CT Where: Screaming Eagles Arena Watch: ESPN+
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 19, 2024 13:00:27 GMT -6
This will be perhaps our toughest home game of the year. It will take a perfect game by us to win. I just don’t see it being close to be honest. I’ll say
Morehead 82 USI 70
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Post by eaglefan on Jan 19, 2024 13:10:27 GMT -6
If we have the effort like we did last night, we could make it interesting. But MSU is the #1 team in the OVC for a reason
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 19, 2024 13:12:56 GMT -6
If we have the effort like we did last night, we could make it interesting. But MSU is the #1 team in the OVC for a reason They are darn good. A win against them would be a huge upset.
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Post by shorthaircut on Jan 19, 2024 13:15:51 GMT -6
On paper this is a big mismatch. Morehead has the best coach, they defend the 3, the 2 and have the best player in the league in Minix. He reminds me a lot of Ben H from UE, an extremely skilled player, high basketball IQ, can post you up, step out and hit shots.
About the only things they aren’t really good at is FT shooting and they turn the ball over a little more than I’m sure they would like.
I watched a good part of their first half against UTM and they just suffocated them on defense. Their lackluster performance against SIUE might have caused them to kick it up a gear.
When a poor offensive team plays the best defensive team, usually things don’t go well:
MSU 76 USI 62
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Post by shorthaircut on Jan 19, 2024 13:27:12 GMT -6
If we have the effort like we did last night, we could make it interesting. But MSU is the #1 team in the OVC for a reason They are darn good. A win against them would be a huge upset. It has to be only a matter of time before Spradlin gets an opportunity for a bigger job. He’s a Kentucky boy but he is still young and should be on a lot of short lists for many teams looking for a change of coaches. Recruiting at Morehead shouldn’t be as easy as he has made it, which speaks volumes of his ability to connect to players. Auburn’s best player started out at Morehead and likely will become a first or early second round pick next year. To win like they have without the OVC player of the year is really amazing. I have nothing but respect for this program.
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 19, 2024 13:39:43 GMT -6
I hope he gets a big job next season and take Minix with him.
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Post by shorthaircut on Jan 19, 2024 20:30:24 GMT -6
USI a 9.5 pt underdog tomorrow
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 19, 2024 20:33:34 GMT -6
USI a 9.5 pt underdog tomorrow I think we will be lucky to keep it in single digits.
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Post by aujarhead on Jan 19, 2024 22:15:34 GMT -6
Also military appreciation day, so a heartfelt thank you to all vets/soldiers/sailors/airmen/devil dogs out there.
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 19, 2024 22:20:10 GMT -6
Also military appreciation day, so a heartfelt thank you to all vets/soldiers/sailors/airmen/devil dogs out there. This game is usually one of our better crowds. Hope we have a big turnout for this because we are playing two of the best teams in the OVC.
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Post by sandtiger on Jan 20, 2024 9:56:59 GMT -6
Also military appreciation day, so a heartfelt thank you to all vets/soldiers/sailors/airmen/devil dogs out there. I know it is because I'm in the know but this is something they should be promoting more. It's something like 5 free tickets with proof of service. Do we not have any contacts with 14 or 25 anymore? 14 ran the story of 1 year anniversary of Walmart shooting at least 3 times, something that I know the people who went through it don't want to be reminded of. They can't talk about it being military appreciation game? USI and the Evansville market on general needs to be more proactive about advertising USI games. Unless you follow them on social media, which means you are already a fan, you're probably not going to be informed about their games.
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Post by EagleScreamin on Jan 20, 2024 10:51:39 GMT -6
Also military appreciation day, so a heartfelt thank you to all vets/soldiers/sailors/airmen/devil dogs out there. I know it is because I'm in the know but this is something they should be promoting more. It's something like 5 free tickets with proof of service. Do we not have any contacts with 14 or 25 anymore? 14 ran the story of 1 year anniversary of Walmart shooting at least 3 times, something that I know the people who went through it don't want to be reminded of. They can't talk about it being military appreciation game? USI and the Evansville market on general needs to be more proactive about advertising USI games. Unless you follow them on social media, which means you are already a fan, you're probably not going to be informed about their games. I miss the good old days of the newspaper pre-game and post-game articles and tv news pre-game and post-game segments but times have changed for this media. Anthony does an unbelievable job covering 4 teams and his articles are fantastic. But there used to be basic pre-game articles in the paper that at least let people know there was a game that night. TV News Sports Segments seem to only be 2-3 minutes long especially during the early news. Some of the tv news do not even have a sports segments anymore during a weekday and if they do then it is a story about the pacers or colts from Indy. I watched 6:00 tv news several times this season and they did not even mention there was a UE or USI game that night. They will give the score and maybe some highlights on the 10:00 news. I agree that this game and military appreciation could be promoted more, especially by tv, but times have changed and has mainly switched to Social Media. I’m not not knocking tv or newspapers but just accepting they have changed. Now get off my lawn! LOL.
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Post by eagle87 on Jan 20, 2024 10:55:30 GMT -6
Also military appreciation day, so a heartfelt thank you to all vets/soldiers/sailors/airmen/devil dogs out there. I know it is because I'm in the know but this is something they should be promoting more. It's something like 5 free tickets with proof of service. Do we not have any contacts with 14 or 25 anymore? 14 ran the story of 1 year anniversary of Walmart shooting at least 3 times, something that I know the people who went through it don't want to be reminded of. They can't talk about it being military appreciation game? USI and the Evansville market on general needs to be more proactive about advertising USI games. Unless you follow them on social media, which means you are already a fan, you're probably not going to be informed about their games. Amen. I know it’s not the local media’s job to promote games, but why not inform viewers of what’s available…like military appreciation day? I agree they could do much more to help the 2 local college teams bring in more fans. I also attend high school football games every Friday during the season and the Courier will run multiple stories, surveys, staff predictions, power ratings, etc all during the week which keeps the game matchups and times in the fans mind. As you mentioned, if you’re not already following USI basketball, you would have no clue this is happening today.
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Post by eaglefan on Jan 20, 2024 11:30:14 GMT -6
MSU Projected Starters:
G 6’5 195 Jordan Lathon (16.4 PPG) G 6’3 185 Drew Thelwell (9.5 PPG) G 6’5 200 Kalil Thomas (11.5 PPG) G 6’7 230 Riley Minx (18.5 PPG) F 7’0 240 Dioente Miles (5.9 PPG)
Short note, this is guys are very good at multiple positions and all sectors of the game. Pretty decent 3PT shooting team overall, especially their starting guards in Lathon and Thomas having identical numbers. Their 6’7 guard Riley Minx is a force to deal with on the court, but isn’t a good 3PT threat (watch him go 5/10 from the 3 this afternoon). Thelwell is a very good passer for MSU averaging anyways from 6 to 8 assists per game. Their forward is just there around the basket due to his size.
They pretty much go full scholarship deep in their games. Everyone at least plays above 10 minutes for the bench. However, besides G 6’7 205 Eddie Ricks III(7.4 PPG), there are not many scoring options off the bench. So the Starters usually average above 30+ MPG, but are not foul prone.
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