I didn’t want to say during the game, but I gotta disagree with you and Calipari here; TN looked overrated.
LSU is 4-2 in OT (6 OTs!). Graves (best bench-warmer) was 1/1 from 3. Days 2/4. Smart and Mays were 2/6 and 3/9, respectively. Naz was 0/2. 32% as a team. 39% field goals (wtf). 77% free-throws (much better). pts/reb/ast/stl Smart: 29/5/5/3 Mays: 23/3/2/1 KBW: 10/10 (double-double!) Days: 9/4 (fouled out) EW: 5/5 Naz: 1/7 (got 1 point in 28min, at least took up a little space)
Aggies are coming to BRLA this Tuesday, 8PM ESPN2 (counts as a high level Q3 game). Q1: 7-2 Q2: 7-3 Q3-4: 8-0 Four games left (2 Q3 and 2 Q1). 22-5. I think we need at least two more wins.
Sitting at 1st in the SEC with four games left. Probably need to win out to stay there. That would be in-frickin-credible, but I don’t even care about it; that would be lagniappe, let’s just be sure to win 2.
naz got some pretty big rebounds late. His shots just wouldn’t fall ( I think the early fouls took him out of his game) but his effort was 100%
Huge win coming up off a loss. Felt like we lost but found a way. Sign of a tough team. Bigby Williams ability to maneuver in the paint sure does contrast reids problems there who is slow to react. He gets stripped often and is usually behind on the play. Did smart play the entire game plus overtime? I think he might have. thats pretty nuts. Our largest lead was 2. thats pretty nuts too. Days was a monster. you got a malfunction. Which teams you think are better.
TN SOS is 69. Q1: 4-2, Q2: 7-0 LSU SOS is 20. Q1: 6-2, Q2: 7-3. LSU was 13, TN was 5. LSU was missing Waters. LSU won and it wasn’t a fluke. Let’s see Q1 records for other teams: VA: 8-2 Duke: 7-2 UK: 8-3 Michigan: 7-3 Michigan St: 10-3 I think TN seemed a bit overrated. Quick review of numbers doesn’t make that sound like a crazy thought.
Smart played 44 minutes. Mays played all 45. The whole 2nd half until the last 2 or 3 minutes I felt like we were going to lose but they never lost contact even when down by 9 they were able to start chipping away at Tennessee's lead. Beating 2 teams both ranked at #5 in a week and a half says a lot about this team.
The inability to play from ahead is frustrating, but the ability to keep good teams close is diabolical.
