TAMU

[purplestorm]

I don't post much on basketball, but we're getting STOMPED by TAMU! The discouraging part is TAMU isn't even in the Top 75 in Division I basketball. Massey Ratings has them ranked 106th. In fact, they only beat TAMU -- Commerce by 10 points in an exhibition. But, they're beating us by 45 points right now. They have us almost tripled up -- 73-28. Our shooting is bad, our rebounding is bad, our defense is nowhere to be found and we're turning it over left and right. A very bad start to a season filled with a lot of promise. I hope we figure it out soon or disappointment will set in early.

[purplestorm]

Better 2nd half, but much of it was against their 2nd and 3rd team. I'm not sure what to make of this performance. Anomaly? Figuring it out? Off night? 5-32 from the 3-point line? Whew! I guess that is why we play preseason games, though. If we play better against Oklahoma, Texas Tech, La Tech and Arkansas, I'll feel better, but the truth is TAMU is no better than SFA in the rankings. In fact, they're ranked beneath them and closer to Sam Houston. That's the discouraging part.

[TrackDemon]

I'm not too worried. Coach Mac's teams tend to start slow and peak towards conference play.

We have a ton of talent and I'd be greatly surprised if we aren't fighting for a tourney spot

[purplestorm]

We started out with trails blazing last year and missed out on the tourney, so maybe starting slow is a good thing. I'm not worried, but I must admit, a 40-plus point loss to a bottom tier SEC team surprised me. We used to lose to good TAMU teams by 15-20 and we had less "talent" than we have today. But, there are days like tonight in sports for every team.

[Cajundemon11]

Like Track said, we always seem to start slow. Very indicative of Coach Mac teams, rotations need to be figured out and such. Nothing to worry about.

[Cajundemon11]

Like Track said, we always seem to start slow. Very indicative of Coach Mac teams, rotations need to be figured out and such. Nothing to worry about.