vs. Liberty
3/15/2025 | 4:30 p.m.
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3/15/2025 | 4:30 p.m.
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I actually think that may play in our favor. Something that’s been a trend all year is that Smuda and several of their starters can’t play extended minutes without having to sit. That gives us great opportunities to take advantage of their bench time.MT is currently -4.5 and ESPN predictor has it at 68.5% in favor of MT which, personally, I do not agree with and think Liberty should be the favorites based on how both teams have been playing down the stretch. Liberty is playing extremely confident and with high energy recently. Also, their starters played around 20 mins in each of their tournament games versus the 30-40 range for our starters.
I actually think that may play in our favor. Something that’s been a trend all year is that Smuda and several of their starters can’t play extended minutes without having to sit. That gives us great opportunities to take advantage of their bench time.
STATISTIC | MT | Liberty |
---|---|---|
FG% | 28% | 33% |
FGs | 9-32 | 9-27 |
3FG% | 30% | 33% |
3FGs | 3-10 | 5-15 |
FT% | 67% | 100% |
FTs | 4-6 | 7-7 |
TOs | 6 | 8 |
PtsOffTO | 5 | 3 |
TotReb | 18 | 21 |
DefReb | 13 | 17 |
Off Reb | 5 | 4 |
2ndChPts | 7 | 5 |
BenchPts | 0 | 7 |
PtsPaint | 12 | 8 |
FstBkPt | 0 | 6 |
Blocks | 5 | 4 |
Steals | 4 | 3 |
Assts | 5 | 6 |
Times Tied: | 3 | |
Time Tied: | 2:57 | |
Lead Chg: | 5 | |
LeadTime | 2:29 | 14:34 |
Gregory hasn’t found the basket at all until 45 seconds left.Can't win when Gregory and Scott are the only ones who can find the basket.
We did win a game last year after all.Oh well. It would have been our usual quick exit from the tournament.
That is nuts to be frank. We have the best recruiting class in program history coming in and will be outstanding once again. With that said, the focus clearly needs to be on the offense this offseason…Well, it was a good run.
Y’all need to come to grips with the fact that it’s over.
Next year’s team will struggle to have a winning record.
Stop drinking the KoolAid about the recruiting class.That is nuts to be frank. We have the best recruiting class in program history coming in and will be outstanding once again. With that said, the focus clearly needs to be on the offense this offseason…
That’s what folks like you said last year when we won the tournament and beat Louisville in the NCAAs. And this year, we blew out a 32-2 team in Grand Canyon, beat Liberty once (not enough times), and WKU twice. Those are all good teams. CUSA is getting better so yes we’ll face greater competition but let’s not act like the sky is falling.Stop drinking the KoolAid about the recruiting class.
This years freshmen weren’t good enough to play and now we’re going to start 3 next year?
We are not athletic enough. Our athleticism has been suffering for a few years.
We made a living on sub-200 teams.
We lost every time we played a team with a pulse.
Give me your starting 5 for next year. I’m all ears.Yeah to say we'll struggle to have a winning season is pretty ridiculous. We obviously have a lot of seniors, but Insell has proven to be a winner every year. We have a lot do talent coming back, some players that didn't get a lot of playing time this year.
Boldyreva wasn’t a full-time starter until she was a junior but Dominguez is gonna play major minutes from day 1?I can't predict who will be the actual starting 5 will be, but Ta'Mia Scott will be one of if not the best player in CUSA next year. Savannah Davis will most likely be a starter and gave some really good minutes as a freshman this year. Jada Harrison has dealt with injuries the past couple of years, but anyone that has watched her can see she is really talented. The coaching staff is also really high on her potential. Milanovic and Monson showed promise in limited time this year and Nicole Dominguez at 6'10" will see a lot of time. Point is, there's talent but it's just not been showcased due to how Rick Insell plays the starting 5 all game.
Are you a being real right now? Nas has started all but 3 games in her career - and those off the bench were when she was injured in her sophomore season.Boldyreva wasn’t a full-time starter until she was a junior but Dominguez is gonna play major minutes from day 1?