LADY RAIDER BB Middle Tennessee (17-6, 9-1) vs Kennesaw State (8-13, 3-7) (ESPN+), 5PM, Saturday, February 8, 2025

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Kennesaw State
2/8/2025 | 5 p.m.
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2024-25 Conference USA Standings​

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Middle Tennessee	9-1	-	17-6
Liberty	8-2	1	15-6
Western Kentucky	7-3	2	16-6
Louisiana Tech	5-5	4	12-9
Florida International	5-5	4	9-12
New Mexico State	4-5	4.5	11-11
Sam Houston	3-7	6	10-10
Jacksonville State	3-7	6	9-12
Kennesaw State	3-7	6	8-13
UTEP	2-7	6.5	9-11

 

[SpaceRaider]

McClinic enjoyed a stellar career at Middle Tennessee State where she was the 2004 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year and led the Blue Raiders to consecutive conference crowns in 2004-05. She graduated with the most games played (120) in program history and ranked second in career steals with 246. As a team captain, McClinic's Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year award was buoyed by the fourth-most steals per game (3.5) in the NCAA. As a senior, she helped the Blue Raiders upset 12th-ranked North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Keisha McClinic - Women's Basketball Coach - Kennesaw State University Athletics

Keisha McClinic enters her second season at KSU in 2024-25 as the associate head coach under head coach Octavia Blue. McClinic has coached collegiately since 2009,

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[MTTim]

Would be a great time for our bench to get some valuable playing time.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Great game. Played the bench, dominated KSU, and finally had a good offensive showing hitting a bunch of shots. Defense was outstanding as per usual.

 

[Blue Raider Lightning]

Like what I am seeing. This team is starting to gel!

 

[crassyblue]

It was a very complete game on offense. Defense was spectacular in the first half. I thought they might hold them to single digits in the first half. Except for some fouls shots, they would have as they held them to 11 points in the first half.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Have to give kudos to CAB for really getting it together from the PG position. After that WKU loss and a few rough games early in the nonconference, she has not only become a legit scoring threat but really worked hard to get the team working on offense. Tonight was a great example of that and I'm very excited to see how they do against WKU next Saturday.

 

[MTFAN61]

Lady Raiders currently setting with the #51 net ranking. Tomorrow we should get into the 40's for the first time.
Would like to see 5,000 in the Murph next week. Team is starting to smell blood. Believe they will destroy Tops in next matchup.

 

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[MTFAN61]

Lady Raiders currently setting with the #51 net ranking. Tomorrow we should get into the 40's for the first time.
Would like to see 5,000 in the Murph next week. Team is starting to smell blood. Believe they will destroy Tops in next matchup.

Raiders jump to #49 Net Ranking. Important to stay on this trajectory to get into the 30's by NCAA Tournament time. Definitely want to avoid a 13-16 seed to not play a home based seed in first round. If we keep winning & keep climbing we should be in line for a 11 or 12 seed.
Just checked, even now ESPN has us as a 12 seed playing in the Knoxville bracket. They have Belmont as the #13 seed playing the #4 Vols in opening round.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Raiders jump to #49 Net Ranking. Important to stay on this trajectory to get into the 30's by NCAA Tournament time. Definitely want to avoid a 13-16 seed to not play a home based seed in first round. If we keep winning & keep climbing we should be in line for a 11 or 12 seed.
Just checked, even now ESPN has us as a 12 seed playing in the Knoxville bracket. They have Belmont as the #13 seed playing the #4 Vols in opening round.

The ideal seed IMO is #12, so you don't play the higher seed in the first game - like last year's win over Louisville.

 

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Winning in Pink: the Blue Raiders Soar Past Kennesaw State 76-43 - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee State (17-6, 10-1 C-USA) dominated from start to finish in a 76-43 win over Kennesaw State (8-14, 3-8 C-USA) in what Blue

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[MTFAN61]

The ideal seed IMO is #12, so you don't play the higher seed in the first game - like last year's win over Louisville.

I would like to see the women change their ncaa playoff format. Do not like seeing top 16 seeds getting 2 consecutive home games. I understand it's a huge money maker, but makes the game extremely unfair.
Wouldn't mind the top 32 teams getting 1 first round home game, & after that all remaining games go to regional format. If something like that had been allowed the Lady Raiders could have had multiple 1st round ncaa games at home over the years, & from there allow neutral sites to pave the way for the victors.
This would make for a much less biased format IMO.