BASKETBALL Middle Tennessee (5-7) vs Southern Utah (3-8, 0-2), 7:30PM CT, Friday, December 22, 2023

[SpaceRaider]

SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY

Location: Cedar City, UT
Enrollment: 14,330
Arena: America First Event Center (5,300)
Conference: WAC
Website: suutbirds.com Twitter: @SUUBasketball
Colors: Black & Red Nickname: Thunderbirds
Head Coach: Rob Jeter
Record at School: 0-0 (1st Season) Career Record: 223-215 (15th Season)
2022-23 Record: 24-13, 12-6 22-23 Finish: 2nd WAC 22-23 Postseason: CBI Semifinals
Starters R/L: 0/5 Letterwinners R/L: 3/14
Roster: Thunderbirds

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[SpaceRaider]

from a preview:

In steps veteran head coach Rob Jeter, who recently spent three seasons at the helm of Western Illinois after 11 seasons and two NCAA Tournament appearances with Milwaukee.

Jeter has no disillusionment about this season. He’s aware taking over a roster with almost zero continuity in an unfamiliar — and very tough — conference will be a major task.

“Not knowing the league is a challenge,” said Jeter. “You can watch all the film you want, but until you experience the travel, it’s just new.”

Jeter is looking to rebuild a program at SUU, and that starts by laying a sound foundation in Year 1.

 

[SpaceRaider]

another excerpt:

THE OUTLOOK​

This is a rebuilding year for the Southern Utah program, make no mistake about it. The Thunderbirds reached new heights last season by winning 24 games and finishing third in their inaugural WAC go-around — but to do so again would be shocking.

Jeter is a proven coach and program builder, but even he needs time to get the juices flowing at a new stop, and with all the roster turnover from last season, the Thunderbirds will likely spend time in the conference cellar in 2023-24.

With Jeter’s style of play, SUU is sure to catch one or two teams sleeping on any given night. His squad will play extremely hard and likely improve as the season progresses. However, it’s more than likely this is a bottom-tier WAC squad this year.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Only 31.2%

 

[SpaceRaider]

#	Player	Pos.	Listed	Year	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%

4	Braden Housley	G	6-4	R-Fr.
1	Dominique Ford	G	6-5	Jr.	17.4	5.9	1.5	0.5	0.7	0.0	43.2	39.5
3	Jamir Simpson	G/F	6-6	R-Jr.	32.4	14.6	6.0	1.9	0.8	0.0	46.0	33.3
14	Jamari Sibley	F	6-8	Sr.	15.7	3.7	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	38.2	28.3
22	Parsa Fallah	C	6-9	R-So.	7.9	3.6	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	67.9	0.0
16	Prophet Johnson	G	6-3	So.
25	Zion Young	G	6-3	R-Sr.	4.4	3.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	51.9	33.3
23	Duncan Reid	G	6-4	Fr.
13	Tainui Taiaroa	G	6-6	Fr.
24	Nestor Dyachok	F	6-8	So.
0	Donavhan Cain	G	6-4	Fr.
2	Harrison Reede	G	6-2	Fr.
5	Chazz Hutchison	F	6-9	Sr.	9.6	2.3	2.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	68.2

 

[sWiley]

Can't wait to see our guys get smoked by a 3-8 Southern Utah WAC team......

No idea how they can even let him finish the season at this point

 

[SpaceRaider]

Road trip continues as Blue Raiders take on Thunderbirds - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

CEDAR CITY, Utah – Middle Tennessee men's basketball closes out its two-game road trip Friday as it takes on Southern Utah. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 CT.

goblueraiders.com

 

[SpaceRaider]

have not found a single active message board for their fans.

 

[MTFAN61]

According to current Men's Net Rankings Middle Tennessee is the weakest team in CUSA at #311.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

According to current Men's Net Rankings Middle Tennessee is the weakest team in CUSA at #311.

311 out of 362.
Beautiful. Kingaling hasn’t weighed in since the SFA loss back on 11/9.
Wanna take a look at who is ranked ahead of MT?
LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

 

[BRaiderDave]

311 out of 362.
Beautiful. Kingaling hasn’t weighed in since the SFA loss back on 11/9.
Wanna take a look at who is ranked ahead of MT?
LINK: https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

I’d rather not 😜

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Weakest team in the 16th ranked basketball conference in the country.

 

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[FranklinRaider315]

Anybody else gonna watch this tonight?
We might even win! I’ll check it out. Not much else going on. 😂

 

[crposton]

Anybody else gonna watch this tonight?
We might even win! I’ll check it out. Not much else going on. 😂

I was going to, but Ga Tech just tied UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl. Might be a more entertaining game, and also keep my blood pressure from spiking.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

This officiating crew is the same one that called the Ark. St. / Belmont game on Tuesday night.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

18-7 Blue Raiders at the first time out.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Oh well 8-0 run by So. Utah.
McDevitt calls timeout. 18-15

 

[BRaiderDave]

37-31 halftime lead. This team is hopeless.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

37-31 halftime lead. This team is hopeless.

We got lucky on the blown call for a shot clock violation.

I agree, these are two average basketball teams in a pillow fight.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Ten to one on turnovers and S utah's one was in the last seconds.

 

[Brew_Raider]

Dominating the boards, shooting over 50% from the field and three. They are not shooting well at all. If we could take care of the ball, this would be a blowout.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

51-51
This is painful to watch.

 

[BRaiderDave]

51-51
This is painful to watch.

I’m not. Watching the bowl game.

 

[sWiley]

See all those turnovers? That's what you get with a players coach that never get's mad at anyone and always kissing ass.

Why is McDevitt still our coach ?

 

[ewglenn]

Fouled with 6 seconds on the shot clock… come on smh

 

[SpaceRaider]

SUU is going to win this at the FT line...

 

[BRaiderDave]

SUU is going to win this at the FT line...

Good. Straw meet the camel’s back. Dump him before NYE.

 

[ewglenn]

I wasn’t watching and I decided to turn it on. I shouldn’t have, I’m just raising my blood pressure for no reason.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

63-57
And one.

Coleman-Jones is gone.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

64-59 under 2:00

Turnovers killing the Blue Raiders

 

[sWiley]

Just not a good team.

Bad team is bad.

 

[MTFAN61]

I don't think any of us were anticipating 2 consecutive 37 point halves. Even against a 3-8 team. Correction make that a 4-8 team.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Death shot. 3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer.
69-63 Thunderbirds 22.0 seconds left.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

It’s over.

 

[FranklinRaider315]

69-63.

Fire him before he gets on the plane.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Not good.

I don't see how these guys pull out of this nose dive.

 

[sWiley]

I'll never understand how a coach doesn't get fired with a performance like this.

Look at our team. Look at our program. This is year #6. We are regressing. We are terrible. We are one of the worst teams in the country.

How is McDevitt still employed by this university?

 

[FranklinRaider315]

Not good.

I don't see how these guys pull out of this nose dive.

Not gonna waste my time driving over for a single CUSA game.