The dunk at the end gave me mixed feelings. My depraved side grinned wicked. The sportmanship side of me winced a little bit. Great dunk though.
BASKETBALL Middle Tennessee vs WKU, 6PM, Saturday, February 26, 2022
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WKU Basketball: Tops Win Streak Snapped in Murfreesboro, 69-52
Tops were down two starters and lost on the road to MTSU
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MTSU sweeps season series against WKU as the Hilltoppers seven-game win streak ends
WKU (17-12, C-USA 9-7) lost a tough one on the road 69-52 to Middle Tennessee (22-7, 13-3 C-USA) with a depleted roster, ending its seven-game winning streak. The Blue Raiders sweep the series for the first time since the 2017-18 season. WKU sophomore Dayvion McKnight led the team with 13...
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Middle Tennessee Tops Western Kentucky, Wins C-USA East Crown - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — When the clock hit triple zeroes, the Blue Zoo was loose.
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From 5-win season to C-USA division title: How MTSU basketball turned it around under Nick McDevitt
The last three years was hard on MTSU men's basketball coach Nick McDevitt, his staff, his players and Blue Raider fans. All of that has changed now.
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MTSU basketball's Donovan Sims reflects on team's ups and downs, scoring 1,000 points
Blackman product and MTSU graduate student Donovan Sims is reaping the rewards of sticking with a program that is now back on the rise.
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We were picked to finish last in the conference and here we are. Nick should be a lock for coach of the year! Beating the toppers for the title is as good as it gets! I am guesssing that half of the fans there last night had not been to another game all year. Maybe they will buy a season ticket and get behind this program?
You would be correct. It’s refreshing to have a men’s revenue sport win a conference title again since Kermit left. 👏👏
I told the Mrs that the student who made five free throws for the campus parking pass would probably sell it on E-Bay for a handsome profit. 😂
I thought he was going to run it out so I was about to zoom in on the score but then he dunked it lol.
Yes. We play March 10th against the winner of the W4 v. E5. As of today, that would be UTEP vs Old Dominion. Game is at 5:30 cst.
I would like to know the inside story of Nick and his coaches. At what point during the season did they know this was turning around. I’m happy for them and the program as a whole.
the depth is what is really something to see. Each rotation yielded something different.
what about that big ole check ole south properties gave?
the depth is what is really something to see. Each rotation yielded something different.
what about that big ole check ole south properties gave?
It was good to see another 1.5 mil come in for the Build Blur Now campaign.
Didn’t we start 0-2 in conference ? Then went on a crazy run with our only loss at UAB ?
only conference losses off the top of my head are UAB, Rice, UNT. All on the road. Too lazy to pull up our results schedule.
hope we can continue the streak heading into conference tournament. And we still have a few road games to end the season so regular season isn’t over yet. Need to keep building resume.
only conference losses off the top of my head are UAB, Rice, UNT. All on the road. Too lazy to pull up our results schedule.
hope we can continue the streak heading into conference tournament. And we still have a few road games to end the season so regular season isn’t over yet. Need to keep building resume.
In memory that's the first post you've made since coming aboard that I can agree with 100% although I tend to come down on always showing class.
CNM mentioned in the post game interview that they were talking over the summer not about just winning games but about about being good enough to win a championship.. the key was chemistry and team building activities like Top Golf trips and the like went a long way to help this group meld.. Winning the East is the first step in that process.. I can confirm that the coaches were very optimistic about this group before the year even started.. I think the players have had a steady learning curve and you can easily see both individual and group improvements.. still lots of work to do and room for improvement by all if they want to achieve this next level.. being able to play at multiple tempos will help come tourney time..
What if MT fans politely applauded when the visiting team starters were announced? Thats the kind of atmosphere I would like to see. Cant think of a single fan base thats known for that kind of healthy respect, and I appreciate outstanding plays and effort even when it's the other team. I'm OK with light hearted digs and jabs between bantering fans like when Spurrier said you cant spell Citrus without "UT". I just think itd be neat if MT fans did something different than all the other programs out there.
I do not know about anyone else, but I come to the games to do nothing more than hurl 'expletives deleted' against the opposing school, their coaches, players and their fans. I consider them to be the worst humans alive. F their feelings, Yours too if you disagree. Be a fan.
When the wkcc guy tried to pick his pocket, the dunk was fair game. Booing when wkcc players are introduced is fine with me since we're big rivals. We can applaud for all other opponents. I'm not a fan of the "bull$h!t" chants or trying to explain away the "Wuck Festern" signs to my kids. That gets a little too classless, but hey, that's 2022 America.
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WKU at MTSU Efficiency Breakdown (Extra Short)
WKU at MTSU Efficiency Breakdown (Extra Short)
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It’s not like he went Doug Roth against LSU back in the 80’s and flipped off the WKU fans after scoring or did the big marbles dance, aka Pedro Cerrano in Major League 2, after the dunk while running toward the Hilltopper bench.
I tend to think that if I start walking off the court and stop playing, then I don’t really care what the other team does behind me. If they didn’t want us to go highlight reel dunk against an empty basket, then stand there. Literally just stand there or start shaking hands. But those losers quit.
And it’s WKU. Screw’em.
AWESOME WIN. Its worth repeating. This team is a blast to watch and has revived many a sleepy fan.
Correction needed. Said I cant think of a single fan base that is known for that kind of healthy respect. Just remembered. Went to a football game in knoxville last year. The home team band during the pregame show turned to the visitor section and played that teams fight song. I thought that was cool. Now that gesture was the only good sportsmanship I saw displayed by the home team, but I thought it was cool when they did it.
I noticed that some young guy, I presumed was DeLeon, was working the pressbox side of the arena all night long. He never sat in one place for more than a few minutes. Shaking hands with courtside major donors all the way up to the folks in double digit rows. He never made it over my way but, I was in upper Section N sitting amongst several fans from Bowling Green who must have hit the Ticketmaster pretty hard. 😂😂
Man, I'll give DeLeon credit. That man is for sure a go getter. Will still take time and winning to win back a lot of people and win over new ones, but he absolutely hasn't stopped since he got here.
Does the same thing online as well. I've been very impressed with him. @AustinLewis was right.
Does the same thing online as well. I've been very impressed with him. @AustinLewis was right.
A lot of talk about this team’s depth. I went and looked at Kermit’s last year and only 4 players averaged more than 5 points a game and all of those averaged more than 10 points. This team has 8 players that average 5 or more points with 3 averaging more than 10. There is basically no drop off regardless of who is or isn’t on the floor. Not many teams can say that.
COLUMN: “Knowing that it would get better.” - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Nick McDevitt just wanted to soak it all in. The handshake line ritual quickly done, the court of the Murphy Center was quickly becoming a
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Our depth is the strength of our team. I doubt that That we will have any player make first team all conference. our team chemistry and coaching is why we are division champs!
I'd agree..
Jefferson should be in the mix for 2nd team as he's in Top 10 in several offensive/shooting categories, may slide to 3rd team as an individual..
Lenard should be an all rookie selection- I haven't sorted through all the freshmen but he's been FPOW a few times now..
Eli (Top 10 for steals) & Lenard (Top 5 for blocks) are likely in the mix for all-defensive team but without any great rebounding totals not sure if they'll get that nod..
NT & MTSU have the same problem- lots of really good players that form great teams but no one that dominates the stat sheet each & every night- will be interesting to see how team results play into the selections..
Here (Game replay) is the best look.. Fast forward to the end ( 1 hour 16+ minute mark or so)..
Watch Josh Anderson (#4) walk from the other side of the court when Eli gets the ball and is walking harmlessly back to half court to likely run the shot clock out- Anderson tries the BS cheap steal (likely to make up for his air ball 3 pt attempt the prior trip down) and kinda forces Eli to go to the baseline.. that's why you dunk it on their a$$.. play stupid games....
Even Stansbury stares at Anderson walking towards the WKU bench at the 1:16:53 mark- like "What the F!@% were YOU doing?"
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We walked into the arena with Jefferson's HS coach. Nice guy. Drove 4 hrs from IN to watch him play on SR Night!
