BASKETBALL NIT vs Chattanooga, Tues 3/18 at 7pm

[MTOleBlue]

I wonder if UTC will bring any semblance of a crowd?

I feel like the last time they came here they had at least a hundred fans

 

[ewglenn]

I think around 5k. Should be a decent crowd. Chattanooga should bring 100-200.

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

9 years ago today we WERE THE NEWS

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

61.8%

-2.5 (opened -4.5)

 

[sWiley]

68% of the $ on UTC which has brought it down to 2 as of mid-afternoon

Bettors backing the Mocs on the road

 

[MTOleBlue]

I think around 5k. Should be a decent crowd. Chattanooga should bring 100-200.

I hope you’re right! Not every day we get to host the NIT against a regional rival. Nothing compares to the Minnesota game we should have won though…

 

[MTFAN61]

Appreciate MT students getting free tickets opportunity, but we'll be lucky to give away 25 freebies out of this student body.

 

[Hop45]

I hope you’re right! Not every day we get to host the NIT against a regional rival. Nothing compares to the Minnesota game we should have won though…

That was the best basketball environment I have witnessed in person. You would have thought we were playing for the natty. It was crazy!!

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

We saw Tubby Smith and the Minnesota crew after that game at toots. Had to eat my food, staring directly at all the players ha ha ha ha

Was a fun game.

 

[SpaceRaider]

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[altshauf]

Can’t get WGNS to work. Anyone have it online?

 

[sWiley]

88% of the money on UTC line down to 1.5. Everyone and their grandmother backing the Mocs here

Yikes

 

[altshauf]

Got it working.

 

[altshauf]

88% of the money on UTC line down to 1.5. Everyone and their grandmother backing the Mocs here

Yikes

Just found out on pregame their top big man is not playing. Might be the reason they lost in their conference tourney? Doubt Vegas knew that he wouldn’t play.

 

[altshauf]

Anybody there let us know how the crowd looks throughout the game.

 

[sWiley]

Just found out on pregame their top big man is not playing. Might be the reason they lost in their conference tourney? Doubt Vegas knew that he wouldn’t play.

Line did jump back to 2 about 2 minutes before the tip so small adjustment but nothing notable.

 

[altshauf]

I wouldn’t even talk offense at half. Just stop the freaking basket cut and we win going away. Not even close!!!

 

[altshauf]

Every defensive lapse we have (outside of 2) they have taken advantage of. Their zone has slowed us big time, need stops, offensive transition where they can’t set their zone.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Things falling apart now, down 77-70...

 

[sWiley]

Those early 3's are always fools gold when we face good teams

We are just not very good

UTC is clearly inferior talent-wise but their coaching, discipline, and offensive sets are far superior to anything we are showing.

I would love to know UTC's head coaches salary. Probably half of what McDevitt makes

 

[MTOleBlue]

Overtime, miraculously!

 

[sWiley]

Herculean effort to get it into OT. I thought for sure we were done

5 more minutes

 

[sWiley]

imagine if chatt's starting big man wasn't out

 

[MTOleBlue]

Double OT after Weston dribbles in a circle and clunks it

 

[MTOleBlue]

Weston for the lead! Under a minute.

 

[sWiley]

welp

that's curtains

 

[sWiley]

how was that not a foul on us ?

We literally karate chopped in a downward motion across both arms as their player went up for lay up.

That's 100% a foul and called 100 times out of 100. I guess the refs wanted to make UTC earn it?

 

[sWiley]

We are so out of sorts on offense. No confidence, no good flow or motion. Nobody can put it in the hoop

 

[BigBlueBrad]

No kidding. They’re just passing around the perimeter then throwing up threes. I’m not even sure I want us to win. We need a coach who can elevate the program.

 

[TrueBlue147]

Our offense consist of chucking up threes. That's it. UT Chattanooga is showing us what a real offense looks like.

 

[TrueBlue147]

No kidding. They’re just passing around the perimeter then throwing up threes. I’m not even sure I want us to win. We need a coach who can elevate the program.

Earlier in the game they showed several coaches that previously coached at UTC starting with Will Wade that went on to bigger programs after being successful there a few years. Just goes to show how much time and money we've wasted with Mcdevitt.

 

[BigBlueBrad]

Our offense consist of chucking up threes. That's it. UT Chattanooga is showing us what a real offense looks like.

And coaching..

 

[sWiley]

Can this game end already. We all know what the outcome is going to be

 

[sWiley]

pitiful

 

[JohnDavidBlue]

Mt basketball needs a reboot.

 

[TrueBlue147]

What an embarrassing loss at home to UT Chattanooga. They own Mcdevitt too. I believe that the 4th loss in a row to them

 

[MT01]

This game is a perfect microcosmic of McDevitt’s seven years that’s been about four or five too many. But actually in this case perhaps even worse. Because…More talent. More athleticism. More size. More strength. Yet still can’t figure out how to beat a team AT HOME against an outgunned and outmanned opponent. And all of it with a for hire roster. Seven years with nothing really of any significance to show for it and basically have to start over next year. What more can be said?

 

[TrueBlue147]

They beat us with backdoor cuts and for easy layups. We couldn't figure out how to stop it. lol. Furman could a couple of days ago but we couldn't.

 

[sWiley]

It's poor coaching plain and simple. This game is an excellent analog to show just how poor of a coach McDevitt is. We should win this game 8 times out of 10 at home with a senior-laden and talent superior roster.

But we don't because these clowns come out and shoot 27% from 3 and apparently had no coaching when it comes to back door cuts and defending a team that runs through their big men. Their offense was incredibly predictable but of course we couldn't stop it. Surrendered 109 points on our home floor in a tournament game....84 in regulation...and their best big man wasn't even playing

It's exhausting trying to follow and cheer for this program.