Southern Illinois vs. Missouri State

[Fetz86]

Did it get pushed back? I thought it was supposed to start at 2:35?

[Da Coach]

It is 2:35 pm... the 3:35 comes from the Yahoo/Rivals scoreboard, which is Eastern Time.

I changed it to avoid confusion, sorry.

[TylerDurden]

Survive and advance.

That was an eye-opener for MSU.

[MacabreMob]

Well... then it's OFFICIAL:

Bradley plays later in March this year than both ISU and SIU!

[BradleyJD]

SIU was awful for two minutes and it cost them

[TheAsianSensation]

Well... then it's OFFICIAL:

Bradley plays later in March this year than both ISU and SIU!

Bradley's season extends farther into the season than 4 other MVC schools! 6th place!

[MacabreMob]

SIU has lead the entire game.
Weems takes a 30 footer and misses, and SIU has the ball and leads 56-53 with under a minute to go.
MSU fouls, and Brown-Surles of SIU will shoot FTs.

Brown Surles misses....Adam Leonard of MSU hits a quick three for the tie- 56-56.

SIU calls timeout with 41 seconds left. SIU is on the verge of a monumental collapse..

Ok... I missed the game. But do I understand this correctly? Mo St FOULED while down just 1 possession??? With like just under a minute to go??? After SIU had a turnover last possession??? And Mo St plays pretty good D, right??? Ummm.... I'm still trying to figure this out? What the fark was Cuonzo thinking? I mean - C'MON!!!!

[tornado]

MSU shoots 25 FT to only 11 for SIU

[Da Coach]

What a terrible game for Carlton Fay to finish his career at SIU. Fay had just 3 points and 1 rebound.
Another starter, Diamond Taylor had 0 points, 0 assists, and 1 rebound. Seck carried SIU. Weems was just 5-18 and 1-7 from three, but the one he made in the final minute drew them to within 3. Then Leonard tied it with a three, and Weems won it with a short jumper. SIU somehow managed to go scoreless the last 3 1/2 minutes with turnovers, bad shots, and missed free throws.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201103040551

Both teams will lose a lot of their talent after this season. Fay, Freeman, Crowder, Mitchell, and Bocot are seniors, and Teague is not expected back.
For MSU, 4 starters- Mallett, Leonard, Ricks, and Creekmore are seniors.

[tornado]

yes.....Missouri State loses four starters, about 2/3 of all their minutes played, 60% of both their scoring and rebounding. ..
AND, if you believe the national gurus, they could lose their head coach as the MVC Coach of the Year seems to get hired away for some open position elsewhere just about every time...can you say...Keno.....
There are rumbles of SIU losing even more than what you listed Da Coach...

[LittleBrave]

yes.....Missouri State loses four starters, about 2/3 of all their minutes played, 60% of both their scoring and rebounding. ..
AND, if you believe the national gurus, they could lose their head coach as the MVC Coach of the Year seems to get hired away for some open position elsewhere just about every time...can you say...Keno.....
There are rumbles of SIU losing even more than what you listed Da Coach...

Oh no! If you are going to tell me they're losing their mascot...
I don't even want to hear it!!! Say it ain't so!

[MacabreMob]

Well, I had to check the stat-tracker cause I didn't believe Da Coach.

Missouri State fouled with 54 seconds left. Down only 1 possession. And to think some people WENT OFF on Les when we fouled down 1 possession with 45 seconds left. Didn't Cuonzo get Coach of the year? So surely he would know better than to make such an error... you know... surely he'd know enough to give his guys an opportunity to win.

Where's squirrel now?

Oh, wait... that's right.

LOL!