What the Hell Happened??

I'm going to be honest with you, I have no idea how Mississippi State let this game slip away. Well I guess I do, they couldn't buy a basket. 31.7 FG% on the game and 1-15 (6.7%) from three. That is atrocious. Was Arkansas' defense just too stifling to overcome? No. There was nothing spectacular about it. MSU got plenty of open looks, and proceeded to miss all of them. Jamont Gordon and Charles Rhodes carried them with 23 and 22 respectively, while the rest of the team could only manage 13 points.

This is just so frustrating. Miss St. is better than those clowns. There is no reason they should have lost. Rebounds were basically equal, Arkansas had 9 more turnovers, MSU had 14 more points in the paint, etc. The shooting was simply atrocious and not necessarily due to taking bad shots, although Slater had a few of those as usual. This has just been such a horribly frustrating season. Far too many games have slipped away that should have been won. Mississippi State better be kicking some ass next year to make up for it.

This year isn't over yet though and amazingly enough Miss. State can still win the West. 4 teams are currently tied for 1st.......at 7-8. Yes, I'm serious. So the winner of the West is going to be 8-8 this year. That is ridiculous. The Bulldogs actually have the easiest road to get there, beat Alabama on Sunday and they will end up #1.