Hungry Ojos said:

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What is our identity? Defense and rebounding?

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Yes

avoid a bad loss in our last two non conference games and this team has probably done enough to comfortably punch their ticket with even an average showing in conference play considering how stacked the SEC is this year.

Purdue's 45.3% shooting pct was their third lowest in a game this year.

This team finds a way to win. Love them boys!

Like I've said, the overreaction to an away loss in the opening game missing a starter was ridiculous. A blue blood doesn't drop but maybe 1 spot with the same performance against the same team.

Newsflash, sports media is lazy, blue blood biased, and lacks critical thinking. Until real world results slap them in the face and make them look stupid. Only then will they start giving respect. But it's merely a hedging mechanism. Any loss will be a reason to discount us again.

This is easily the hardest non con schedule we've played. Given the schedule, you could argue we should be in the top 10.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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Like I've said, the overreaction to an away loss in the opening game missing a starter was ridiculous. A blue blood doesn't drop but maybe 1 spot with the same performance against the same team.

Newsflash, sports media is lazy, blue blood biased, and lacks critical thinking. Until real world results slap them in the face and make them look stupid. Only then will they start giving respect. But it's merely a hedging mechanism. Any loss will be a reason to discount us again.

This is easily the hardest non con schedule we've played. Given the schedule, you could argue we should be in the top 10.

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We just might be after that win

Heineken-Ashi said:

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Like I've said, the overreaction to an away loss in the opening game missing a starter was ridiculous. A blue blood doesn't drop but maybe 1 spot with the same performance against the same team.

Newsflash, sports media is lazy, blue blood biased, and lacks critical thinking. Until real world results slap them in the face and make them look stupid. Only then will they start giving respect. But it's merely a hedging mechanism. Any loss will be a reason to discount us again.

This is easily the hardest non con schedule we've played. Given the schedule, you could argue we should be in the top 10.

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I don't disagree, but that was still an inexcusable loss, even if we were missing a starter. UCF is not a good team and we held a second half double digit lead. Luckily, we turned it around and had a great non-conference run…but there was really no excuse to lose to UCF.

halfastros81 said:

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If you have to ask you haven't been watching, or you don't know what your'e watching .

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I haven't been watching. I assumed that was inferred by the question.

I asked because I wanted to know if we won because we played to our strengths and played our style or if today was an anomaly.

I apologize if that upset you.

linkdude said:

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Purdue's 45.3% shooting pct was their third lowest in a game this year.

This team finds a way to win. Love them boys!

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Matt Painter's teams always get good looks. That's about as bad as they ever look on offense.

MarcAg said:

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Yeah. I think those guys honestly had been looking at boxscores and team stats which aren't pretty. But I think a large portion of the country was actually watching this game and were like OK they aren't pretty but they ****ing battle.

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This is the epitome of a Buzz team.

One of these days I'm going on a rant about "winning ugly", "playing ugly", etc.

It's even more annoying to play against.

Didn't upset me at all. I made a statement that if you had to ask then it was either a) or b) and you confirmed it was a).

Today was perhaps more of an anomaly on offense in that we actually seemed to have a specific plan of attack as opposed to just attack the rim and get rebounds. Let's hope that continues.

GrayMatter said:

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MarcAg said:

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Yeah. I think those guys honestly had been looking at boxscores and team stats which aren't pretty. But I think a large portion of the country was actually watching this game and were like OK they aren't pretty but they ****ing battle.

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This is the epitome of a Buzz team.

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True. I also think having talented teams like last year that just weren't consistent didn't help either. Paired with an early wtf loss and some waited on this run before jumping on the ship.

If we only had the Oregon loss I think we'd be a top 10 ranked teams for public perception.

Texas A&M's defensive performance today against Purdue in Indianapolis was beyond elite.

Aggies are so much better than they were in March when they took Houston to OT in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Have yet to lose this season at full strength. https://t.co/ffxlynKOYq

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) December 14, 2024

When was the last time you saw defense with three players on the same team diving on the floor on one play?

t - cam said:

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bdp514am said:

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avoid a bad loss in our last two conference games and this team has probably done enough to comfortably punch their ticket with even an average showing in conference play considering how stacked the SEC is this year.

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I feel pretty confident that the Ags would make the tournament with a 7-11 record in the SEC. Anything 500 or better probably gets a top 6 seed.

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I was wondering earlier today if any team has ever received an at-large bid while going 4 games under .500 in conference play.

92 ISU and FSU in the late 90s, 98 or 99 I think

West Virginia did it two years ago and Iowa State the year before that.

8-10 in this league is going to be like 13-5 in any other conference this season. SEC is just loaded

I think on any given night, when this team plays under control, with focus and energy they can play with anyone. Over the long haul of an SEC season against the competition there is this season there are going to be some losses. But every team is going to face that. I don't see anyone going 17-1 or 16-2

I think 14-4 might have a chance to win it. Tennessee plays Kentucky and Florida twice, Alabama and Auburn play each other twice, Florida also plays Alabama, Auburn and Kentucky all away.

happy days said:

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sec network interviewed lunardi tonight. He said Ags are a three seed. Sweet!

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Yeah, that was a big win today. Really solidified our non conference as very strong