Official Arkansas vs Stephen F. Austin Game Thread

[Jim Red23]

SFA scores

70-59. Hogs win.

Game over.

My post game analys in a second.

[The Coletrain]

Four guys in double figures tonight.  Not the prettiest win, but good balance on offense.

[hawaiianhogster]

Yea we win! Thanks for the updates.

[Razorbacks#1]

Great day for Hog/Razorback Nation. FB & BB wins. What's better? Go Hogs!

[Hong Kong Sooey]

Four guys in double figures tonight.  Not the prettiest win, but good balance on offense.

SFA is a pretty good BB team.  This was a good win, and showed a lot of progress from this time last year IMO.

[The Coletrain]

Thanks again, Red. 

While we had four guys in double figures, Manimal was shut out.  That can't be good news.  We need him to be a big contributor this year.  And little to no contributions from Washington or McGowan.  Our 3 and 4s are supposed to be our strength this year.  We're going to need a little more offense from that area if we're going to be a factor in the SEC. 

[Table Rocker]

thanks red, looking forward to the post game, i think you should be the official basketball game thread dude

[bigyellowdog]

Thanks for the play by play, Red.  +1

[hogfancb]

Good day to be a RAZORBACK!

[hogfan11]

LSU must win!!!!

[Jim Red23]

Ok, here's my recap of the game.

-Sonny Weems had a great game with 24 points and 11 rebounds. I knew he was a high flyer but I didn't know he was also a decent shooter!

-Hill was a complete monster. He should change his last name to Mountain because no one can shoot over him. (12 points and 7 blocks!) He could have a triple double before he leaves here.

-Beverly didn't have a monster game again but we can't expect a freshmen to score 30 points every night. (5 points and 4 rebounds isn't bad.)

-Vincent Hunter is shooting pretty good behind the arc. I just hope he stays healthy this year. (11 points 5 rebounds)

-Townes wasn't bad either 6 points and 3 blocks in 11 minutes.

Now the things we need to work on. How about keeping a lead? We had two or three 11 point leads and gave them away every time. We need to hold on to those and add on if we can. I also noticed we had a lot of charges. I like how our guys are penetrating hard but they can't go out of control. We also can't turn it over as much.

On Stephen F. Austin:

Great game for the guys. They shot very well, were patient, didn't turn it over much, and stayed in the game with an SEC team. Congratulations to them.

BUT...that doesn't mean they are a great team. Arkansas is going to have to play alot better to do good in the SEC but I believe we can come together and be a pretty good team.

The bottom line...We won and are undefeated! (lol)

(Your welcome everyone.)

[bao187]

i am a little worried over an 11 point win over SFA, i know the football team barely beat vanderbilt and utah state and are having an amazing year but 11 points and is wasnt a pretty 11 points SFA broke arkansas down at times in the ball game maybe its because its a young season but holy cow the game kept my emotions going up and down until the 13 point run by the razorbacks thanks to weems

[The Coletrain]

Good win, but I hope we can get more out of Townes and Thomas in future games.   I love the D and intensity Hill brings, but I don't know that we can count on him for double figures night-in and night-out.  We're going to need T&T before the year is out, and 11 minutes a game is not going to get it done.

[Table Rocker]

good stuff red, thanks brotha

[Jim Red23]

i am a little worried over an 11 point win over SFA, i know the football team barely beat vanderbilt and utah state and are having an amazing year but 11 points and is wasnt a pretty 11 points SFA broke arkansas down at times in the ball game maybe its because its a young season but holy cow the game kept my emotions going up and down until the 13 point run by the razorbacks thanks to weems

Ya, I am too but there are some nights where your opponent is going to make everything they throw up but we are going to have to play better against Souther Illinois to win that one.

Coletrain,

Do you have any idea why Townes only played 11 minutes? I mean he didn't sound like he was doing too bad. He had no rebounds either!

[Boarcephus]

-Beverly didn't have a monster game again but we can't expect a freshmen to score 30 points every night. (5 points and 4 rebounds isn't bad.)

That was rather prophetic.   He mentioned in an interview after the first game that this is a well balanced team, one night he gets 29 and Weems get 5, next night Weems gets 20+ and he gets 5.

[Jim Red23]

good stuff red, thanks brotha

I never knew how hard it was to do play by play in basketball...if I had to be on the radio and do play by play, I would sound like drunken monkey.

[The Coletrain]

Your last sentence may be why.  He's had a tendancy to relax a little on D in the past.  Which is why Hill gets the majority of the minutes.  They used to play a lot at the same time, but haven't as much recently.  I know Townes was in the doghouse a little last year, but he's our best offensive threat in the paint.  I hope we get him back to 25 minutes per game or so. 

I think I know what SH is doing though.  Hill and Thomas are the best defensive players of our bigs, but neither are great scorers.  Which is why Hunter is playing more minutes.  He's a good shooter and offensive rebounder.  And what he lacks in bulk he makes up for with his hustle (and it doesn't hurt to be 6-10 with long arms).  I think that's probably the rotation we're going to get used to seeing - Hill/Hunter & Townes/Thomas.  Both Hill and Hunter played well tonight, so I guess we saw a little less of the other two.  We'll see how that works out.  Nice luxury to have that depth as long as the kids accept their role and shared minutes.

[Jim Red23]

Your last sentence may be why.  He's had a tendancy to relax a little on D in the past.  Which is why Hill gets the majority of the minutes.  They used to play a lot at the same time, but haven't as much recently.  I know Townes was in the doghouse a little last year, but he's our best offensive threat in the paint.  I hope we get him back to 25 minutes per game or so. 

I think I know what SH is doing though.  Hill and Thomas are the best defensive players of our bigs, but neither are great scorers.  Which is why Hunter is playing more minutes.  He's a good shooter and offensive rebounder.  And what he lacks in bulk he makes up for with his hustle (and it doesn't hurt to be 6-10 with long arms).  I think that's probably the rotation we're going to get used to seeing - Hill/Hunter & Townes/Thomas.  Both Hill and Hunter played well tonight, so I guess we saw a little less of the other two.  We'll see how that works out.  Nice luxury to have that depth as long as the kids accept their role and shared minutes.

Thats the thing we needed last year....depth.

[SiriusHog™]

just got back from the game... kind of lackluster performance, but i thought that Hill and Weems were awesome...

[stronguard]

I'm still not sold on STANLEY.  IMO we get lazy when we take the lead, and it starts at the top.  Last year it seemed like we struggled with simple inbounds plays, both executing and defending.  I haven't seen much more than highlights so far this season, but it sounds like we still struggle in those areas.  Last year's 1 and done in the tourney did nothing more than give him one more year to win in the tourney. 

Bottom line is we struggled with our consistency against a cupcake.  SFA had a few decent atheletes, but in no way should they be able to hang with upper echelon division 1 teams.   We have enough talent, the question is do we have the smarts to use it.  The ball is in STANLEY'S court, I hope he proves me wrong.  WPS

[The Coletrain]

Every time I think of Stanley I think of Kingpin.  It doesn't get much funnier than a bald, fat, hook-handed Woody Harrelson wearing a plad bowling outfit. 

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

The only way we can get rid of Stan is if some pissant mid major school get's hot during the tourney and their first year coach beats Indiana and makes it to the Elite 8.  Then we go after him and go after him hard because that's the guy who can build this program

[bao187]

Every time I think of Stanley I think of Kingpin.  It doesn't get much funnier than a bald, fat, hook-handed Woody Harrelson wearing a plad bowling outfit.