Mississippi State takes down Arkansas on dramatic last-second tip-in
Entering Saturday’s game between Arkansas and Mississippi State in Fayetteville, both teams needed to win to stay on the NCAA Tournament bubble.
Mississippi State took a big lead, but in the second half, the Razorbacks came battling back, eventually taking the lead late.
In fact, the Hogs led 77-76 with less than 15 seconds left before this happened:
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That’s big man Abdul Ado tipping the ball into the basket off a missed shot, giving the Bulldogs a 78-77 lead with less than a second left. That lead held up, and the Bulldogs got a much-needed victory.
Both teams are now 16-9 overall, but Mississippi State has a much better SEC record (7-5) than Arkansas (4-8). Will either of these teams go to the tournament in March? There’s still plenty of basketball to be played.
Hogs NCAA tourney hopes are done. Not enough size, depth or any semblance of a half court offense. The way the team doesn’t block out, it looks like Mike Anderson is still the coach. Hopefully when Isaiah Joe returns, they can make a run in the NIT.
Depending too much on one player. Seldom does such an unbalanced team do well in the long term. You saw Jones try to play 1 on 5 at the end of the game and then jack up a forced 30 footer when that situation calls for a drive and force them to foul. He couldn’t drive because the defense was just watching him.
Well if Lunardi said the Hogs were one of the last 4 in before this game than you can pencil us right in that spot now. Finally got one of these one point games to go in our favor… should have beat LSU on the road or we would for sure be in.