Chris Jans answers how much first game with Tennessee hoops plays into rematch
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Chris Jans has faced Tennessee before this season. It did not go as planned for Mississippi State in the first game.
At Tuesday’s presser, Jans received a question about if playing the Volunteers already has played a part in the preparation for round two. The first time around Tennessee beat Mississippi State 87-53.
Jans stated that he didn’t really show his team any clips from that game.
That was the game where we talked about it in this very room that we didn’t show them any particular clips from that game. I haven’t done that in a long, long time as a head coach and I don’t remember when I actually didn’t do that. But I just felt at that point and juncture in the schedule, there wouldn’t be much positive coming out of that.
Now the team has gone back and watched the tape leading up to the second meeting. Jans has a better understanding of how the game got so out of hand.
But now, we’re having to go back and watch it in preparation for this game. It was just a combination of Tennessee playing really, really well, getting hot early and the basket looking really big and us getting off to a horrible start. We just dug ourselves such a deep hole on the road against such a good team. We had no chance to win the game at that point if you go back and watch it.
Tipoff will be live from Starkville Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
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Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.
