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This is Thunder and Lightning here on Super Talk Mississippi, Brian Haydad and Joel T. Coleman.

And the T stands for today is opening day.

Knock it out, Joel Friday.

That's right. We do have talked to basketball first part of the show.

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College Corner. Let's talk a little basketball before we do anything else. True or false?

Loser of this game's not getting in. Mississippi State, Arkansas. Got instinct, true.

Yeah.

If you look at, these are two teams that are, they're tumbling right now. It's hard to believe, I'm saying state's tumbling, but at the end of the day, they have lost two out of three. And they had a, you know, both of these teams had a bad loss on Tuesday night. These two teams need a win in the worst possible way. I think the loser of this game is going to the NIT.

That's as simple as I can put it.

And for State... These two teams need a win in the worst possible way. I think the loser of this game is going to the NIT.

That's as simple as I can put it.

And for State on the road, they just have not been good on the road this year.

They've got to change a lot of trends if they want to come out of this game with a victory.

Most importantly, I think they have to show they've completely shaken off what happened to them Tuesday night.

And I think that's going to be a tall task.

Yeah.

If ever there was a game that may end up being two losses, it was that one.

Because, I mean, they just got kicked in the teeth.

And, I mean, that goes two ways, though.

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