AU big test for MU

[winonsports]

It’s winning ugly for sure.But, we’re
Tied for 2nd in the league and may be tied for
1st at the end of the night. Texas beating Vandy at the moment.

SEC is wide open this year.

Winning ugly ?????

Mizzou shot 55% from the field, including 47% from three land with 18 assists on 27 FGM.

Mizzou scored 84 points and won by 10 by making their final five FT's in the last 40 seconds.

I hope the season gets uglier.

[Armchair QB]

It’s winning ugly for sure.But, we’re
Tied for 2nd in the league and may be tied for
1st at the end of the night. Texas beating Vandy at the moment.

SEC is wide open this year.

Winning ugly ?????

Mizzou shot 55% from the field, including 47% from three land with 18 assists on 27 FGM.

Mizzou scored 84 points and won by 10 by making their final five FT's in the last 40 seconds.

I hope the season gets uglier.

I reviewed the stats and for once, I’m going to agree with you. The turnovers were ugly and so was Mitchell’s night at the foul line. But otherwise, it was a great game.

[abnerdoubled]

Very fortunate and had a seat midcourt 5 rows behind the score table last nite and the three blind mice calling the garme last nite showed no salt at all Pearl chased them all over the court last nite and talked to them like dogs. And all they did was cower down, apologize and walk away

[knttiger]

Congrats to the Tigers on a nice win- I was asked the day before if I thought we'd beat Auburn- I said by double digits, so thanks to Stone for the delivering the final dunk to get us there.

Pierce's best all-around game since arriving in Como- that's the player we've been told was a NBA prospect since day one. He looked like it last night- now if he can get in game shape, watch out.

Minus the final two minutes, TO played terrific ball on the offensive end. He attacked, got to the line, and made shots in the paint. He's a mismatch physically for a lot of pg's. He looked hungry last night, and filled in nicely when Ant decided to be a ghost for much of the evening.

Free throw shooting was much improved- excellent if you take Mitchell out of the numbers. Speaking of MM, he did it with volume last night, but more impressive to me was his passing and his defense/rebounding. He's unorthodox, but man is he effective around the hoop.

Need some help at the 5... big man is going to have to learn to catch the ball and go up... he makes himself awfully small when he has to gather around the hoop. Loved the man-dunk he got in the second half. Need more of that from him.

Boateng- in the words of a southern women, "Bless him" He has the worst hands I've even seen for a wing player. Fumbles passes and rebounds, gets blocked by the rim or opposition on dunk attempts. Not sure where that high 4-star rating came from. Drink could use him at defensive end- body by Adonis, hands of stone.

Gates pushed a lot of correct buttons last night- only thing I would complain (and cuss loudly about) was seeing a lineup with Boateng, Randall, and TO on the court at the same time. Can't survive many minutes of that group playing together, and I'm glad the 12 minute tv timeout got there just in time. Going to have to work on the press. It's taught in middle and high school not to inbound the ball in corners or to stop your dribble just across the midcourt line. We did it repeatedly last night, and it almost wiped out a dd lead for us. Needs work.

First place in the SEC after four games- sure beats where we were after the first day of the new year- here's hoping to continued improvement.

M-I-Z

[dhsux]

Congrats to the Tigers on a nice win- I was asked the day before if I thought we'd beat Auburn- I said by double digits, so thanks to Stone for the delivering the final dunk to get us there.

Pierce's best all-around game since arriving in Como- that's the player we've been told was a NBA prospect since day one. He looked like it last night- now if he can get in game shape, watch out.

Minus the final two minutes, TO played terrific ball on the offensive end. He attacked, got to the line, and made shots in the paint. He's a mismatch physically for a lot of pg's. He looked hungry last night, and filled in nicely when Ant decided to be a ghost for much of the evening.

Free throw shooting was much improved- excellent if you take Mitchell out of the numbers. Speaking of MM, he did it with volume last night, but more impressive to me was his passing and his defense/rebounding. He's unorthodox, but man is he effective around the hoop.

Need some help at the 5... big man is going to have to learn to catch the ball and go up... he makes himself awfully small when he has to gather around the hoop. Loved the man-dunk he got in the second half. Need more of that from him.

Boateng- in the words of a southern women, "Bless him" He has the worst hands I've even seen for a wing player. Fumbles passes and rebounds, gets blocked by the rim or opposition on dunk attempts. Not sure where that high 4-star rating came from. Drink could use him at defensive end- body by Adonis, hands of stone.

Gates pushed a lot of correct buttons last night- only thing I would complain (and cuss loudly about) was seeing a lineup with Boateng, Randall, and TO on the court at the same time. Can't survive many minutes of that group playing together, and I'm glad the 12 minute tv timeout got there just in time. Going to have to work on the press. It's taught in middle and high school not to inbound the ball in corners or to stop your dribble just across the midcourt line. We did it repeatedly last night, and it almost wiped out a dd lead for us. Needs work.

First place in the SEC after four games- sure beats where we were after the first day of the new year- here's hoping to continued improvement.

M-I-Z

I like TO always pull for him and no doubt a talented player, outgunned and all against the big boys.

But like the song says...you gotta know when to hold em and when to fold em.........he doesn't have a cape on his back.

[MizzouMarv]

Agree with you Kennett on all points. Gates did say in the post-game that T.O. got fouled on one of his "bad passes" near the end so he had one of his best games in spite of one egregious turnover. Phillips' hands are as bad as Boateng''s. I saw the same thing you did. Sean caught the ball then instead of going up he went down & got it stolen. On another occasion, he went flying at a 3-point shooter. After he flew by the guy calmly made it. Come on, Dude, you're 7' tall. Just put your arms up & make him shoot over you! We had moments where we looked pretty darn good, but too many not so good moments for me to think we'd make a run in March. Maybe we'll put it all together at the right time.
I like the 6pm games. I was back in STL by 10:30 even though I-70 was down to one lane in several places. Props to all the guys out there late last night in the cold trying to get the hwy project finished. Tough job!

[Armchair QB]

Congrats to the Tigers on a nice win- I was asked the day before if I thought we'd beat Auburn- I said by double digits, so thanks to Stone for the delivering the final dunk to get us there.

Pierce's best all-around game since arriving in Como- that's the player we've been told was a NBA prospect since day one. He looked like it last night- now if he can get in game shape, watch out.

Minus the final two minutes, TO played terrific ball on the offensive end. He attacked, got to the line, and made shots in the paint. He's a mismatch physically for a lot of pg's. He looked hungry last night, and filled in nicely when Ant decided to be a ghost for much of the evening.

Free throw shooting was much improved- excellent if you take Mitchell out of the numbers. Speaking of MM, he did it with volume last night, but more impressive to me was his passing and his defense/rebounding. He's unorthodox, but man is he effective around the hoop.

Need some help at the 5... big man is going to have to learn to catch the ball and go up... he makes himself awfully small when he has to gather around the hoop. Loved the man-dunk he got in the second half. Need more of that from him.

Boateng- in the words of a southern women, "Bless him" He has the worst hands I've even seen for a wing player. Fumbles passes and rebounds, gets blocked by the rim or opposition on dunk attempts. Not sure where that high 4-star rating came from. Drink could use him at defensive end- body by Adonis, hands of stone.

Gates pushed a lot of correct buttons last night- only thing I would complain (and cuss loudly about) was seeing a lineup with Boateng, Randall, and TO on the court at the same time. Can't survive many minutes of that group playing together, and I'm glad the 12 minute tv timeout got there just in time. Going to have to work on the press. It's taught in middle and high school not to inbound the ball in corners or to stop your dribble just across the midcourt line. We did it repeatedly last night, and it almost wiped out a dd lead for us. Needs work.

First place in the SEC after four games- sure beats where we were after the first day of the new year- here's hoping to continued improvement.

M-I-Z

Basically a perfect summary. Z-O-U