Study Hall: Colorado State 84, Missouri 72
Your Trifecta: Oriakhi-Pressey-Ross. Your winner: nobody. Fitting.18:06 left. Phil Pressey makes a hesitation-and-go layup, and Missouri cuts Colorado State's lead to 47-43. "We got this."16:02 left....
View Article2013 Missouri spring football after 5 practices
Quick note, as always: I'm sharing blurbs below but trying to keep them minimal because they're all from subscriber sites (PM, Trib). Mizzou is spoiled with the day-to-day coverage from Dave Matter,...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament Live Thread II: Early Friday
And the basketball keeps on rolling.11:15 a.m. CTMIDWEST: No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Albany (CBS)11:40 a.m. CTWEST: No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Ole Miss (TruTV)12:40 p.m. CTEAST: No. 8 N.C. State vs. No. 9...
View ArticleSaturday live thread / NCAA Tournament Live Thread III
Granted, there's no Missouri, but there's some super-intriguing basketball today. And, of course, we have to gear up for Snowmageddon XVII. GET YOUR CANNED GOODS. THEN WATCH BASKETBALL.11:15 a.m....
View ArticleSunday live thread / NCAA Tournament Live Thread IV
As we await the two-inches-per-hour snow that is approaching (Mother Nature is vengeful), we at least have some more basketball to watch. Hopefully the games are more competitive than they were...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-25-13
Mizzou Basketball LinksThe Post-Mortems BeginThe Trib: Tigers never quite put it togetherThe Trib: Ten dates that defined the seasonThe Trib: This season's superlativesThe Trib: Four for next...
View ArticleMizzou spring football 2013: Receivers try to match potential with production
The Trib: Tigers' new coach knows ups, downsIn 26 years of coaching at nine different schools, there's not much Washington, 49, hasn't seen. That experience resonated with Missouri receivers before...
View Article2013 Toledo football's 10 things to know: Here we go
Confused? Check out the glossary here.1. Here we go*A year ago, Toledo entered the season with a super-young, new head coach and without its top two running backs, three of its top four pass targets,...
View ArticleThe State of Mizzou Basketball: What is Haithball?
If you are a Rock M regular, you probably know what's coming here. I've made this comparison before, and I'll probably make it again. But the fact remains: If the Internet existed in the 1970s,...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-26-13
Mizzou Basketball LinksWas It Ever ... Raveled?The Trib: PHOTO: How it all unraveled Mizzou Football LinksSpring To DatePowerMizzou: Ten Thoughts: First Two Weeks of Spring Ball2. Missouri's receivers...
View Article2013 Ohio Bobcats football's 10 things to know: Boring is good
Confused? Check out the glossary here.1. Cruise controlYour defense is obliterated by injury, your offense regresses a hair, and you win nine games. That's a pretty good sign that you've reached your...
View ArticleThe State of Mizzou Basketball: Flipadelphia
Phil Pressey dominates a game. I mean that in both good and bad ways. He has the ball in his hands for a majority of a given possession, and that possession is relatively likely to end with either a...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-27-13
Mizzou Basketball LinksPost-MortemPowerMizzou: Ten Thoughts on Missouri's Basketball Season Mizzou Football Links2014 RecruitingPowerMizzou: [Hazelwood Central OT Roderick] Johnson embracing the...
View Article2013 Northern Illinois football's 10 things to know: Still the king
Confused? Check out the glossary here.1. It was a seven-point game heading into the fourth quarterAs the past few months of the football offseason have elapsed, I've noticed that Northern Illinois'...
View Article2013 NCAA Tournament: Here's how FGCU beats Florida
There are actually eight Sweet 16 games taking place on Thursday and Friday. It might be difficult to believe that, considering the Florida Gulf Coast adoration in which we have all been bathing over...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-28-13
Mizzou Basketball LinksMore Post-MortemFox Sports MW: Season in Review: Missouri Tigers Other Basketball LinksKenPomReddit: AMA with Ken Pomeroy Mizzou Football LinksDTsPowerMizzou: Lucas Vincent...
View ArticleThe State of Mizzou Basketball: The Backcourt
Two years ago, Missouri's lineup was dominated by guards, to the point where the Tigers put four of them on the court for a vast majority of the time. This past season, a lot of the emphasis shifted...
View ArticleMizzou Links, 3-29-13
Mizzou Basketball LinksInteresting piece from Steve Walentik yesterday ... I agree that coaches congratulating themselves for making the tournament every year is kind of silly, but ... it is kind of...
View ArticleThe State of Mizzou Basketball: The Frontcourt
If you are in the mood to be optimistic, you don't have to try hard to think about the impact of Stefan Jankovic's enormous offensive upside, or Tony Criswell's general lack of a true flaw, or Ryan...
View ArticleSaturday Live Thread
So the weather's still semi-nice (for now) ... what do you have planned for the day, other than Mizzou diamond sports, anyway?3:30 p.m. CTEAST: No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 4 Syracuse (CBS)6:05 p.m. CTWEST:...
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