Ouch

[Justin Spencer]

Looking like Norfolk State may kind of suck! Not always easy being a big favorite, and quit giving Mizzou a pass, they choked big time, especially rushing shots at the end!

[Wayne SW/MO]

Haith did a heck of a job this year and I'm glad he's our coach. But... lose that "deer in the headlights look" and coach them youngters when it's time to coach a youngster. Especially when you get a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament... against Norfolk friggin' State.

Yup, and he probably won't make the same mistake again soon.

[snap]

...Mizzou was doomed when that kid banked that 3 in during the first half!!!

[ozark trout fisher]

...Mizzou was doomed when that kid banked that 3 in during the first half!!!

I know...After that happened, I thought to myself, if they're going to be those kinds of shots to go then maybe they just deserve to win.

I doubt they've ever had that kind of a three point percentage before. They probably never will again...I guess they just saved it all for us:)

[snap]

All right.....I am finally over it and back to watching some good B'Ball!!!

[ozark trout fisher]

Not to bring back to life an old thread (especially one about this...LOL). But I did just want to bring a little comfort to my fellow Mizzou fans by saying that our 30-5 season doesn't seem to be completely in vain based on something that just happened. It helped us pick up Alex Oriakhi today, a big man from UConn that played a significant role in their national championship run in 2011. We needed another experienced center/forward to help out Bowers, and now we have a very good one. Normally transfers have to sit a year, but with the postseason ban at UConn it appears that he should be able to play right away, assuming the ban isn't overturned.

Norfolk State was a tough way to end a great season, but the future sure does look bright for Mizzou next year. We will have more than enough talent next year to possibly even challenge Kentucky, but it will be more uncertain as we'll be a very young team compared to this year. Now it's time for Haith to coach some of his own players. I believe in him, but next year might end up being his real test.

[Justin Spencer]

Great get, should put Mizzou right up there in the top 3 teams in the SEC , still not happy about the move, but the first year in a new conference will be exciting. Not so optimistic about football.

[ozark trout fisher]

I don't like the move either. But there really isn't that much more I can say about it.

I don't actually think SEC football is going to be as big of a disaster as some think. Despite all the SEC's hype and the fact that they had two teams in the title game (which largely had to do with said hype, I think Oklahoma State belonged in that game), the Big 12 was actually rated as the best conference last year. Remember, we had to play Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, and a whole bunch of other really good teams last year...So I don't see how it should be that much different having to play the likes of Alabama and Georgia. And the SEC also has teams like Kentucky and Vanderbilt (both of which are on our schedule this year), so wins should come. We were a solid-but not great, upper half team in the Big 12, and I expect us to be right there in the SEC as well. I looked at the schedule and getting bowl eligible should actually be pretty manageable. And Missouri's spread offense will be new to a lot of SEC schools and could cause some problems until they can adjust.

[Justin Spencer]

I should hope they will be bowl eligible being in the East should help that cause, had they been put in the West it might not have been pretty. Like I said this first year will be fun. My main concern is lack of good rivalry games, no one in the SEC will give a hoot about Mizzou until they start being a power year after year. Need to sell out everything and show support for the team.

[KCRIVERRAT]

They'll give a hoot if we start beating everybody. It's gonna take time to gain respect. Heck... we're better than Texas A&M on the gridiron or the hardcourt.