Mizzou 2010 Hoops

[Hudler]

They destroyed Iowa St. and Kansas lost at home, it's been a pretty good night.

[JL21]

Sooo.... what does anyone/everyone expect from tonight's game? Texas blowout? Close loss? Mizzou pulls it out?

I could really see it going in any of those directions. It's weird how CMA has hooked the Horns in recent years, even with lesser talent. But this UT team is better than any of the last three. They certainly have more momentum than any of them.

[Socnorb11]

Sooo.... what does anyone/everyone expect from tonight's game? Texas blowout? Close loss? Mizzou pulls it out?

I could really see it going in any of those directions. It's weird how CMA has hooked the Horns in recent years, even with lesser talent. But this UT team is better than any of the last three. They certainly have more momentum than any of them.

Where are they playing at? I would expect a close game.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I'll say Mizzou gets it. Barnes never conditions his team nearly well enough to play the 40 minutes of hell.

[cardsfansince82]

Sooo.... what does anyone/everyone expect from tonight's game? Texas blowout? Close loss? Mizzou pulls it out?

I could really see it going in any of those directions. It's weird how CMA has hooked the Horns in recent years, even with lesser talent. But this UT team is better than any of the last three. They certainly have more momentum than any of them.

Where are they playing at? I would expect a close game.

At Texas. Texas isn't a particularly tough place to play, but Mizzou is also a different team on the road.

JL-I'm thinking Texas wins by 10+. They're the exact kind of team that Mizzou doesn't match up well with IMO. They out rebound their opponents by a big margin and get to the line a lot, and that's against normal teams. Mizzou doesn't rebound very well and fouls a lot. I see Texas getting our frontcourt players in foul trouble and having a huge advantage on FT attempts, not to mention murdering us on the boards. They also have an elite scorer in Jordan Hamilton who could go off and have a monster game. On top of that, Texas is fantastic defensively in the half court. The only way I see Mizzou winning is if we get significantly more steals and fast break points than normal to tire them out, and shoot a high percentage from three.

[JL21]

JL-I'm thinking Texas wins by 10+. They're the exact kind of team that Mizzou doesn't match up well with IMO. They out rebound their opponents by a big margin and get to the line a lot, and that's against normal teams. Mizzou doesn't rebound very well and fouls a lot. I see Texas getting our frontcourt players in foul trouble and having a huge advantage on FT attempts, not to mention murdering us on the boards. They also have an elite scorer in Jordan Hamilton who could go off and have a monster game. On top of that, Texas is fantastic defensively in the half court. The only way I see Mizzou winning is if we get significantly more steals and fast break points than normal to tire them out, and shoot a high percentage from three.

Aye, but that's generally how it's played out in recent years (per RMN)- Texas playing their brand of ball, Mizzou playing theirs, and Texas not being able to stand up to it:

Texas is playing as well as anybody in the country right now, but we know Missouri has a chance, simply because, like Doc Sadler and Mark Turgeon have dominated Mike Anderson, Mike Anderson has dominated Rick Barnes. Mizzou has beaten Texas three times in a row (2008 box score, 2009, 2010), though obviously that might not matter since Hamilton, Thompson and Joseph (a.k.a. Texas' three best players) have combined to play in just one of those games.

So how has Missouri dominated the recent series versus Texas? And is it applicable to this game at all? The answer is ... mixed. There has been no distinct path to victory for Mizzou, at least not in a way that differentiates their wins over Texas from their wins over everybody else.

2PT%: Mizzou 53%, Texas 47%
3PT%: Texas 36%, Mizzou 35%
FT%: Mizzou 71%, Texas 54%
Offensive Rebounding: Texas 54 (on 110 missed field goals), Mizzou 37 (on 106)
Assists: Mizzou 38, Texas 38
Steals: Mizzou 23, Texas 12
Turnovers: Texas 44, Mizzou 28
BCI: Mizzou 2.18, Texas 1.14

So basically, Missouri has shot pretty well (but not great), Texas has struggled from the free throw line, Texas has held the rebounding edge, and Mizzou has dominated in BCI. That is generally the structure of a whole lot of Mizzou wins over the years, against Texas and otherwise. If Mizzou plays its game better than Texas, they'll have a very good chance. A monumental statement, I know.

(BCI = Ball Control Index; I think it's assists + steals/turnovers)

http://www.rockmnation.com/2011/1/28/19 ... ival-texas

[albertmvpujols]

This is about as bad of a start as you could imagine. Bleh, I was looking forward to this game all week, hopefully Mizzou can do something soon before this game gets completely away.

[cardsfansince82]

That elbow to the jaw of Bowers was hardcore.

[JL21]

Hey, they went on a 3-0 run to close out the half!

[albertmvpujols]

On an average night Mizzou hits a good portion of these open looks and the score is much closer or Mizzou is ahead. Just a horrid shooting night for the Tigers tonight.