Mizzou notes

[Mr. Neutral]

Last season: 16-16 (6-10 B12)

Postseason last 5 years: NIT-NIT-none-none-none

Best players: 6'9" Leo Lyons, 6'8" DeMarre Carroll

Predicted conf. finish (Athlon): 7th

Predicted postseason (Athlon): NIT

[muskieman]

As I said in NUMBERS DISPEL THE CRITICS thread:
Mo will be a tough matchup, they have played 8 games or scrimmages before they meet X and it appears they can put it in the basket. With Leo Lyons scoring 25 points and DeMarre Carroll 21, both forwards, in their last game. Matt Lawrence their guard added 16. Lyons appears to be their 20+ guy per game. They have five Freshmen.

Tiller, a guard, is there best D player but turns the ball overmore than anyone else. They ahve been up and down on TOs but make fewer than X so far this season....I know it is early.

Lyons is 6'9" 244 lbs. Senior is the guy to watch inside and is a good rebounder. This will be a tough test for X.

[Mr. Neutral]

I agree. A win tomorrow would be big for a still-developing X squad. It won't come easy.

[muskieman]

Certainly a trap game. Reminds me of the last 1st game in PR against Pitt.

[section200rules]

Looking forward to seeing XU take on Mizzou tomorrow afternoon... Does anyone know win/lose what time they will play Friday? Not sure if I can pull off consecutive 1/2 days at work!

Which leads to another great discussion, anyone else pulling an "Opening Day" tomorrow and taking the afternoon off to watch the game? I wonder who will be doing the play-by play on ESPN U ....

[Mr. Neutral]

Can't take the afternoon off, but I may try to catch some of the game at lunch, and then listen to the rest of it online.

[muskieman]

Funny my schedule appears to be empty tomorrow afternoon.

[muskieman]

Oh, because I could not go to PR as punishment, I plan on spending it in front of my 60" TV.

GO MUSKIE"S

[CarlosTheJackal]

http://scores.wagerline.com/college-bas ... s.aspx?t=0

Edit: sorry I missed the Opening Line thread, would have posted it there.

[MuskieCinci]

The game is very important for our strength of schedule. If we don't win against Missouri, we will be playing some very mediocre competition. If we win we get Virginia Tech and either Memphis or USC. We can make some big noise on the national scene this weekend, or we can be a dud for now and wait until mid December before getting noticed.