Thought this team was a sure fire NCAA tourn team this year? Maybe i was way wrong. I dont understand what im seeing. First two legit games and absolutely abysmal in both. James not the same as last year. Parham mind numbingly bad two games in a row. Fru almost useless? Stevens just to slow. Its only two games but my excitement for the year has tanked. These guys have no pride. No excuse for this bull s hit. Mizzou was bad and we were somehow worse. disgusted.
Glad we paid that money for Fru, 2 pts, 2 boards, 5 fouls
I think I will make a reservation for a cabin without electricity or cell service for the weekend of December 5th
Missouri is not a bad team, but they certainly are not a great team. But, truth is that Mizzou's upside for the season is far higher than MU's.
It was a game MU could have and should have won, but they gave it away. Halfcourt offense was really, really ugly, and the shooting was abysmal. Nigel was certainly better today but had a couple of critical turnovers at really bad times and threw up a couple of bad shots under the basket where he got too far underneath and was stuck. Halfcourt offense looked like everyone was content to just let Nigel dribble.
Parham was not very good again. Fru had a couple of moments to be sure, but really hurt himself with a couple of dumb fouls. I don't see why Shaka wanted him so badly.
The bright spot for me was Egbuono. He is going to be a real player if MU can hang onto him.
The bottom line is that I agree expectations need to be adjusted. Hard to imagine this as a tournament team.
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This team could still get into the dance, but it just feels like a participation trophy with the expanded field and the inevitable early exit.
This feels similar to every mediocre basketball team we've had to watch since Wojo was hired. 2022-2024 was fun, but everything else has felt like the same mesh of mediocre.