[Cracked Sidewalks] MU drops fourth straight on Senior Night

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MU drops fourth straight on Senior Night

Written by: hilltopper91@gmail.com (Kevin Buckley (Hilltopper))

After tearing through the first half of the Big East Season, starting 9-0 with visions of a Big East Championship, MU closed out the 2nd half 3-6, ending the season with a loss on Senior Night to #25 Syracuse, in OT, 86-79.

I don't know what to say here.   The Bradley Center has been a sad place, losing James, losing to UConn, losing to Syracuse on Senior Night.  Just a terrible way to close out the season, and a terrible way to send four seniors out to post-season.  Brutal.

The overtime Senior Night loss reminded me of the Senior Night triple OT loss in 2001 to Louisville that ended Brian Wardle's tenure.   It was truly a punch in the nuts, and you just felt so bad for those guys.

You want to read about the game, read the AP recap.  What am I going to tell you, you don't already know?

While losing to #1-2 type NCAA seeds UConn, Pitt, and UL is no surprise, I think the NCAA seeding committee is going to look upon today's loss most seriously.  It shows that a Dominic Jamesless MU team, can't beat a 6-7 seed like Syracuse on their home court in front of 19,000.   I think we need 2 wins in the BET to look credible as a 5-6-7 seed.


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