Game Thread -- (Stop creating new threads!)

[ecompt]

FOUR turnovers in five minutes.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Yup, he's the human turnover machine so far.  Hope he settles down. 

[Skatastrophy]

It's been a while since it's looked like he was trying hard in a game. 

[ecompt]

He hasn't tried at all on defense the past month.

[MR.HAYWARD]

english = felix?

[MR.HAYWARD]

love DJ but acker has attacked better. 

[MR.HAYWARD]

picking it up,  hayward has had a bad start

[VwArrior1]

Quit turnin the ball over. Its getting ridiculus.

[ATWizJr]

we gotta' take better care of the ball. TO's are killing us.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I guess the staff thought running with Missouri was a good idea.   

[ChicosBailBonds]

Quit turnin the ball over. Its getting ridiculus.

We shouldn't be playing fast and loose against Missouri.  Plays right into their hands.

[Dominance]

neither are very good.

[79Warrior]

I guess the staff thought running with Missouri was a good idea.   

i will tell you one thing, at the expense of being ripped. Crean would not put up with the defensive effort.

[mubball2009]

dear buzz,

thanks for speeding things up.

-mizzou fans

[Pakuni]

Raftery said it best ...

"Dominic James is out there, but not the Dominic James we know."

Very, very tentative, which really does MU no good.

[mu_hilltopper]

Please, stop creating threads for every thing you want to say.

Just post it here.

[WarriorMU]

Love the guy, but James shouldn't be out there.  Won't drive, won't pass...provides nothing on the court

[Pakuni]

Actually, almost all of MU's offense is coming off situations in which they push the ball and draw a foul ... 16 points off free throws already.
Many of MU's turnovers are coming not when they push the ball, but when they settle into the halfcourt set (and when Wes gets shoved out of bounds). The longer MU stands around and passes around the perimeter, the more opportunities they're giving Mizzou to create a turnover. The problem isn't pushing the ball, the problem is a terrible half-court offense.

[77ncaachamps]

Some tell-taling stats:

FTs: MU 16-18, Mizzou 3-5
FG%: MU 31.8%, Mizzou 52.8% (19-36!!! 5-11 from 3)

[jaygall31]

Our ability to leave people wide open for 3 game after game is just sickening. I'm not saying players don't at time hit tough shots, but for real, guard the 3 point line.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Louisville is the closest team we play like Missouri.  We kept that game to 62-58.  That's how we should be playing this game.

The second half we aren't going to have much choice but to try and play reckless to get back in it. 

[willie warrior]

What are you smoking? Acker adds nothing.

[Tugg Speedman]

Actually, almost all of MU's offense is coming off situations in which they push the ball and draw a foul ... 16 points off free throws already.
Many of MU's turnovers are coming not when they push the ball, but when they settle into the halfcourt set (and when Wes gets shoved out of bounds). The longer MU stands around and passes around the perimeter, the more opportunities they're giving Mizzou to create a turnover. The problem isn't pushing the ball, the problem is a terrible half-court offense.

+1 sums up the game well.  We should keep running, that is not the problem.

[VwArrior1]

I expect for Hayward to lead us back alot like he did when he woke up in the 2nd half against villanova

[Carl Spackler]

run, but protect the ball.  

and take the first decent shot.  too many TOs while passing around after NOT taking a decent shot.

protect the ball, guard the 3 and take shots--win or go down swinging.