Who would you rather play: Norfolk St. or Mizzou?

[MarquetteDano]

Huge huge game!  Well done Spartans!

If we win on Saturday we will still have a challenge with Florida or NFSU but the path just became a lot easier.

[MUFlutieEffect]

The path has been cleared.... LET'S GO WARRIORS!!!!

Don't look too far ahead, Florida is a hell of a lot better than a 7 seed

[chapman]

The bracket is open for the taking.  Seize it, starty by beating Murray!  

[nyg]

O'Quinn, what a player.  He should be a first rounder.  

Free throws boyz......

NSU won, but missed 6 free throws in last minute and half.

Go Spartans and nice win.  Wow. First #2 seed to lose since 2001.  

Lets hope the MU boys are not looking ahead now that Mizzou is gone.  Florida is good, but they are not Mizzou.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

O'Quinnsanity!

(stolen from TV)

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here...

[jesmu84]

Missou/NFSU is EXACTLY why you've got to be at least nervous for every tournament game. I can't recall who the poster was that said anyone who worried about BYU was overreacting, but in this tournament, you've always gotta be prepared for the worst.

Go MU

[muarmy81]

Huge huge game!  Well done Spartans!

If we win on Saturday we will still have a challenge with Florida or NFSU but the path just became a lot easier.

Don't look too far ahead.  We still have to beat a good Murray State team.

[JoBo2756]

A real good Murray State Team... ranked ahead of us in the ESPN poll.

[ATWizJr]

Let's worry about Murray State.

[brewcity77]

So I was just thinking about Norfolk State...I think the most significant shot for the Spartans this year was one they didn't make. When Kyle O'Quinn's three at the buzzer against Marquette was off the mark, it prevented NSU from earning a top-10 RPI win. Had they defeated us, there's no way they'd have been a 15-seed, more likely a 14, 13, or possibly even a 12. Everyone would have been able to point to that win as proof that they could play with anyone, meaning that a win in March wasn't unthinkable.

Instead, O'Quinn missed. Their best win remained Drexel. Sure, Marquette fans knew they had a pretty good team, but did anyone else? Half the Marquette fans even wrote that close win off as a fluke. And instead of being a trendy upset team (like Davidson, Long Beach, or Bucknell) that everyone was looking at and thus helping hone the focus of the higher seeds, they snuck in under the radar and pulled out a win that only MU fans could have seen coming.

Congrats to NSU, and congrats for the shot that didn't fall. I'd love to see that team a third time, if for no other reason than I think it'd be a fun get-together.

[Skatastrophy]

A lot of "NFSU' in this thread.  They're NSU - http://www.nsu.edu/

[MU82]

I am a good multi-tasker who has no problem worrying his ass off about Murray State while also thinking about the possibilities down the road.

Buzz and the boys can't afford to do that. The rest of us? We might hate to admit it, but we really don't influence the outcome of any game. We can do whatever we want.

We're fans. We speculate for a living, dammit!!

[wojosdojo]

Let's worry about Murray State.

+1000. Really can't look past this game.

[Benny B]

Let's worry about beat Murray State.

Corrected.  Let's leave the worrying to the Racers.

[The Process]

If we do play Norfolk again, CBS needs to enlist the services of the best sideline reporter from the Paradise Jam.