mizzou's conference title

[Golden Avalanche]

As a Marquette fan you can no longer feel bad for Mizzou.  They bounced us from the tournament the year that our team shaved their heads... friggin Lazar Hayward stepping on the baseline during an inbounds play.  One of Mizzou's players got "hurt" on a foul, so they put in Kim English to shoot his throws and then the guy came right back in to play the rest of the game!  Not many teams can say the NCAA changed a rule because their team got fracked over at the end of a tourney game

http://www.youtube.com/v/pnz3441rX4s

Pretty cold tit handshake there from Buzz, aina? 

[MUMac]

Yeah, that was cold by all the MU coaches to Mizzou.  I really wanted a shot at them this year.  Too bad they couldn't handle NFSU.

[Hoopaloop]

What do you define as "doing well in the postseason"? I would argue that Wisconsin has been a consistent disappointment in the postseason. Four of the past five years they have lost to a team seeded lower than them. Davidson, Cornell, Butler, UNLV. The only exception was Xavier the year UW earned a 12 seed. The bracket consistently has opened up for them and they have consistently failed to take advantage.

Now getting to the postseason is another story. They are one of the best in the business at regular season hoops.

To start with, my definition of post season is the conference tournaments and the NCAA (or NIT).  They may have lost to lower seeds, but they got to the second weekend which I would normally categorize as successful for a program like theirs.  Duke, UNC, MSU and a few others, the second weekend is expected.  For MU, Wisconsin it is good to get there.  Be honest, how many people here thought Vanderbilt was going to beat them?  80%? 90%?  99%?  You know it's true.  Even though they were the better seed than Vanderbilt, they exceeded most people's expectations on this board alone.  Maybe all those posters should be called a joke, too?   

Three Sweet 16's in the last five years.  That isn't post season success?  We've had three in the last 18 years.  Merely stating the facts for which some posters here wish to ignore.  Give them their due.  I hope Syracuse tears them a new one, but I will not stick my head in the sand and pretend they haven't been a solid regular season and post season team for at least the last 10 years.