#2 MU v. #7 Harvard Wed 6pm ESPN2 @ Al McGuire Center

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Loved the Al environment for the one game they played there a few years ago. Hoping they don't sell out quickly and I will be able to snatch up a ticket as I haven't been a season ticket holder in a few years now.

[WarriorDad]

Seth Towns, Ivy League player of the year and a 4 star recruit was hurt today for Harvard.  His ability to play will be key in this game.  Very good player, not just Ivy League good.


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[GoldenDieners32]

Its not the big tourney we all wanna be in but we are still playing in march. Win the NIT and gain experience for a run next year

[Mutaman]

lol...agreed. Look how many times we failed!! 16 times!

Wrong. In 1970 Al turned down the NCAA in favor of the NIT. So we only failed 15 times.

[esotericmindguy]

Wrong. In 1970 Al turned down the NCAA in favor of the NIT. So we only failed 15 times.

Not to start a big sh*t storm, but that was sort of a fail. Wasn't around then, but sounds like they could have another banner had he swallowed some pride.

[NorthernDancerColt]

Higher seed is always the home team. If we make it to the regional finals, will play at home for anyone other than ND

I will not look ahead to ND at the JACC.
I will not look ahead to ND at the JACC.
I will not look ahead to ND at the JACC.
I will not look ahead to ND at the JACC.

Or Purcell Pavilion, whatever the hell they call that @%ithole.
Then... MSG in my CardinalChicken, please. ND and Louisville on our path? YUM brands.
 

[mug644]

Its not the big tourney we all wanna be in but we are still playing in march. Win the NIT and gain experience for a run next year

I bet fans of all the bubble teams that didn't make the NCAA tourney (so, basically all the 1- and 2-seeds) assume that winning the NIT will be easy. It won't be. It will be very impressive if we play 5 more games. Yeah, I'll lean towards assuming a victory over Harvard, but who knows about Oregon or Rider? And, then ND? Not easy.

[NorthernDancerColt]

I bet fans of all the bubble teams that didn't make the NCAA tourney (so, basically all the 1- and 2-seeds) assume that winning the NIT will be easy. It won't be. It will be very impressive if we play 5 more games. Yeah, I'll lean towards assuming a victory over Harvard, but who knows about Oregon or Rider? And, then ND? Not easy.

As Benny Hill stated, never Assume anything lest make an @zz out of u and me. I just hate those pompous, pretentious folks from South Bend. A one-time good friend of mine was an MU freshman along with me back in the early 90s. He transferred to ND as a sophomore and immediately underwent a complete personality change. As in:  from genuine and fun to stiff as a starched shirt and conceited. Maybe he's just a good actor, and maybe I shouldn't judge a fan-base on one guy....nah. 

ND sucks!

[Benny B]

Ahhhh frack.  Benny only has 72 priority points.  Mother f'in craptastic.  Guess I'm sitting in the 10th row. 

[TallTitan34]

Not to start a big sh*t storm, but that was sort of a fail. Wasn't around then, but sounds like they could have another banner had he swallowed some pride.

I also wasn't around then, but I've also thought this myself.  If you really want to stick it to the NCAA, win the big dance from the disadvantaged position they put you in.

Like I said, I wasn't around then but from the stories of you other guys on the board it sounds like we had as good a shot as anyone at winning it all.

[NorthernDancerColt]

Ahhhh frack.  Benny only has 72 priority points.  Mother f'in craptastic.  Guess I'm sitting in the 10th row.

I've got 30,000 Hilton Honors points. Do they take MU-West points at MU-East?

[Mutaman]

Not to start a big sh*t storm, but that was sort of a fail. Wasn't around then, but sounds like they could have another banner had he swallowed some pride.

You obviously weren't around then. It was Al giving the finger to Rupp and it was Al being Al. And it was great.

" You must stand up to the establishment. "
       Dean Meminger

[TallTitan34]

You obviously weren't around then. It was Al giving the finger to Rupp and it was Al being Al. And it was great.

" You must stand up to the establishment. "
       Dean Meminger

But couldn't he give him the finger by beating him in the Championship?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Not to start a big sh*t storm, but that was sort of a fail. Wasn't around then, but sounds like they could have another banner had he swallowed some pride.

But they do have a banner.

[MU82]

Ahhhh frack.  Benny only has 72 priority points.  Mother f'in craptastic.  Guess I'm sitting in the 10th row.

Gonna miss you in Charlotte, my friend.

It was gonna be fun to use my AR15 to stand my ground on your arse when you tried to put bunny ornaments in my tree!

[dgies9156]

It was gonna be fun to use my AR15 to stand my ground on your arse when you tried to put bunny ornaments in my tree!

I thought you lived in North Carolina, not Florida.

Oh, if you lived in Florida, you'd shoot BennyB and end up with a traffic citation!

[4everwarriors]

Y'all sounds like da udder 31 teams play bb blind folded. They're knot just gonna lay down four ya, hey?

[jsglow]

Not to start a big sh*t storm, but that was sort of a fail. Wasn't around then, but sounds like they could have another banner had he swallowed some pride.

Let me 100% assure you that it was NOT a fail.  In many ways, it was one of MU's finest moments.

[Benny B]

I thought you lived in North Carolina, not Florida.

Oh, if you lived in Florida, you'd shoot BennyB and end up with a traffic citation!

Shooting at me isn't even a ordinance violation anymore.

[GooooMarquette]

Let me 100% assure you that it was NOT a fail.  In many ways, it was one of MU's finest moments.

Affirmative.

[Benny B]

Gonna miss you in Charlotte, my friend.

It was gonna be fun to use my AR15 to stand my ground on your arse when you tried to put bunny ornaments in my tree!

You could probably sell that AR15 for the price of a R/T ticket from CLT to ORD.


Your tree's been spared... at least this year.  Tournament comes to Columbia next year, Greensboro the year after... both very easy drives from Charlotte, and I'm sure there are plenty of Walmarts selling ornaments along the way.

[MU82]

You could probably sell that AR15 for the price of a R/T ticket from CLT to ORD.


Your tree's been spared... at least this year.  Tournament comes to Columbia next year, Greensboro the year after... both very easy drives from Charlotte, and I'm sure there are plenty of Walmarts selling ornaments along the way.

If you're gonna make that effort, Benny, I won't even shoot you. I'll let you put the ornaments on the tree, Iand I'll have you in for a beer.

And then, 10 seconds after you leave my cul de sac, the ornaments will be taken down and crushed with a sledgehammer.

So you'll get the satisfaction of putting ornaments in an atheist's tree, I'll get the satisfaction (and exercise) from pulverizing the ornaments, and we'll both get the satisfaction from sharing a frosty cold malt beverage.

Win-win-win!!!

[GOO]

I for one, really wish I could make this game.  Having it at the Al makes all the difference.  I won't be able to re-juggle my schedule to make it.

Hopefully we win and we get a second game at the Al...?

[fjm]

If we win wed, our next game would be likely be one of Sat-Sun-mon.

[mu_hilltopper]