Gonna have to beat Houston in Dallas

[tower912]

Respecting an opponent is not fear of the opponent and hardly fear and loathing of your own team.

I respect every opponent.  Fear and loathing in every game thread.  Zero respect for that.

[The Sultan]

Watch for MU to do Burns exactly what they did to Lampkin. Just PNR the crap out of him to open things up in the lane. Completely counter his offensive prowess by making him a complete liability defensively.

[PointWarrior]

Oh, I try not to pay attention to the personal pissing matches that go on here.

But there are plenty of posters who pull out COLE, Eeyore, pants pisser, etc. when anyone even suggests that an opponent might give MU a tough game.

You forgot "Marquette Worriers"

[PVMagic]

Would expect the Houston crowd will also be cheering for the lower ranked seed on Friday. That said, I think we as a team (Kolek especially) feed off a gladiator in the pit mindset. Control the positive energy the opposition may pull from it and I'm less worried.

[tower912]

Oh, I try not to pay attention to the personal pissing matches that go on here.

But there are plenty of posters who pull out COLE, Eeyore, pants pisser, etc. when anyone even suggests that an opponent might give MU a tough game.

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

[Uncle Rico]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

Bingo

[The Sultan]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

Yep.

[Goose]

I have completely mentally blocked out any poster that lacks knowledge of the sport. This is a special time, a special team, a special coach and folks that do not know ball are not to be taken seriously. Too much work has been put in over the past three years and anyone that is not a believer is missing out on a golden era of MU basketball.

[FairWeatherEagle]

Relax everyone, were in skip a game crazy mode
JMU!

Even more looney toons:  CREIGHTON!!

WHY STOP THERE:  UCONN!!!!!!

[willie warrior]

I have completely mentally blocked out any poster that lacks knowledge of the sport. This is a special time, a special team, a special coach and folks that do not know ball are not to be taken seriously. Too much work has been put in over the past three years and anyone that is not a believer is missing out on a golden era of MU basketball.

Nice Goose. You only forgot to mention one thing. Kick the hell out of NC State.

[wisblue]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

I'm not defending them, but criticizing people who go out of their way to jump all over anyone who even hints that MU will have a tough game. And there are some.

Maybe if some other posters would ignore the ones who are saying the kinds of things you listed they wouldn't post as many. Or just ignore them instead of clogging up threads with even more crap.

[tower912]

Dude.   Please. 

[JakeBarnes]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

Amen

[FairWeatherEagle]

Oops, not JMU 🙄 Duke taking care of that.

[The Sultan]

I'm not defending them, but criticizing people who go out of their way to jump all over anyone who even hints that MU will have a tough game. And there are some.

Maybe if some other posters would ignore the ones who are saying the kinds of things you listed they wouldn't post as many. Or just ignore them instead of clogging up threads with even more crap.

lol.

[MUUWUWM]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.



label them as what they are:

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Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Nice Goose. You only forgot to mention one thing. Kick the hell out of NC State.

NC State is evil and must be destroyed.

[tower912]

Can I get an amen?

[Scoop Snoop]

Can I get an amen?

                                                                              AMEN         

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

Maybe one of your best posts. And that is saying a lot.

[Pakuni]

Early line has Marquette -6.5.
-270 moneyline
O/U 150.5.

[Ardmore Mug]

I am sick of these idiot naysayer  posters on here!!! I have decided I don't wanna see their posts, so my list of IGNORE has increased. I can handle civil, honest and informed comments/opinions, but those who just wanna post stupid contrarian comments, Im done with them !!! It does get old when I have to see their posts when people "QUOTE" them, but I can't control that.  So I just do what I can do...   GO WARRIORS ! ! ! 

[NickelDimer]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Wisblue, quit defending whiny, mopey, self loathing fans.

Well said

[Elonsmusk]

I get that. And, just as they are expressing  their opinions, I am expressing mine.

I respect every opponent.  But tell me, what can NCState show MU that MU hasn't faced the last two seasons.  And gone 55-16. 
MU is not overrated.
MU is not overlooked.
MU is more disrespected by their own fans than by national media.
MU is not a gritty underdog.
MU is not a cute human interest story.
MU has plenty of NBA prospects.
Oso, Stevie, Kam, Joplin, Kolek, Gold, Chase do not suck and should not be nailed to the bench.
Shaka does know what he is doing.

Very good post.  However, it was totally reasonable to have some concern going into the Colorado game.  That was a very good team.  22 in Ken Pom.  3 NBA players.  Pretty good roster continuity/experience and same Coach in place for 13 years.

For those Scoopers who thought we'd steamroll Colorado, that was fantasy. 

Now as it relates to NC State - they aren't as good of opponent as Colorado.  In fact they will be the lowest rated Ken Pom team (55th) left in the tournament, unless Yale knocks off San Diego State

[tower912]

Elon, they are all good teams.  Respect for them all.  It is time to embrace that MU is a good team, too.