I'm more worried about Ratliffe picking up 2 fouls in the first 4 minutes than I am with getting cold.

It is, but I don't think Pressey will shoot it like he did today all the time or alteast he hasn't so far this season.


Anyway, it can be contagious. If they don't shoot it well in the first half of some game and get down a little they could tighten up.

I've seen KU do it time after time in March.

Moore's the key. He has had some really good games, but the games he has been bad in, he has just done enough to hold his ground

Ratliffe picking up a couple quick ones would hurt too.

Shitty half, got out rebounded by a million, and still had the lead.

Yeah, but the tournament is going to have tougher competition than they have faced for the majority of the season. Not saying their schedule has been a cakewalk, but they have squeaked out some close ones against OU and UT to name a couple. And they had a bad loss to OSU I don't think those three teams will make the tournament. I like how this team is playing this year, I just hope they sustain it in the Big XII tournament and the NCAA tournament.

MU lives with the 3 alot. Not near as much as Duke but they rely on the three alot. They shot 50 percent from the three today.

One thing I do like about MU is they have guys who can go get a basket when they need big ones. Dixon and Denmon are shotmakers, which is something you absolutely have to have in the Dance.

They're setting themselves up for a very, very high seed. If they get that, it'll be a few games before they face a team tougher than they've already faced in the Big 12.

I don't necessarily disagree with you. Just keeping my fingers crossed that they keep finding ways to pull games out.

I think Ratfliffe is the key to MU. If he were to have a game like Kstate and play less than 20 minutes, Mu is going to struggle.

It really won't, though. That's a myth.

Assuming we're a 1 or 2 seed, we'll play a scrub in the first round, a team ranked around 30th in the second round, and nothing better than about the 15th best team in the third round. That's if everything holds to form, and it rarely does.

There's nothing tougher than what we did this week until you get to the Final Four, and there's almost always a Cinderella plus another team that is good but far from great.

Look at what Kansas did last year. They played a 16 seed, a 9 seed, a 12 seed, and an 11 seed. How in the **** did that team not make the Final Four?

I swear to God that I believe that Self would be getting a ton of heat from Kansas fans if Davidson had beat them in 2007.

If English gets in foul trouble too, it will be very difficult for Missouri's inside game

Don't forget English. He is cold blooded.

Maybe. That's where we really miss Bowers.

But honestly, I wonder if him being out has helped us. (He'll be back next season) There's a ton of talk about how this 4 guard line up is tough to match up with.

So much better than last season... and now he's a complete player.