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[Pitt Gorilla]

in memory of Saul Good. He will be missed.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

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Bernie Miklasz
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I could be wrong but this is the least amount of buzz for the annual Mizzou vs Illinois basketball game I can ever remember.

I think highly of Kim Anderson and in time I think he can get the job done. To this point Missouri fans are staying away from home games. So much for rallying behind the homecoming of the "Native Son".

The market for tickets has been soft, with plenty of seats available.

why are YOU so interested in MU basketball? Mizzou Fan certainly isn't.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

why are YOU so interested in MU basketball? Mizzou Fan certainly isn't.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

When he found that article you can bet he was "cumming" by to post here. Get it I replace coming with the act of shooting your load DEEEEEEERP

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

And, yet, Mizzou Fan doesn't seem to care about ku football at all.

[KChiefs1]

Saturday Down South:

The SEC Network burst onto the scene this summer with its debut season. SEC fans everywhere rejoiced knowing they would have a channel that was all SEC all the time.

As great as it is for all involved (TV money!) the programming leaves a little to be desired. Outside of the actual games, there is very little to tune in to. On Saturdays, “SEC Nation” goes up against the ESPN staple “College GameDay” and doesn’t come close to being as entertaining of a watch. Granted, the coverage is more in-depth as it pertains to the SEC, but the production value of “GameDay” is unprecedented and anytime someone tries to compete, the effort falls flat.

The tentpole program is probably “The Paul Finebaum Show” and that, well, it’s not very good TV. Sure, there have been some good rants from callers, but the 4-hour show relies too much on the crazies that call in. Any time the best parts of a show are the people who call in with a limited football knowledge, that doesn’t make for a great show. I think some of the problems with the show could be fixed by trimming it by an hour, but that would present a couple of other problems. The first would be finding something to fill that hour, something the network already struggles with, and they would still need to rely on people who rest comfortably well off of the deep end. Finebaum has made a very nice career out of his radio show, but a good radio show does not always make good TV.

Dari Nowkhah is a bright spot for the networks show “SEC Now.” Nowkhah expertly steers the program through its time on the air and manages the other personalities very well. It is just tough to fill out an entire show every day and have it be compelling enough to tune in regularly. It’s a fine show, but when you rely almost solely on it to carry a network (outside of games, of course), it just isn’t enough.

As it currently stands, the SEC Network essentially consists of 4 programming blocks: games, SEC Nation, SEC Now, and The Paul Finebaum show. The network will need to find more compelling shows to get people to tune in on a regular basis outside of just watching games. I have no doubt it is doing just fine from a financial standpoint, but from a “watchability” standpoint, there is plenty of work left to be done.

[KChiefs1]

Damn...Kentucky making UCLA look as bad as Kansas.

[Bambi]

Another day, another win.

[Prison Bitch]

Tough loss boys.




At least your fans support you. Ha ha ha just kidding.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Tough loss boys.




At least your fans support you. Ha ha ha just kidding.

No one cares about basketball because there are no people in the stands.

[Bowser]

They were competitive. More than I expected, actually.

[Saul Good]

Kentucky actually blew out a team worse than they blew out Kansas. I didn't think that was possible.

Can we just cancel the season and watch Kentucky Blue play Kentucky White for the title?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Kentucky actually blew out a team worse than they blew out Kansas. I didn't think that was possible.

Can we just cancel the season and watch Kentucky Blue play Kentucky White for the title?

Kansas is top 10 in the kenpom rankings and is 5-1 against teams in the top 50 which represents the #8 toughest schedule currently in the RPI.

They lost to Kentucky in the 2nd game of the season with 4 new players after losing 2 of the top 3 picks in the NBA draft. (Kentucky did not have a player picked until 7).

Could Kansas beat Kentucky now? Hard to tell but it would obviously be a much different result and will be different again come the NCAA Tournament.

To compare UCLA to a team like Kansas makes no sense at all.

A better comparison would be a to a team like Missouri. Missouri is currently ranked about 186 in the Sagarin poll. This is much worse than the darkest days of Turner Gill's KU Football teams which many here never thought was possible.

Missouri Basketball is going to have a difficult time beating anyone even in a terrible conference like the SEC. Kentucky could probably play the JV/walk on team and beat Missouri by 50.

It's uncomfortable to watch a program attempt to compete like the Tigers so I have sent my condolences to many of my mizzou friends and most are extremely upset about the state of affairs in Columbia. Patience will help, keep your head up I tell them.