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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Why?
Christ alive man, look at this roster. 1 superstar can make that kind of difference in basketball, yes, but even the very best recruits take a little time to get humming at this level. When selection Sunday comes and Mizzou is 3-4 wins shy because of some early season losses that happened when the (hopefully) massive influx of youth comes in, you'll feel that pinch.
To call that an expectation is just not fair. You're either looking at a team with a bunch of slag on the roster (worst case scenario) or a team that managed to find 5 scholarships and fill them with 4 star or better recruits that are going to take a month or more to come together.
Because that's basketball. Hell, even the 3 quality holdovers are going to be dealing with an entirely new system and new coach. There's nothing that's going to be smooth about the first month here - it's the nature of the beast.
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I'm an optimist. It may be unfair to have a tournament berth as an expectation, but I don't think it's that unfair. Maybe Mizzou's futility these past few years make getting into the tournament seem really hard, but with 72 teams in the field, it's not all that exclusive.
Really, I just needed to post something to subscribe to the thread though.