A loss to Buffs, an uninspired home win over Huskers...what's up with my formerly top 10 Mizzou hoopsters?
Tim Cowlishaw, via Twitter. Well, Tim, perhaps you noticed that Colorado pretty much shot the lights out, with its best player scoring a career high, and Mizzou still had a chance to win. Or maybe you noticed that Mizzou was pretty much in control of the entirety of last night's game until Nebraska scored some garbage time points. Or you at least noticed that Phil Pressey, one of the team's pace-setters and young guns, has been battling a banged-up hand.
Or, you know, maybe you haven't watched a Mizzou game since Illinois. Or Georgetown. Or 2009.
(Tim, we'd like to be friends. We really would. But you've got to meet us halfway here. Nothing's "up" with Mizzou. They're playing basketball.)
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Come over to our side of the 7th grade mixer in the gym, Tim.
We’d love to hold you (far away) and dance awkwardly to “Time of My Life” (the original, not the newfangled Black Eyed Peas version).
But we still have our braces on, and our mom just MADE us get this perm. I promise come high school (March) and college (willing, April) we will have shed this guise, and become the hot back-seat partner you’re looking for. Trust us.
#TooDisturbingToGoOn
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That got weird quickly.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
da f*ck?
You don't have to come and confess, we lookin' for you, we gon' find you, we gon' find you. So you can run and tell that, Homeboy.
I know. I know.
I know.
I don’t know.
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
I'm a Mizzou fan, and what is this?
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
He's just bending over and flashing his cleavage at the Big Ten
Elke ware zoon, zo blij van harte / Hemels boven ons zijn blauw / Er is een geest zo diep binnen ons / Oud Missouri dit is voor jou / Wanneer de band het Tijger oorlogslied speelt / En wanneer de strijd over is / We zullen stampen, stampen, stampen, rond de kolommen / Met een kreet voor oud Mizzou!
by Dutch Missourian on Jan 13, 2011 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
I was referencing a meme for humor. If you are wondering I failed at making this joke.
It was the, “I’m 12 and what is this?” meme adapted for Mizzou.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
remember the drinking milk ads back in the 80's
the whole, drink your milk and you’ll turn into a huge football player with the cheerleader girlfriend?
This is kinda like a porn version…
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I don't think of the Colorado game as much of an anomoly.
Fact is, this team plays below average defense especially for a mike Anderson team. We give lots of wide open looks and when we play a team with a great scorer
like Freeman or burks, this is going to be a problem. Now obviously those guys also hit some ridiculous shots that were not
wide open, but people should start gettin used to the fact that we will see some
more crazy shooting games from other teams stars, and will likely lose a few games
because of it
Annoying You Since 1986
I don't think that's true, really.
I mean, I agree that the Colorado game wasn’t an anomaly. We’ve seen games like that.
That being said, we’ve also played absolutely spectacular defense a few times this year, so I’d characterize our defense as “inconsistent” more than “below average.” Even beyond that, I think we’re spoiled by what great perimeter defenders Tiller and Taylor were, although they obviously are surpassed by our current guys in some other ways.
Finally, guys like Freeman and Burks are going to have games like that at times, but something I’ve noticed is that Mike Anderson HATES to double team one guy specifically – he wants his defenders moving and switching and trapping. The result is that guys like Burks are going to put up some points if they’re playing well, but we’re also going to generate more steals. If you remember in the 2008-2009 season, we didn’t even double team Blake Griffin, and he was the uncontested best player in the country that year, and you may recall that we won that game handily. Part of the system, just like the constant full court press means we give up a few easy buckets in transition.
Bottom line: young guys are gonna make some mistakes, the system makes some tradeoffs, but this is still one hell of a basketball team, and I have no qualms asserting that Cowlishaw’s being an idiot on this one.
We all understand what being a Mizzou fan is like. That’s no excuse for being a douche.
by jaeger on Jan 13, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
For the month between Oregon and Colorado...
…Mizzou opponents shot like 23% on 3-pointers. And a lot of the opponents’ only strong trait was 3-point shooting. Colorado was the first hot-shooting game a Missouri opponent had in a long time. I agree that this is, at times, a bit of a lackluster defensive team compared to what we are used to seeing (because our standards are quite high in that regard), but Colorado was very, very much an anomaly. Since Oregon, Missouri’s D has risen about 150 spots in the 3PT% rankings even counting the CU game. (That said, Phil Pressey does worry me a bit. He’s going for too many steals and leaving his man a lot.)
I still think we have a size gap defensively that is being exposed by the Burks' of the world.
Who on our current team has the size and speed/quickness to defend a 6’6" player who can handle?
Kimmeh has the size but not the quicks for a Burks or a Taylor from Vande. Denmon and M. Pressey have the speed and quickness but not the size or strength to deal with a 6’6" player that can shoot over the top. That type of player is challenge for us (and many others) defensively. Freeman wasn’t that tall but is a brute at about 235.
"Anderson won't make substitutions. He'll change lines - Tiller, Taylor and English hit the bench while Denmon, Dixon and Paul hop the boards. Welcome to Hockey Night in Columbia. He won't take time outs. He'll take on fuel and tires. Welcome to the Hardwood 400." - Atch
He's just mad because someone in Columbia is probably dating his daughter...
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
A sassy Cowlishaw reply:
@rockmnation I know Pressey has been hurt. If you think they’re playing like a top 10 team…enjoy your fantasy world.
A) Thanks for the readership, Tim.
B) Duke lost last night to an unranked team. Does that mean they’re not playing like a top 10 team?
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
And beyond that -- not to go off on a rant, but here goes --
that fails to address my original point, which is that Cowlishaw clearly did not watch last night’s game. That’s fine; I don’t expect people to watch every sports event ever. But if you didn’t watch it, or you’re relying on glancing at the final score to tell you everything you need to know, don’t comment on it! It’s simple as that!
/descends soapbox
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by ghtd36 on Jan 13, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
His job is to comment...
And to be told what an idiot he is when his comments are off base. I get to do both, too, but with amateur status still intact.
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
to be fair on one of your points from the title post,
those weren’t necessarily garbage points nu got at the end. they did cut the lead to 4 and we all know anything can happen at that point. i’m sure it was because our guys had their heads in their pants, but that’s a different argument.
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by threadkiller on Jan 13, 2011 5:50 PM CST up reply actions
Can we revoke all the schollies, and just take 12 walkons...?
Coach K would prob still go .500
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
As far as I'm concerned...
…until Coach K starts using a fullback he is pretty much the worst coach ever.
Because it's definitely embarassing to lose to Colorado on the road,
a team that has a chance to finish top-4 in the Big 12 (trying to be the best team behind Mizzou, KU, and UT). Also, god forbid we win at home against a team we’ve struggled with recently. I used to like Cowlishaw, but now I really don’t, especially after his rebuttle.
What's up with the formerly #3 Kansas State Wildcats?
What’s up with Kansas getting smacked around by Iowa State and Michigan?
What’s up with Duke losing to Florida something or other?
And what is the deal with airline peanuts?
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
I mean what's the deal with Grape Nuts?
Open the box. No grapes. No nuts.
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
I actually fell for that a few years ago. Sorely disappointed.
Elke ware zoon, zo blij van harte / Hemels boven ons zijn blauw / Er is een geest zo diep binnen ons / Oud Missouri dit is voor jou / Wanneer de band het Tijger oorlogslied speelt / En wanneer de strijd over is / We zullen stampen, stampen, stampen, rond de kolommen / Met een kreet voor oud Mizzou!
by Dutch Missourian on Jan 13, 2011 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Relax, guys
It’s his job to be PARTIALLY informed when it comes to sports.
He’s doing just fine.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Jan 13, 2011 3:18 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
He's sooo much better than that dum*ass Carlton at the Dallas Morning News
who is an A&M lackey who basically declared to all that Mizzou “really” didn’t beat A&M in FB this year.
Frankly, while some perspective is lost on Cowilshaw (CU much improved and shot lights out, NU improved and grates us w pesky slowdown, injuries, etc.) many Mizzou fans are slightly worried, as well, especially with A&M up next and a brutal Jan. to come.
Wonder if Cowlishaw realizes
The same “mediocre” Colorado team we lost to just beat kSU on the road last night. I realize that kSU isn’t exactly what we thought they were going to be preseason, but they are still a quality bball team. Come end of the year I don’t think a road loss to Colorado is necessarily going to be the bad loss that people seem to think it is right now.
Lover of NASCAR and the BCS
Enough said. Apologies to any and all out there who are a fan of either NASCAR or the BCS.
Let's not lump those together.
NASCAR has its redeeming qualities.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Zing.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
NASCAR = Zoolander
BCS = [Trying to think of a movie that is ineffectual, anticlimatic, full of plot holes, and yet, still, utterly watchable] National Treasure?
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
Failure to Launch
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
No it is not. Not at all. I didn't get that far in the brackets.
I would like to retract my first answer.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
perhaps Sahara?
Still with Texas Matt, but I can watch that one (I think William H. Macy buffers it…like 2 mg of Ascorbic Acid
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Ascorbic Acid- The kryptonite of English sailors.
The only movie that Texas Matt acted in that did not require buffering of any kind was, and will always be, a certain movie that contained a large proportion of muscle cars. I believe this movie spawned the, " Muscle Car Juxtaposition Paradox."
Or the Drinking Beer and Kicking Ass Inverse Correlation Hypothesis.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Unified Theory of Plot Holes and Explosions...
or, Michael Bay.
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KAABLLLLLOOOOWWWW-eeeeee!!
And then follow that up with CCCRRRRAAAWWWLLLL——-and splash.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 6:16 PM CST up reply actions
WOW...
Though it opened at number one in the US box office, grossing $18 million on its first weekend, Sahara is considered one of the biggest financial failures in Hollywood history since Ishtar.
Sahara’s wikipedia entry…
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So there was the word "Failure" in the description of another
Texas Matt movie. Color me shocked.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
Resident Evil
Elke ware zoon, zo blij van harte / Hemels boven ons zijn blauw / Er is een geest zo diep binnen ons / Oud Missouri dit is voor jou / Wanneer de band het Tijger oorlogslied speelt / En wanneer de strijd over is / We zullen stampen, stampen, stampen, rond de kolommen / Met een kreet voor oud Mizzou!
by Dutch Missourian on Jan 13, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
Sister Act II
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
Columnist for Dallas Morning News
and his daughter is around here somewhere…
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No at Mizzou.
Well she could be a member….
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wait...
the mysterious MUTIGERS86!
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by Ausgiano on Jan 13, 2011 4:13 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
it makes too much sense!
his sources are tim cowlinshaw!!
You don't have to come and confess, we lookin' for you, we gon' find you, we gon' find you. So you can run and tell that, Homeboy.
It's the circle of life.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 13, 2011 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
just found her facebook page.
she attended the same high school as tepper. HA!
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe Teper was scorned
and now he is lashing out at the dad via twitter.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 13, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
Missouri basketball destroys lives
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
they're five years apart.
and tepper has a (kind of serious?) girlfriend. i think not.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
also,
i’m officially the creepiest person on RMN.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:06 PM CST up reply actions
but not foolish...
I don’t care who you are or aren’t…don’t put your phone number on your Facebook page.
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thanks for reminding me i had it on there to test something and needed to take it off
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
well, you too
but the daughter in question…
also, if you’re not 21…DON’T PUT A PICTURE OF YOU HOLDING A BEER ON FACEBOOK!!
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well, obviously.
those are pretty simple rules.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:17 PM CST up reply actions
wait, ross is from coppell too?
i’m an idiot.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:03 PM CST up reply actions
One of my college buddies is from Coppell too
Frack, as far as I know the whole state of Texas lives there.
by mizzousundevil on Jan 13, 2011 6:33 PM CST up reply actions
"as far as I know the whole state of Texas lives there."
I can verify this as factually inaccurate.
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Only barely, though.
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since you used 'frack'
I find this statement to be completely true
/looks at my shrine to Ronald Moore and Joss Whedon
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lol. the panda.
maybe he"ll talk about us on around the horn…
You don't have to come and confess, we lookin' for you, we gon' find you, we gon' find you. So you can run and tell that, Homeboy.
Haters gonna Hate-Bit
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by SleepyFloyd7 on Jan 13, 2011 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
FAIL, but you made me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05p-5TWcj8
And if that’s too long for you, the family guy version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5uQNSwIMA&feature=related
capital letters suck.
fyi from rivals
Jason king’s final 4: KU, MU, ohio state and pittsburgh
On the radio this morning
he said he just threw MU in there because he has no idea whatsoever.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 13, 2011 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
It's sad, yes
But it’s impossible to rank teams and then expect them to play like that all year (shocking!). Has Ohio State looked like the Number 2 team for the last few games? No. Does that mean the program is in danger of pissing away the rest of the season ala Texas last year? Hell no. Same with Duke. They’ll probably win their remaining games by 20 or more now.
by ratherfantastic on Jan 13, 2011 4:21 PM CST reply actions
I'm not sure I agree with the mentality
that giving up some easy buckets and rebounds is part of the system. Yes, it is a bi-product of how the Tigers play, but that may not necessarily be what CMA wants and what we are capable of doing in this system. I do believe we could get more rebounds and defend the paint better even in the fastest 40 minutes of basketball. Those are two of our problems, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be corrected while still using this system.
This is a very bored group of RMNers
I can’t wait until the next person insults us on twitter!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 13, 2011 5:17 PM CST reply actions
first week of the semester...
very, VERY boring. don’t have to worry about work, little homework, just have to go to class. BORING.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:18 PM CST up reply actions
or what if we start picking fights with people on twitter.
RMN could then take over Twitter.
Next Target: Kayne
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Trending #RMN ???
Seems like an appropriate “homework assignment” for the pre-semester doldrums
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 5:21 PM CST up reply actions
i just started the movement.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 13, 2011 5:22 PM CST up reply actions
I heard he put the Presseys in a sarcophagus
by PopeSoria on Jan 14, 2011 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I am so not an Aquarius
Totally a Pisces.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 13, 2011 5:41 PM CST up reply actions
Not an Aries. No way.
Taurus for life.
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
You're just living in astrological denial
You will answer to the Babylonians for this…
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Jan 13, 2011 5:59 PM CST up reply actions
Are they going to pay for all the (suddenly incorrect) tattoo removals?
I mean, the interest alone on some of that buried-in-the-sands treasure could probably take care of it.
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by TigerBartender on Jan 13, 2011 6:03 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe it's because I didn't see it live...
… but I don’t really understand why we’ve adopted the indignant tone on this one.
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all the other ones were taken.
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by threadkiller on Jan 13, 2011 6:01 PM CST up reply actions
My one and only point:
It’s clear that he didn’t watch either the Colorado game or the Nebraska game if he’s simply lumping them together as proof that something is “up” with Missouri.
’Tis all.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Oh...
…and we’re bored.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Well if ZouDave's sister would
make an appearance…we wouldnt be so bored
/runsawayandcowersinfearofthewrathofZouDave
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From what I gather above...
…ghtd36 was once spurned by Cowlishaw’s much younger daughter, and he has not yet gotten over it. And I’M A LEO NOW.
x
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by RPT on Jan 13, 2011 7:26 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
I don't think this guy has taken into account
the incorporation of 5 new players on our roster who are seeing lots of minutes and just played their first couple Division I conference games. It’s a big transition and we were bound to struggle a little bit..let’s just hope they’re on the same page when they go to college station
Now be nice to ol' Tim
Tim’s entitled to his opinion. He may subscribe to radical ideas such as if the other team keeps shooting the lights out, at some point it’s on the defense. He may also think that there’s no such thing as garbage-time points in a game in which Mizzou is never up by more than 12.
But you make a good argument, and Colorado’s beating KSU may make it a great argument. “They’re playing basketball.” We’re two games into this conference schedule, and noncon play can be a poor indicator, so it is hard to fully know what’s a good win/bad loss just yet. But Tim C. did insist that Columbia was the place to be during the weekend of the MU-San Diego State game, so I say let him carry on. It’s good for the show, anyway.
"They're playing basketball"
A truly underrated quote. Often times people are so quick to jump the gun on teams, without realizing that upsets, and occasional poor play on the road are in fact PART of basketball.
PTDsports.com
but seriously guys
why does josh brolin think he knows anything about basketball?
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