Mizzou Links, 3-7-11

MU-KU, Big 12 Tournament, the state of Oklahoma basketball, a fantastic Gary Pinkel Q&A, Mizzou Softball owns MO, Mizzou Baseball ... doesn't own UI-Chicago, Mizzou Women pull an upset, Mizzou Wrestling does well, Bobby Knight drops a CS bomb, Luis Suarez dribbles through 17 guys ... it's Monday, so it's a loaded Monday Links!

Mizzou Basketball Links

• A Few More Links You Won't Like
  Rock Chalk Talk: A (semi) Statistical Recap of Kansas Vs. Missouri
  Lawrence Journal-World (Jesse "Friend of RMN" Newell): 10 statistical oddities from KU's win over Missouri
  KC Star: Jayhawks show toughness against Tigers
  KC Star: Fallout still heavy from Kansas-Missouri TV snafu
• Big 12 Tournament
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Seeded Sixth at 2011 Big 12 Championships
  PowerMizzou: Limping to Kansas City
  KC Star (Campus Corner): Big 12 Matchup in Kansas City: Missouri versus Texas Tech
  Post-Dispatch: Tigers feel positive heading into tournament
• All-Conference
  MUtigers.com: Marcus Denmon Named First Team All-Big 12
  The Trib (Steve Walentik): Denmon, Ratliffe, Bowers honored by Big 12 coaches
  KBIA Sports Extra: Bowers, Ratliffe, Denmon earn Big 12 recognition
  The Missourian: Missouri players earn Big 12 Conference awards

Big 12 Basketball Links

• Texas > Baylor
  ESPN.com: VIDEO: Texas Back On Track By Topping Baylor
  Burnt Orange Nation: Texas Finishes Season With Huge Road Win Over Baylor, 60-54
  Austin American-Statesman: Horns go big to trump their slump
  Dallas Morning News: Free throws down the stretch propel Longhorns to 60-54 win over Baylor
  Houston Chronicle: LaceDarius Dunn becomes Big 12 career scoring leader
• Kansas State > Iowa State
  ESPN.com: Kansas St. 67, Iowa St. 55
  Clone Chronicles: Cyclones Run Out of Gas
  KC Star: On senior day, Jacob Pullen leads K-State past Iowa State
  KC Star (Upon Further Review): KSU: Hot at the right time!
• Colorado > Nebraska
  ESPN.com: Colorado bests Nebraska to keep alive NCAA tournament hopes
• Texas A&M > Texas Tech
  ESPN.com: VIDEO: No. 22 Texas A&M Handles Texas Tech
  Dallas Morning News: Texas Tech basketball loses regular season finale against No. 24 Texas A&M
  Houston Chronicle: No. 24 A&M men rough up Tech in regular-season finale
• Oklahoma > Oklahoma State
  ESPN.com: Oklahoma defeats Oklahoma State to end skid
  Cowboys Ride For Free: Oklahoma State Comes Up Short in Ugly Bedlam Loss 64-61
  Daily Oklahoman: Cade Davis scores 22 as OU beats OSU 64-61 in Bedlam
  Daily Oklahoman: Woeful performance squashes any talk of OSU in the NCAA Tournament
  Daily Oklahoman: Point guard Ray Penn done at OSU, plans to transfer
  Daily Oklahoman: Can Jeff Capel win at OU without Blake Griffin?
  Daily Oklahoman: Oklahoma's Big 12 hoops presence declining

Mizzou Football Links

• MUtigers.com Blog: Mizzou Football Spring Updates, Pinkel Excited for 2011
• The Trib: Rock-solid foundation at Missouri
• The Trib (Dave Matter): Pinkel Spring Q&A, Uncut (Probably worth one of your free clicks if you a non-subscriber.)

  Q: What needs to get better as these league changes take place? Better facilities? Better recruiting?

  A: I think it’s everything. It’s recruiting. It’s facilities. It’s how you market your program. It’s the consistency of doing things over and over and over again at a high level. It’s graduating your players. It’s winning games. That’s how you change. And that’s how you grow. And the more you win, the more people move you up in that category.

  It’s interesting because I had a player in here the other day that we’re recruiting. He’s 17 years old. He only remembers Missouri winning. You go back when we first got here, and they had two winning seasons in 16, 18 years, whatever it was. Back then, when we brought a 17-year-old kid in here, all he knows is that Missouri loses. They’d been losing for years and years, so he doesn’t’ have a very good attitude. Now, you flip it. I’m talking to this guy, and all he remembers is that Missouri always wins.

  What I’m saying is it’s the consistency of doing it over and over again. … To me, it’s a little bit like Virginia Tech. (Beamer) stayed there. He could have left many times. And I think he’s been there 22 years now. And now all of a sudden Virginia Tech is considered a national football team. And it wasn’t 15 years ago.

  It’s just a matter of continuing to win. But we’re in a place where you can do it. The reason we’re having success here is not because I’m a great football coach. It’s because we have a lot of great people here. It’s a place that became committed to winning. Mike Alden building facilities. Intelligent scheduling. And a great university. Everybody’s been talking about Missouri forever. I heard that for 15 years before I came here about what a great job it was even when they were struggling. But to continue to flip the attitude and to continue to get national prominence, it’s all the stuff we’re doing, continuing to build and continuing to invest in the facilities, keep winning and keep graduating your players. Eventually, you change attitudes.

• Chase
  The Trib: Daniel will endow football scholarship at MU
  KC Star (Campus Corner): Chase Daniel sets up endowed scholarship at Mizzou
  KBIA Sports Extra: Chase Daniel announces endowment scholarship
• Gabbert
  USA Today: Mobility helping quarterbacks move up draft board, too
  Mocking the Draft: 2011 NFL Draft No. 1 pick wide open
• Pro Day
  We Are Mizzou: Pro Day 2011
  The Trib: Tim Barnes, other former Tigers get first chance to make impression on NFL scouts
  
• FootballPros.com (Jerry Jones): Can He Work Under Center? (This is awesome. It reads like Jerry Jones discovering the Internet for the first time.)
  

Mizzou Softball Links

• Mizzou 5, SEMO 0
  MUtigers.com: No. 17 Tigers Knock Off SEMO, 5-0
• Mizzou 12, SLU 0
  MUtigers.com: Nottelmann Throws No-No as Tigers Blast SLU
  The Missourian: Missouri softball beats St. Louis University 12-0
• Mizzou 11, SMS 0
  Mizzou 3, UMKC 0
  MUtigers.com: Thomas Perfect Again, Tigers Roll
  KBIA Sports Extra: Chelsea Thomas throws second perfect game
  The Missourian: Chelsea Thomas pitches another perfect game

Mizzou Baseball Links

• UIC 11, Mizzou 7
  Mizzou 11, UIC 4
  MUtigers.com: Tigers Split Doubleheader vs. UIC
  SimmonsField.com: Saturday split
• UIC 5, Mizzou 1
  MUtigers.com: Baseball Falls in Rubber Match to UIC
  The Missourian: Missouri scores one run in home loss
  KBIA Sports Extra: Power outage, sloppy play cost Mizzou baseball in series loss to UIC
  PowerMizzou: Tigers drop final game of weekend
  

Other Mizzou Links

• Mizzou Wrestling
  The Missourian: Missouri's Schavrien, Bradley win Big 12 wrestling titles
  Daily Oklahoman: OSU takes Big 12 wrestling championship
• Mizzou Women's Basketball
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Holds off No. 23 Iowa State
  The Missourian: Full court press helps Missouri win final home game of season
  The Missourian: Cyclones fold under pressure of MU senior night
  KC Star: Missouri women hold on to upset No. 23 Iowa State 49-48
  
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou to Face Texas in Big 12 Championship
  Austin American-Statesman: UT women open Big 12 tournament Tuesday, against Missouri
  

Other

• The Dagger: Bob Knight drops a verbal bomb on ESPN's College Gameday
• EPL Talk: Luis Suarez Wonder Dribble Against Man United: Video (Sorry, CPC ... this was awesome.)