Oklahoma State 79, Missouri 72: Sports Are Stupid Sometimes
by Bill C. on Jan 25, 2012 8:28 PM CST
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PrintSometimes things go as planned, and sometimes a 38-percent shooter makes 12 of his first 17 shots while your All-American candidate goes 4-for-16 on mostly good looks. Mizzou did plenty of poor things in this one, and we'll get to that tomorrow, but sometimes sports don't make sense. Consider this your "post pictures of puppies and babies to make yourself feel better" thread.
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LeBryan Nash shoots 38% from the field and 23% from 3
Today he shot 12 for 18 from the field and 3 of 4 from 3, shooting what I’d guess to be 70-75% jump shots.
That was today in a nutshell.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Jan 25, 2012 8:29 PM CST reply actions
i'm flagging this post for that pic of the runt, bill.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
seriously, post a pic of Nash if you must
he was fantastic. Page was just pushing off all night long.
by nickpapagiorgio on Jan 25, 2012 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
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by Bill C. on Jan 25, 2012 8:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I was even joking, until I saw "troll" as an option for a reason for flagging
it had to be done
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by RPT on Jan 25, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Hahahahah
Rec’d
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
Marcus Denmon has got to get it in gear.
4-16 shooting is not going to cut it from our best player. Not to mention his teammates have been carrying him for a while now.
yep he has really been struggling from the floor recently
hope he can pick it up in the 2nd half of conference play
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by Jason Brynsvold on Jan 25, 2012 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
WHY DID RALLY BABY FAIL US?
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:32 PM CST reply actions
Just gives me a reason to post an updated rally baby pic!
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You should send her to bed early.
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Ill repost it
Hey guys. Lets calm down. This will light a fire under the seniors. The same refs won’t call another game for us again, and we will NEVER play on that court again.
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I meant that they will change up positions, the same men will not be in the same positions
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
you were dropping f-bombs with the best of 'em, rug! ;-)
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
what do you mean "you people"?
man, racism has gotten some run on here this week, huh?
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
Gotta learn how to control your emotions...
Haha
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
ESPN soccer folks giving Dempsey props
said more people would be talking about his season if he was European
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Career highs by 2 freshmen
and they shot nearly 120% from the field. These things are anomalies.
That said, Denmon is starting to worry me a little and we saw some very inopportune bad Phil tonight that worries me about some of the more important games we are likely to play in.
All in all, let’s go home, let’s destroy TT, and let’s gear up for next week’s huge games.
Hmm, so I want to read my book
but I’m too hyped and angry currently.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:38 PM CST reply actions
I am unexpectedly having a glass of wine.
Does wonders.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 25, 2012 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
I'm trying to save up my extra points for the weekend
and I have none left for the day. :( I could use a drink!
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
I chose ... the harder stuff
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
by SiberianKhatru on Jan 25, 2012 8:41 PM CST up reply actions
Right, but this happened tonight.
So it’s a little more fresh in the mind.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
My uneasiness was justified.
So…sweep kU? Sweep kU.
Fight, Tigers, Fight for 'ol Mizzou!
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by McNabb2Maclin4Philly on Jan 25, 2012 8:39 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Typical MU Athletics
We get a big road win at Baylor, then play like we never have been coached against a 9-10 team… so what if Lebryan Nash had a great game, we didn’t guard him at all, MU has done that alot this year (allowing a big scorer to go off) like Rodney McGruder and J’Covan Brown to name a couple…when we needed buckets towards the end Phil Pressey goes into the lane and falls down, English shoots an off-balance three, Mike Dixon gets called for a charge, etc…. just played terrible, also Steve Moore continues to just completely rail anyone who comes in the lane while giving them an And1, Matt Pressey continues to take horrible shots, Dixon continues to force shots, Denmon continues to disappear, the only guy who brings it every night is Ratliffe…MU better get their crap together if they want to go anywhere in March Madness
We also don't guard players 50 feet from the basket
because they tend to miss a lot when they shoot from there. The same applies to letting LeBryan Nash take 15 jump shots.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Jan 25, 2012 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
he only had one three where he was way deep, but Denmon was waiting for him inside the 3-line if you want to get technical, even though Nash has shot a low percentage this year he was already showing a hot hand in the first half by knocking down several jumpers, and we continue to let him shoot uncontested in the second half…makes no sense
you're right
we suck. might as well decline the NCAA invite (if we even get one)
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by Jason Brynsvold on Jan 25, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
Stop settling for mediocrity!
I mean everyone was predicting Mizzou was going to be 18-2 and challenging for a national title after losing 5 scholarship players from last year and a new coach with a losing conference record. /smh
so that's why we're 2-18.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
what im trying to say is that we could be even better if we use our head a little bit, cant the coaches see that everytime somone gets in the lane and steve moore is in he fouls the shit out of them
except, ya know, when he doesnt..
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by Logan Hill on Jan 25, 2012 8:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
sometimes you run into a team that shoots lights out.
sometimes a .220 hitter goes 5-5. it happens.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, but that dude could hit the ball a MILE.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
You're seeing this game from a much different lens than most of us, and certainly the coaches and players.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
how am i seeing it differently than the coaches and players, im sure the whole team is more down on their effort tonight than i am being on them, frank haith is a demanding coach…idk how anyone on this message board can take a positive away from this game
It's not so much taking away a positive
It’s accepting that we tough losses on the road happen, and that while we had our chances, OSU played well enough to win.
And in a 30+ game season, not every game ends positively
I understand people have raised their expectations for this season but we’ve played 2 poor games this season and both were on the road. Stuff happens and the big picture is that we are 18-2. One game isn’t going to ruin my day.
yes i realize we are 18-2 and will still be in the top ten, yet a loss to a 9-10 OSU team full of underclassmen is alot different than losing to a kansas state or baylor or kansas
I do realize that and considering I expected this team to lose multiple games like this season
and they’ve only lost 2 so far is pretty impressive. I’m going to be happy with how this team has performed for 18 out of 20 games than get bent out of shape over tonights game. This was a bad lose no doubt about it. But I’m not going to go apeshit and call out the coaches who have built this team out of the shambles of last year’s team that crumbled during conference play. I’ll be upset if they continue to play like this but these players and these coaches have earned my respect over the course of 20 games and I’m confident in them that they can improve their play on the road. Sometimes in College Bball teams have a bad night and the other team gets hot, upsets do happen especially on the road. This isn’t the first time a Mizzou team has stunk at Iba, fortunately it will be the last time
Good lord, calm yourself.
We only won 1 road big 12 game with this team last season. What made you think we wouldn’t have AT LEAST one of these this year? Oh ya, reading all the national hype that just started paying attention when we beat Baylor. Calm down – road big 12 is terribly tough, luckily March Madness is its own monster. (SEE: VCU, BUTLER)
Let's not go to town on each other
While I won’t go as far as the OP, the defense was disappointing tonight save for that 5-7 minute stretch at the beginning of the second half. And yes, as good as Phil can be, when he goes cold he goes really cold.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
except the only times he goes cold is when his head becomes hard and he makes sophomore mistakes.
he’s going to be our best pg ever at this rate, but tonight won’t be on the highlight reel.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
And while we can console ourselves that every loses games like this
Dick Vermeil used to tell his teams “Keep losing teams losing”. This is a game Mizzou should have won, so I’m not going to harp on anyone for being more disappointed than if it was, say, Kansas.
One game, not the end of the season, perspective, yada yada yada.
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put it best in the last thread after the jump link was put up. If Kansas can lose to Davidson and Syracuse can lose to Notre Dame then we can lose to OSU.
Games like this happen in college basketball. We need to regroup and not let road wins start piling up like last year.
by tigers-royals on Jan 25, 2012 8:42 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
LeBryan Nash doesn't hit 12 of those 17 shots in a game of horse
basketball is a stupid game.
the biggest downside is kansas is now MUCH closer to another Big 12 title
you simply cannot lose this game and expect to keep up with them…they’ve had their close games a passed. A lot of games left to be played this was bad…not just another road loss
by MIZfalconAviator on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM CST reply actions
it just make the game in AFH that much bigger
we have to win that so I can piss in all my co-workers Cheerios
that's a great idea, win or lose.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:50 PM CST up reply actions
Big pro of moving across the country:
haven’t met a kU fan out here. It’s pretty wonderful. They’re still on my Twitter and FB, but I don’t go anywhere near FB when we lose or they have a big win.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
wish that was the case
work with half of lawrence and beaker crap all over the place. Even have a pic of chalmers stupid shot outside of one of our conference rooms. Want to rip it down and kill people every time I see it.
That is truly awful and nauseating.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
I'm in Pennsylvania now.
In fact, I haven’t met a college basketball fan out here.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
wat
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
ah.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 8:56 PM CST up reply actions
word
It’s gonna be really hard for the USA to ever win a major cup, if only because they don’t flop around like pansy boys
I believe in the The Black & Gold Standard
I'd argue talent is more of an issue than flopping
and that red card wasn’t necessarily a flop just a very weak red. Good learning experience for this squad.
Two big things happened tonight:
MU finally had a down team shooting night… and OSU had an on-fire shooting night at home. Stuff happens. It’s just one game. It sucks and hurts, but its just one game.
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by MIZfalconAviator on Jan 25, 2012 8:54 PM CST reply actions
How is this statement ever untrue?
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 8:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
PSA ALERT
Not related to tonight’s loss, but here’s a way to get some good karma on our side…
Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., there will be a commercial shoot featuring Missouri sports fans at Mizzou Arena. It’s open to the public, and we’re looking for fans of ALL Missouri sports (Tigers, Chiefs, Royals, Cardinals, Rams, Blues and NASCAR) to wear shirts for their favorite Missouri team. We’d really like a good mix, so if you have shirts for multiple teams, it would be great if you could bring them for others to wear for the shoot so we don’t have just Mizzou stuff. The shoot should take between 30 and 50 minutes and will consist of a crowd card stunt (you know, the kind where everyone holds up cards and it spells a message or makes a picture).
This commercial will air at halftime of the Missouri-kansas basketball game on Feb. 4 on the jumbotron, and will be posted online later as well. I can’t get into really any more details at this point (more will be available tomorrow morning at the shoot), but I can promise that a) this will be an awesome thing to be a part of, and b) it’s being done for an OUTSTANDING cause.
Hit the link for more details on the Facebook event page, and please spread the word. Really want a lot of fans there for this, and I know I can count on RMN to come through! Things will get started on the south side (the back) of Mizzou Arena at 9am, in Lot P.
P.S. If Bill or any of our esteemed editorial staff would like to help, I’ve created a fanshot for this event as well…I’ll send much Denmoney to you if we get it featured on the front page at some point tonight.
http://www.rockmnation.com/2012/1/25/2735368/mu-ku-commercial-shoot-facebook-event
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by MizzouCus on Jan 25, 2012 8:55 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
We played about as bad as we could
and they played about as good as they could.
Our defense was pitiful. You can speak to Nash making literally everything, but the fact is that they had WAAAAAAAAAAY too many open looks in close tonight.
I am alarmed by the lack of focus, and I assume that the coaching staff will fix that by Saturday.
Side note: eff OSU. First 2008 when we’re Top 3, then tonight when we’re number two.
Keiton Page must be sacrificed to Gottliebius, the Stillwater God of Douche.
actually, although I think that last night was the product of random variance/luck
more than anything, you do touch on one of my main worries heading down the stretch and into the playoffs: the lack of a shut-down perimeter defender. Just look at last night, or Brown in the Texas game.
my favorite words are goodbye and my favorite color is red
I hate KU fans.
I work in Kansas and of course all of my employees are KU fans. And of course they text me as soon as the game is over. They all like “Really OSU thats the worst loss ever, you guys are horrible” but of course they think their davidson loss is a good loss and it wasnt a “Home game” so it was ok because its nuetral. How does their logic work, Damn they piss me off
You need to block some numbers.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
of course and then they follow it up with.
KU wanted MU to win tonight so that their win over us would look better. I effing hate those GD beakers. If a Small tactical nuke went off in low rents, i honestly dont know if i would feel even a slight bit of remorse.
i know this guy who's friends with this other guy's cousin.............
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
I suggest you watch "The Day After" immediately.
It will boost your spirits.
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
by SiberianKhatru on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
never knew about that
thats hilarious, made my night
I mean, you could just be grateful that you don't derive your (illusory) sense of personal
fulfillment or self-worth from a basketball game, like many of them seem to. That’s a plus.
my favorite words are goodbye and my favorite color is red
well the good news is I'm all liquored up and ready for some badass steak tacos
courtesy of myself
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damn Tigers
Screwed up my birthday plans. Everything went as planned except the win. Redemption will be had when they come to our turf.
#StubblesRevenge
RT @MizzouSBcoach: We play OSU in a 3 game set at home this spring. Bet we can get more fans than what their bball team had 2nite!!!
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by RPT on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
I will help
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
i'd sure like to get to one of their games this season. osu sounds like as likely a candidate as any.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 25, 2012 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
All right
It’s after 10pm here in the east, which means it’s past my bedtime. I’m reading some Mistborn and then going to bed, all.
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by sirensofsilence on Jan 25, 2012 9:12 PM CST reply actions
If you apply OSU's season shooting percentages to the number of shots they took tonight
They score right around 25 fewer points than they did tonight.
so the wife really likes the abc show "revenge".
not sure i’m ok with that.
If Keiton Page is allowed to push off like he does, I should be allowed to murder Jayhawks consequence free.
Just had an uplifting thought...
We are going to pound OSU into powder when they come to Columbia.
I believe that this now shows...
Mizzou Men’s Basketball that they can NOT bring a “B” or “C” game with them on the road and win.
Coach Haith now has TWO examples of that to show.
Oh well…I REALLY feel sorry for Texas Tech now…they get and ANGRY den of Tigers on Sat. It could be VERY ugly to watch.
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worst team in the conference. at home. coming off a loss. DGB visit day.
oh it’s going to get ugly.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 26, 2012 12:27 AM CST up reply actions
I am glad the refs generally let them play the game
I know there seemed to be a few non-calls, but I far prefer this than the whistlefest you usually get in the Big XII. And it’s hard to complain about refs anyway when an oSu player is ejected for two technical fouls. The fact that Mizzou couldn’t capitalize on that is all on them.
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OSU Shot lights out.
and were getting lucky shots to fall too. Plus Missouri seemed to slow it down and played to the pace OSU was wanting, in addition to the fact that nobody could hit a shot and they stopped crashing the boards hard.
The worst part for me was that this was team similar in size and depth to Mizzou. Nash only had an inch or two on English but a good thirty pounds. This is where I wish Haith would have tried to keep Green around and have utilized him against bigger athletic guards, who the regulars couldn’t stop, with his own height and purported athleticism…
There's too much cute in that picture. Dogs are the better pet.
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meh, cats are more self sufficient.
i can leave a weeks’ worth of food and water out for a cat, go on vacation, and never have to worry.
If Keiton Page is allowed to push off like he does, I should be allowed to murder Jayhawks consequence free.
by threadkiller on Jan 26, 2012 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
lazy people are usually cat people.
If Keiton Page is allowed to push off like he does, I should be allowed to murder Jayhawks consequence free.
by threadkiller on Jan 26, 2012 3:50 PM CST up reply actions
Jack Byrnes disagrees
You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don’t sell out the way dogs do.
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that part of the movie i never got.
you never get a cat’s affection, only their attention. maybe.
If Keiton Page is allowed to push off like he does, I should be allowed to murder Jayhawks consequence free.
by threadkiller on Jan 26, 2012 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
That is a rather cute pup...
Don’t know if its a purebred but I’d take it home…haha
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