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Mizzou UCF

I now think I'm going to lose the under 16 win bet. Seeing them live, I loved how much zone we played. Honor was money in the first half, the refs were awful the entire game, and Gholston money in the second half. It was awesome meeting Aiden and D'Moi's families, and shaking John Brown's hand. That was a game we really dominated until the end, don't let the score fool you. MIZ

Kobe Brown

I have read a lot of posts asking where Kobe Brown went. Well, he played a bunch...just did not have too much success. I think we should who Kobe is, a good post player, but not great...not someone who can carry a team. He just does not have good enough post moves to get past upper level talent. He is good for team to help us gel and has some leadership skills, but he is not going to get us past upper level teams.
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If you think refs have made bad calls against us,

You should have been watching the Colt's vs Vikes game. At half time the Colts had the Vikes down 33-3 I think they said. With about 4 minutes to go in the game the Colts had the ball driving with the score 36-28. The Colt RB clearly fumbled the ball and it was picked up and taken in for a score giving the Vikes a chance to tie the game with a 2 pt conversion.
And the ref called a "down by contact" instead of a fumble. On review, it was the clearest fumble ever and the ref called a 15 yard penalty for unsportsman like behavior even though he had to give the ball to the Vikes due to the fumble.
It's now 2:19 remaining with the ball being turned over to the Vikes on downs. We'll see if the Vikes can still tie the game.
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BASKETBALL POSTGAME THREAD: UCF

-Dennis Gates said he told the team at the first practice after the Kansas game he was going to change the starting lineup and that minutes were up for grab. He said it was hard telling Noah Carter and DeAndre Gholston they would be coming off the bench but they looked him in the eye and said "yes sir."

-Gholston: D'Moi got a big-time rebound. And I just trusted him to get me the ball.

-Gholston: Not starting motivated me a lot more. (Gates said he's never come off the bench in his career). My time, it came. It worked out when my number was called.

-Gates said UCF is an NCAA tournament team and he knew they would start the game strong. He was proud of his guys responding to the run.

-Gholston actually previously hit a game-winner at the buzzer when he was at Milwaukee. The opponent: Dennis Gates' Cleveland State Vikings.

BASKETBALL QUICK THOUGHTS ON MIZZOU'S 68-66 WIN OVER UCF

-DeAndre Gholston got put back in the starting lineup in the second half and came through for the Tigers. I don't think he was taking *great* shots (a bunch of them were contested) but, man, he was knocking them down. It helped to have someone able to get shots to drop inside after the team made just three 2-pointers in the first half. And the game-winner ... I mean, goodness gracious. Those are the moments you live for

-Mizzou had a 14-point lead at one point, largely because of how well they were playing on defense. UCF went 1-10 from the field to start the second half with a couple of turnovers. If the Tigers played like that for the whole game, it wouldn't have been nearly as close.

-Missouri actually didn't win the turnover battle, or the rebounding battle. But they did keep both close enough to keep them in the game. That's all it'll really take for them to collect wins -- just don't get manhandled on the glass or off of turnovers, and you'll have a shot.

-Don't overlook D'Moi Hodge's impact on this game. He finished with 15 points and had swiped three steals. Also had the assist on Gholston's game-winner.

-The Tigers are up to 10 wins and while I don't think this game means they stand a good chance against their next three opponents, I do think it means their goal of reaching the NCAA tournament is alive and well. UCF is a good team and I think has a chance to make the tournament, too.

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