Who you got tonight? I'm probably going to go with Georgia, but that is a lot of points and TCU is pesky. An analyst compared TCU's offense to Tennessee's. Georgia held Tenn to 13 points total and kicked their ass, so there is that aspect of it. Ohio St. played UGA much closer than I thought they would be able to, so that's the other side.

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Bought tickets to the IA State game. I haven't been to a hoops game on campus in years. I have season tix for football and a lot P parking pass. What is the parking situation for BB? Looks like there are lots that require passes. Are there lots on campus that are free? Closest place to park that is free?

In the 2nd half of the Vandy/Mizzou game yesterday with the PA folks trying to generate positive energy for our home team I was sadly disappointed. With the effort to get everyone cheering together we start that effort by booing our fellow Tiger fans because of this stupid KC/STL rivalry within us. If it has to be done, can’t we save it for the Royals and Cardinals games?

Everyone pays for their ticket and has a right to cheer/boo as they please, but can’t we just defer that negativity for outside Mizzou sports? The rivalry of who has the best BBQ, beer, or the highest crime rates doesn’t have to negatively display itself in crucial moments of a Mizzou sporting event.

I realize that in today’s more fractured society it is hard to remember to celebrate what we all have in common…our love of Mizzou!

As we sit right at the halfway point of the season, I wanted to take a look at the status of Mizzou’s resume.

The Tigers enter today sitting 32nd in the NET rankings. Their quadrant win breakdown looks like this:

Q1: 2-2
Q2: 1-0
Q3: 3-0
Q4: 7-0

Some things to point out here:

• UCF and Illinois are the two Q1 wins. As they were neutral games, they need to keep a Top 50 NET ranking to qualify as Q1 wins at season’s end. They both were hovering right at the 50 mark entering last week, but big wins have catapulted both into the 30s (36 and 37 respectively). Good news for the Tigers there.
• Kentucky is their lone Q2 win as of now. That will very likely stay a Q2 win unless Kentucky either goes on a tear or completely falls apart. At 46 in the NET, they would need to finish inside the Top 30 to be categorized as a Q1 victory. Conversely, they would need to fall below 75 to drop to a Q3 win.
• Wichita State, SIUE and Vanderbilt are your Q3 wins. The latter two will almost assuredly stay that way as they would need to get into the Top 75 and both currently sit 115 and 116 respectively. However, Wichita State has a very real chance to become a Q2 win, which would be welcome. They are 136 in NET, just outside the 135 road threshold to qualify for a Q2 win. So hopefully the Shockers can right the ship in the AAC after a late comeback road victory over USF yesterday.

As a whole, the Tigers resume is almost perfect at this point in the season. No Q3 and Q4 losses are exactly what you want to see. The fact that there aren’t even any Q2 losses yet makes it even better. The only real knock there is against the resume is lack of Q1 and Q2 wins. Only three at this point in the season is certainly light. But….

The rest of the season provides almost exclusive opportunities for resume-building Q1 and Q2 wins. Let’s take a look:

@ A&M (82 NET): Q2
@ Florida (70): Q1
Arkansas (16): Q1
Alabama (6): Q1
@ Ole Miss (94): Q2
Iowa State (15): Q1
LSU (90): Q3
@ Mississippi State (44): Q1
South Carolina (264): Q4
@ Tennessee (2): Q1
@ Auburn (33): Q1
Texas A&M (82): Q3
Mississippi State (44): Q2
@ Georgia (119): Q2
@ LSU (90): Q2
Ole Miss (94): Q3

Some takeaways:

1. There are seven chances left to pick up the all-important Q1 victories. What’s even better news? Three of those opportunities are on your home court. Go 2-1 in those games and steal a road chance (looking at you Mississippi State or Florida) and you are sitting pretty with five Q1 wins.
2. Plenty of chances to pick up resume-building Q2 wins against meh competition on the road. Ole Miss, Georgia, LSU. These are exceedingly mediocre teams that would qualify as resume-building wins since they are on the road.
3. Only four potential land mines are left on the schedule. You absolutely have to avoid the Q4 landmine against the Cocks. You can afford a Q3 loss, but certainly would rather avoid it. The bottom-line, defend your home court against mediocre competition and you are looking at an unblemished resume.

TLDR: Mizzou has an unblemished resume but is light in terms of actual resume wins. Luckily, the conference schedule provides seven more chances at Q1 and five more chances at Q2 wins. Only four more Q3 and Q4 games are left on the schedule. Luckily, all are on your home court. Bottom line, defend your home court, pick up 3-4 wins on the road and you have a Top 5 NCAA seed come March.

Open to seating options, but trying to avoid the massive ticket fees from online vendors. Thanks!

More on Craig, his recruiting process, and where he'll fit on the roster

What would be your ideal 3-4 man class for the 2024 class? I think I would go with John Bol (has taken OV), Jarin Stevenson (has OV scheduled this month), Marcus Allen (has taken OV), and T.O Barrett at guard. Seems like the staff has had far less options at guard but the wing/forward/post options are numerous.

Bol seems to fit a lot of what the staff wanted in Sharp. Watched him on ESPN this week and was a defensive monster in limited minutes due to foul trouble. Stevenson has an advanced offensive game. Kid is a pro. Can shoot it well at his size perfect modern 4 in the NBA. Allen would be a defensive wing stopper. Jumper not great but gets to the rim. Barrett has good length for a guard. Haven't watched anything on him really.

Thoughts?

Perhaps my biggest pet peeve in football is allowing the punt to hit the ground when it can be caught. I am sure there is a stat somewhere, but I guess the average loss of field position is around 15 yards. In my years of watching Tiger football, I rank Marcus James the best at quickly recognizing where he needed to scoot to in order to make the catch (and then making the catch), and minimizing the extra yardage allowed by unfielded punts. I suspect a factor in Burden being the primary MU punt return man this last year was the need to get him enough touches to keep him happy. I hope he gets enough touches at WR that the staff does not feel compelled to use him on punt returns OR (even better) he gets a lot better at moving up to make the catch. I am not wildly optimisitic about the latter, as his multiple drops on the short crossing route make me skeptical about his hands. There is little doubt at his ability to make people miss and get the extra yardage, but I sure hope we see big improvement in the hands department.

A big opportunity to solidify the ranking this week. 2-0 would like push you into the Top 15.

Really solid interview with Banister on the Eye on the Tigers Podcast. It's about a third of the way through. Worth the listen.

Unfortunately only passed three hours in the fall, so he’s academically ineligible right now.

Also unfortunately his mom is having health issues. As a result, they are working on a hardship waiver.

Tough situation. Hope it works out for Isiaih. I’d imagine he is dying to play a part on this awesome team.

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Six games remaining in the month, Torvik has us favored in three of them, here are the spreads and win percentages.
@A&M +0.3, 49%
@Florida +2.5, 41%
Arkansas -2.1, 57%
Bama +2.5, 42%
@Ole Miss -2.1, 58%
ISU -2.7, 61%

Lots of toss ups in this stretch. In my opinion, 2-4 wouldn’t be the end of the world here, as the rest of the season minus @Auburn and @Tennessee seems is not as much of a gauntlet as this next stretch. What would you guys hope for and expect by the end of the month?

I'm thinking Honor, East, Brown, Hodge and Gholston. Yet, I don't recall seeing this combination to often. Must be a reason.

I realize that every topic gets attention and answers, but is there a general consensus as to the performance issues last year? What was up with the weight issue? We know rivals rankings did not reflect what we read (offers??)…but he evidently had several blue blood offers, at OT no less.

Do we believe that putting on good weight and switching positions will lead to improvements?

Thoughts?

Cool to see this young man shine.

Missouri adds talented DB transfer from Florida, who chose Mizzou over the likes of Auburn and South Carolina

Tough matchup today. Defense will be put to the test.

Quick story. We're working on getting a hold of him for more