Good, solid win. Not super flashy, won't impress the people who don't follow closely and just see it's a directional Kentucky school, but this is a good win, especially for the second game of the season.
Missouri has done exactly what you'd like to see through two games.
Jeremiah Tilmon is acting like a guy who is the focal point of a team. he's matured, he seems like a leader, he's avoiding whistles so far. Like what I've seen.
More impressed with Xavier Pinson than I expected to be.
WAY more impressed with Mitchell Smith than I expected to be.
Off night for Dru Smith. I don't think he'll have many nights that bad.
Kobe Brown is college ready. Will make some mistakes, but he's a contributor right away. Tray Jackson isn't there yet.
Best sign I've seen: Cuonzo has a rotation set. We'll see the same starting lineup most of the year I bet. We aren't seeing 3 subs before the first TV timeout. Guys aren't going in and out of the lineup with reckless abandon. I think it means Cuonzo knows what he has and is comfortable with his team. We'll see if I'm right.
FIrst big test Tuesday. I don't know if Missouri is ready to win a game at Xavier. I want to see them give it a go. What I don't want to see is what we saw in the first road game at Utah two years ago. Let's see them go fight a ranked team on the road. They do that and I'll be ready to believe this team is a lot closer to what we think it is than what the national people think it is.
Missouri has done exactly what you'd like to see through two games.
Jeremiah Tilmon is acting like a guy who is the focal point of a team. he's matured, he seems like a leader, he's avoiding whistles so far. Like what I've seen.
More impressed with Xavier Pinson than I expected to be.
WAY more impressed with Mitchell Smith than I expected to be.
Off night for Dru Smith. I don't think he'll have many nights that bad.
Kobe Brown is college ready. Will make some mistakes, but he's a contributor right away. Tray Jackson isn't there yet.
Best sign I've seen: Cuonzo has a rotation set. We'll see the same starting lineup most of the year I bet. We aren't seeing 3 subs before the first TV timeout. Guys aren't going in and out of the lineup with reckless abandon. I think it means Cuonzo knows what he has and is comfortable with his team. We'll see if I'm right.
FIrst big test Tuesday. I don't know if Missouri is ready to win a game at Xavier. I want to see them give it a go. What I don't want to see is what we saw in the first road game at Utah two years ago. Let's see them go fight a ranked team on the road. They do that and I'll be ready to believe this team is a lot closer to what we think it is than what the national people think it is.
