Photos, video and my column on the front. Keegan's still got another story coming, but he doesn't need me to sit here and hold his hand so I'm gonna finish up and get out.
They make it interesting, that's for sure. But lately, they're winning. You can argue they shouldn't have won Saturday. You can argue they shouldn't have won tonight. The same guy that tipped Eric Piatkowski's shot out in Hearnes in 1994 might have migrated over to get a finger on Robert Williams' shot tonight. But whatever. They won. They're 18-8, 8-5 and barring a complete collapse down the stretch (I have a hard time seeing how they don't at least beat Ole Miss and Vandy), they're going to the tournament. They've got a good shot at a double bye in the SEC Tournament, which means I'll beat the league tournament on Friday, which I'm not sure I ever have been before. So that's neat.
Kassius Robertson, I'd like him to work on the final minute or so (I thought he flat dropped the pass from Jontay Porter that almost led to a tie game), but damn he's something else. He's a first team all SEC lock. I don't THINK he's going to be the player of the year, but if Mizzou wins at least four of its last five and he's a big reason why, he's got a shot.
Jeremiah Tilmon just went head to head with the best frontcourt in the SEC and outplayed them both. Three rebounds is too low, but that kid was a bulldog tonight. He was only 4-12 from the field, but this was his best game on both ends of the floor. And 6-9 from the line? Nice.
If he can teach Jontay Porter about how to play like you're 6-11, 240 that'd be nice. But for as much as Jontay struggled tonight, he was one rebound from a double double and he stepped up and gutted the two free throws to ice the game.
Good to see Jordan Barnett come back a little bit. And good to see him attempt five shots inside the three point line.
The rest of the guys fill their roles. Jordan Geist joined Robertson and Barnett with three steals. Cullen VanLeer had a big bucket early and was fine. Kevin Puryear wasn't big tonight, but this is a one game winning streak instead of five without what he did Saturday.
Basketball is fun again. That pleases me.
They make it interesting, that's for sure. But lately, they're winning. You can argue they shouldn't have won Saturday. You can argue they shouldn't have won tonight. The same guy that tipped Eric Piatkowski's shot out in Hearnes in 1994 might have migrated over to get a finger on Robert Williams' shot tonight. But whatever. They won. They're 18-8, 8-5 and barring a complete collapse down the stretch (I have a hard time seeing how they don't at least beat Ole Miss and Vandy), they're going to the tournament. They've got a good shot at a double bye in the SEC Tournament, which means I'll beat the league tournament on Friday, which I'm not sure I ever have been before. So that's neat.
Kassius Robertson, I'd like him to work on the final minute or so (I thought he flat dropped the pass from Jontay Porter that almost led to a tie game), but damn he's something else. He's a first team all SEC lock. I don't THINK he's going to be the player of the year, but if Mizzou wins at least four of its last five and he's a big reason why, he's got a shot.
Jeremiah Tilmon just went head to head with the best frontcourt in the SEC and outplayed them both. Three rebounds is too low, but that kid was a bulldog tonight. He was only 4-12 from the field, but this was his best game on both ends of the floor. And 6-9 from the line? Nice.
If he can teach Jontay Porter about how to play like you're 6-11, 240 that'd be nice. But for as much as Jontay struggled tonight, he was one rebound from a double double and he stepped up and gutted the two free throws to ice the game.
Good to see Jordan Barnett come back a little bit. And good to see him attempt five shots inside the three point line.
The rest of the guys fill their roles. Jordan Geist joined Robertson and Barnett with three steals. Cullen VanLeer had a big bucket early and was fine. Kevin Puryear wasn't big tonight, but this is a one game winning streak instead of five without what he did Saturday.
Basketball is fun again. That pleases me.
