11/17 Games

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WesterveltVictoryCigar

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Huge game in the Gavitt Games series tonight:

Rutgers @ DePaul

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J/K but there's also a bunch of afternoon games and some good match-ups later on.

Providence @ Ohio St on BTN
Seton Hall @ Iowa (BTN)
Marquette @ Michigan (ESPN2)
 
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JIllini

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Xavier vs. Mizzou is another game to keep an eye on. Mizzou played only one game this season, in which they destroyed Alabama A&M 99-44. Sure, Alabama A&M is one of the worst teams in the country, but I feel like last year's Mizzou team would have played closer to their level. We'll find out today if they've actually improved.
 
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teemaddy12

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JIllini said:
Xavier vs. Mizzou is another game to keep an eye on. Mizzou played only one game this season, in which they destroyed Alabama A&M 99-44. Sure, Alabama A&M is one of the worst teams in the country, but I feel like last year's Mizzou team would have played closer to their level. We'll find out today if they've actually improved.
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Mizzou also only beat their HC's previous D2 school -- picked NINTH in its conference preseason poll this year -- by seven, with the game in doubt in the final minute or so. This will be a really good test for them.
 
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Newman

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schnaurt said:
WMU is hanging in there down 5 with 6:30 to go.
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Western Michigan is decent, but they did get destroyed by Oakland just a couple of days ago. Villanova will be fine but if we had the same score against WMU, you know the fire Groce crowd would be active on the boards.
 
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schnaurt

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Newman said:
Western Michigan is decent, but they did get destroyed by Oakland just a couple of days ago. Villanova will be fine but if we had the same score against WMU, you know the fire Groce crowd would be active on the boards.
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Agreed. It does not take much to sway the faithful to the negative these days but it is expected with the current state of things.
 
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Vermilion Slim

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teemaddy12 said:
Mizzou also only beat their HC's previous D2 school -- picked NINTH in its conference preseason poll this year -- by seven, with the game in doubt in the final minute or so. This will be a really good test for them.
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If Mizzou stays the course with Kim Anderson I think they'll be good sooner rather than later. I mean the guy is everything you want in a resume. Went to the school, played in the NBA, assistant coach at the school, successful college coach in-state with around a 75% winning record and a championship. (It'd be like if Roger Powell became an assistant at Illinois and then won a D-II championship at Lewis University and then came to coach Illinois.)

Anyway, I'm not looking forward to their resurgence over the next few years... or even this year :-/
 
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zoggle101

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Vermilion Slim said:
If Mizzou stays the course with Kim Anderson I think they'll be good sooner rather than later. I mean the guy is everything you want in a resume. Went to the school, played in the NBA, assistant coach at the school, successful college coach in-state with around a 75% winning record and a championship. (It'd be like if Roger Powell became an assistant at Illinois and then won a D-II championship at Lewis University and then came to coach Illinois.)

Anyway, I'm not looking forward to their resurgence over the next few years... or even this year :-/
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It won't be this year. You can't lose Wes Clark, Jonathan Williams III, Torren Jones, tremaine Isabel, Namon Wright, D'Angelo Allen, Jakeenan Grant, and Monique Gill Ceasar in a two year period, and play with a bunch of freshmen in a p5 conference unless you recruit at the elitist of levels which the Tigers have not. It might take a couple years at least to be the Mizzo program we are used to seeing. They'd be pretty good this year if the aforementioned players were still in Columbia.
 
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frozenrope9190

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Wow. Mizzou fouls with a second to go in a tie game off an in bounds play. Xavier hits a free throw and holds on.
 
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FeelYourPaign

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So Cal
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tOSU just went on a run to open up a10 point lead on providence with about 8:00 to go
 
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Are there even a thousand people at the DePaul game? It was a while ago but I can remember when the Blue Demons were the hottest ticket in town.
 
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FeelYourPaign

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So Cal
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Iowa has a better recent history than we do and a good opponent in Seton Hall, but their attendance looks like our attendance. Good game btw. 2 point diff