8 last season, 20 and
counting this season
Mizzou won a hard-fought game over Mike
Anderson’s Arkansas Razorbacks 77-67.
Mizzou played a balance game and was led by starters Jordan Barnett with
19 points and surprise Jeremiah Tilmon with 17.
Tilmon managing to avoid foul trouble played the entire game. In addition, the 6-foot 10 252-pound Tilmon
pulled down 8 rebounds, he proves how valuable he is when on the floor. Finishing off the scoring was Kassius
Robertson’s 14, the hero off the bench was Porter, no not that Porter he didn’t
play it was Jontay with 19 points.
Despite the pressing pressure defense Mizzou
only had 12 turnovers for the game. The
SEC Tournament starts next week, I’m unsure who they might face however I’m
comfortable stating they will come to play.
Then it’s on to the NCAA Tournament, I’m sure after the win over
Arkansas they are invited. As I pointed
out earlier there were 5 or 6 games they should have won but didn’t, I’m going
to attribute those losses to “growing pains.”
New coach, new system and the team gaining comfort in one another and
becoming a real team.
“March Madness”
As the calendar turns to March we prepare for
the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Tournament. The tournament has not
always been known by it’s nickname “March Madness”, I was unable to locate the
precise time-frame. Over the next
several weeks 68 teams across the nation will participate in a one and done
tournament and a champion will be crowned in early April. A team, we don’t know which one is likely to
exceed expectations, they will upset one maybe two higher seeded teams.
Only work responsibilities prevent us from
viewing ALL the games. CBS, TNT, TBS
and TruTV Networks provide coverage of every game, it’s possible we could
witness four games telecast at the same time.
The Final Four will begin on March 30 and a champion crowned on
April 2, the site is the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas. According to Wikipedia seating capacity for
the building is 39,000 for basketball, I’d bet money there will be 64,000 or
more in the building on that weekend.
Space Jam
LaVar Ball wants all to know youngest son
LaMelo Ball is a coming star. LaMelo
and brother LiAngelo were pulled out of school by father LaVar and the brothers
are playing pro basketball in Lithuania.
The only problem for me La Melo seems to love scoring the
basketball. As for playing defense and
other facets of the game…..well remember Bill Murray in Space Jam?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIV_9--awCI
Growing up right before our
eyes
Parents often make
the statement about their children, I've
always been kind of a pacifist. When I was a kid, my father told me,
"Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away
with it." I don't know what kind of soldier I'm gonna make, but I want you
guys to know that if we ever get into really heavy combat... I'll be right
behind you guys. Every step of the way.could make the same statement about the “baby” Sixers, they
beat the Cavs in Cleveland no less 108 to 97.
LeBron James had a
great game but couldn’t manage this time to bring along his team. 30 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists for
LeBron but none of the other starters managed to score more than 11 points. As for the Sixers all five starters scored in
double figures with J.J. Redick leading the way with 22 points. Joel Embiid only scored 17 points but pulled
down 14 rebounds along with 6 assists.
Rookie of the Year Simmons scored 18 points along with 9 rebounds and 8
assists.
