Of course it is. I was jealous of Nebraska. We kind of dumb lucked our way into an even better situation. Some people just like to pretend that Mizzou owes something to the conference.

I thought it was shitty of MU to leave, for my own selfish purposes, but from a business perspective, **** yeah they made the right decision.

I don't want to see this rivalry die. I'd love them to keep playing but even then it wouldn't be the same.


Although if every year were like this year, I don't think I could handle it. lol.

I like you. Don't want you take this the wrong way or anything but we pretty much know every single perspective of yours or answer to a question is going to be very middle of the road and diplomatic.

Break out of your shell bro. Offend someone.

Thanks man. I try.


This is the MU thread. I don't wanna come in here and start cracking skulls.

Don't get me wrong, as a KU fan, it's tough for me. But I'm not gonna put on the Jayhawk glasses and go all true fan.

Come on....make them hate you too! :D

Marquette is a very good team. I think both will make the S16, but I have not decided who I think is going to win that game.

Missouri would destroy Murray St. I think Murray St. is going out in round 1, though.

We will sincerely miss your respect and support.


MU is rolling to the Final Four. I don't see any team that will give them a real hang-up before then.

Nate Silver's (from the NYT political blog 538 and formerly from Baseball Prospectus) statistical odds for the FF are out:

Final 4 advancement odds, Midwest: UNC 37%, Kansas 35%, Michigan 5%, Georgetown 4%, Purdue 4%.

Final 4 advancement odds, East: Ohio St. 41%, Syracuse 28%, Wisconsin 10%, Vanderbilt 7%, Florida St. 5%

Final 4 advancement odds, West: Missouri 26%, Mich. St. 20%, New Mexico 11%, Marquette 11%, Memphis 10%, Louisville 8%

Final 4 advancement odds, South region: Kentucky 57%, Duke 17%, Baylor 9%, Indiana 5%, Wichita St. 5%


He has Missouri as the favorite in the West. But it's a deep region.

Talk shit. That's part of what makes sports/rivalries enjoyable. Sitting on the fence isn't fun. Nothing wrong with being respectful, but sometimes you have to get your venom on.

Interesting quote by Jason King on his blog:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation

It comes into play after the stats do, clearly.

I guess. Seems to me that Mizzou is the bottom 2 seed only based on where the games are being played. They have the worst of the #1 seeds, they got the weakest #15, and the teams in the bottom half of their bracket do not seem as good. Duke seems more like the bottom #2 seed...the only edge Duke gets is playing in Atlanta. They get the best #1 seed in Kentucky, the best #3 in Baylor, and, according to you..the best #15 seed in years.

Location wise...Mizzou is the bottom #2. Opponent wise, I think the Tigers got a favorable draw, and hope they play their best ball of the year to take advantage of it.

So if Mizzou had lost to Baylor, you would have put them at a #3? That seems a bit ridiculous, given their top five ranking and all.

Another interesting blog post, this time from Myron Medcalf...

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation