Biggest game =/= Greatest game =/= Biggest moment

So Nick Wright actually made sense just now.

Missouri's best is better than anyone's best, but Missouri's slightly below average game gets beat.

Kansas's best can lose to the best of several other teams in the league if that team plays its best game, but Kansas's slightly below average can still win ballgames.

I think he's balls on. If Mizzou plays 6 games at it's peak capacity, it will win the national championship. There are simply too many weapons on that squad to lose if they're locked in.

However, that never happens in the NCAA tournament, which is why Kansas may be better situated to advance than MU. Kansas may be able to win that game that inevitably pops up in the round of 32 or the Sweet 16 where they don't have their A game.

Gimme 4 wins, guys. Just gimme 4 wins...

Wow...no shit?

I never figured we'd hear from him again. Aight, Haith - make me look like an asshole again. You've done a bangup job of it thus far...

Forgive him, the Universe started in 1990 for him.

If you mention 1979, it might cause his brain to implode. There are others, but please, it just doesn't seem right to pick on the brain-damaged kid.

KU vs MU would have a hard time topping the KU - Memphis final in 2008 on a national scale.

For the KC area, of course it would be the biggest ever.

Either way I would love to see it.

seriously dude. You're 12. Grow up

Kentucky's best is better than anybody's best. They outclass everyone this year. Of course, they'll probably end up losing somewhere along the line, that's just the way this tournament is.

Landing him would be the biggest get in team history both for it's impact and its symbolism.

Plucking a 5* recruit out of the heart of SEC country would establish Mizzou as a long-term force.

I agree with that.

"My city is the bestest city in the world and we don't allow guns!"

Have another MGD 64, Sally.

Not true. Kentucky can catch fire and score 80. Mizzou can catch fire and score 95.

A defensive team's upside is lower than a 3-point shooting team's upside. Defensive teams are more likely to play at or near their ceilings, though.

In just the 2000s there were better TV ratings in 00,01,02,05,07,10 for the NCAA title game than in '08

This is Pollard's second visit to Columbia, and he's paying his own way.

He has yet to visit Georgetown or Kentucky, two of the teams thought to be among his leaders.

Not saying it's a guarantee or anything, but those are encouraging factors.

That's a fair statement - but only because Kentucky's would knock Mizzou out of theirs, if that makes any sense.

What makes Kentucky so dangerous is that they can play offense almost as well as Mizzou, but they have the size, length and athleticism to play lock-down defense as well.

If they play that game, they'll simply knock Mizzou right out of their game and Mizzou will end up giving you a 58 point effort on 40% shooting. In other words, Wright's suggestion of both teams playing their 'best' game is an impossibility for an MU - UK matchup.

I agree that Kentucky has the most talented team in the country and it's not even really that close. But if they go out there and don't put max effort into their defense and allow Mizzou to get hot, Mizzou can simply out-score them. Mizzou can put 4 shooters on the floor that are capable of a 20+ point night every night, as well as Ratliff and his otherwordly FG%.

Mizzou's offense is better than Kentucky's, but Kentucky's defense is the wildcard that would change the matchup.