No. 8th.

Nope. That committee moron just said we were the last #2.

****ing ridiculous.

My bad... I just let my kid take over the TV. Missed it.

Whatever. I like our draw.

Could meet Kansas in the last dance. That would be wonderful

Nope, it was the Big 12's fault.

Laurence Bowers ‏ @MU_Highflyer21

Don't really matter but the last 2 seed? WOW! Still got to prove our ourselves but that's cool...#FEWDU #NorfolkSt. Preparation has begun

Got to earn respect. Good year for Missouri to do that

Explain.

Our first chance to hook again will be in the Final Four. Good luck to you all, and I hope no one gets hurt. L8r.

Looks like the Big 12 put the pressure on to screw Mizzou one last time before moving to the SEC.

Three SEC teams are considered possibles for the Final four: Vandy, Kentucky and Mizzou.

2 seed, 9 seeed, whatever. I'm ready to see what this team has got for the tourney.

I'll take a stab at it. Conference winner is weak, thus the whole conference is

Well.....if I was Frank Haith I would put that on the bulletin board as motivation.

Interestingly, MU is getting a lot of love from the experts even though the committee pretty much dissed them.

What would be a pretty nice "screw-you" to the committee would be to win the whole dang thing.

Hey Kimmie English...did you just hear the committee tell you that MU wasn't even considered for a #1?

nick wright ‏ @getnickwright

Once the 1 seeds were announced, both KU and MU got exactly the region they wanted. KU gets Roy in StL and MU gets weakest of the 1s, by far

ROFL

Hm. I see what you're saying. Bullcrap.

NCAA selection committee part of the grand conspiracy against Haith now?

Regardless of what others think of Mizzou's SOS, if they win their next 4 games, they are in the final 4. Handle business and it won't matter what seeding or region Mizzou got.

Nice try, troll.

A Missouri fan trolling a Missouri thread?

Watching the special on TruTV all the analysts are pretty much BS'ing the assertion against MU.

I want to hear what Greg Anthony started to say something about how "they look at the front of the jersey rather than the body of work"

Maybe it is a bit of a snub, but I'm perfectly happy with the way it worked out. If it provides a little extra motivation, all the better.

(Though I don't really see how anything could motivate more than a chance to win a national championship.)

The selection committee just proved what meth-u fans have been denying - non conference DOES matter and the conference tournament doesn't mean shit.

Greg Anthony absolutely mocking the selection committee relying so heavily on SOS when you can instead look at the overall body of work.

I love the snub. Hope the coaches remind the players of it every day in practice. This team needs to feel doubted and snubbed. They thrive on it.

Cool story, bro.

and everyone intelligent is laughing at them about it.

And good burn for the selection committee by putting the lowest ranked 1 seed with the lowest ranked 2 seed. Brilliant!

Marcus Denmon ‏ @MizzouMonster12

Moral of the story schedule tough non conference games lose em get a high seed

Even counting mizzou as an sec team, theat conference still got less teams than the Big 12, with 4 more teams to pick from.

Wow. MU players a little bitter.

Besides MSU and Mizzou, the West looks pretty weak to me.

What do Mizzou fans think of the matchups in the west?

How hypocritical.....coming from a guy who proudly talks about being stoned.

Mizzou #3 in the Coaches Poll, with one #1 vote. Interesting that the coaches have us ranked so high. Didn't they look at SOS?

I think it worked out pretty great for us.

Is he wrong?

Both KU and MU avoided UK and Cuse and got pretty good draws. I'd say it's win win.


Hell MSU has to play Memphis in round two. I'd rather be where MU and KU are.

Best of both worlds. Weakest 1 seed and now our players are pissed and feeling disrespected.

Man Mizzou got hosed. They should have been a 1 seed before Mich St.

lost to Duke and kentucky. Beat Georgetown and Ohio st.

Yes?

I would like to see a Marquette Mu matchup. Would be a pretty good game IMO.

Interesting that we were only 15 points from being #2....but yet in the eyes of the committee we were #8

I'm slightly concerned with the 2nd round against Florida (assuming they win...and assuming Mizzou wins....). Other than that I'm really liking our chances.

WTF are you talking about?

He said moral of story is schedule more non-con teams and lose to them to get a higher seed, which is what the committee has basically implied.

:facepalm:

The coaches and AP poll are week to week... nothing to do with overall SoS/resume/etc.

I would love for MU to get another shot at KU. Would have to come in the NC.


CP would explode.

I agree and I think if I was a Mizzou fan I would be happy with where the chips fell.

I would love to see a Mizzou/MSU matchup down the road. I like how Mizzou plays, especially the guards. I haven't gotten to watch them much this year though, so don't know a ton about them.

So MU would have lost more game if they had a tougher non con? Thems the breaks.

I think proving you can play with the best is better than scrimmaging against Kennesaw State. Would you not agree that you can learn more from a team by watching KU/Kentucky than KU/Towson?

I thought it was an not so subtle shot at KUs non con.

Agree. And Denmon - and every major analyst - is mocking it.

Whatever. I love it. This team clearly thrives off disrespect.

Meh, I believe KU still beat twice as many tourney teams in non-con than MU, despite losing to Duke and Kentucky (and that includes Cal for MU).

Of course, but in Mizzou's case we have clearly already proved we can play with the best by splitting with ku, beating Baylor three times, destroying Notre Dame, etc.

Greg Anthony makes a great point that SOS should be used as a crutch more for deciding which teams get in the tournament than used for seeding top teams from power conferences.

Mizzou has beaten as many top 25 and 50 teams as any other top seed, so clearly we can play with the best.

No one has really said this, but I kind of like being a 2 seed. Yeah you play lower seeds than the 1 but you have less pressure and a good percentage of the time, that 3 seed gets upset.

Its all a matchups thing. We will just wait and see what happens. IMO, there isn't much difference in a 1 and a 2 seed. Both MU and KU had great years and are considered two of the top 8 teams in the country.

I would probably avoid CP for a little while.


My dental school class is made up of alot of MU KU guys. The room begins to split every year when that game gets closer. I'd venture to say shit would go down if that happened.

Interesting that the selection committee actually does research and had meth-u at #8, as opposed to the coaches that have a million other things on their minds.

But hey, we get to settle it on the court, as opposed to some other sports.

Guess it depends on which rankings you're looking at... I look at Sagarin, since it lays out the 'vs Top 25' and 'vs Top 50' (in other words, for convenience, and not because I think it's THE ranking), and according to that one, other top teams had 7-8 wins vs the top 25, while MU had 4.

I'd be interested in knowing the record of the top 8 vs tournament teams.

KU got an easy road, playing first game in Omaha, then on to St. Louis. I'll laugh if Roy Williams knocks them out in front of a full KU house. Mizzou got sent West as the "last" #2 based on SoS. I think Mizzou will draw FLA, Marquette then Michigan St, which is within the realm of possibility to make it out. Probably the best chance they've got. Kansas State loses to Syracuse in their 2nd game, Iowa State gets by UConn, then gets whacked by Kentucky. Baylor gets whacked by Duke. I don't think Texas gets by Cincy in the first game. Thoughts?

Dick Vitale ‏ @DickieV

My Final 4 UK -Mizzou-FL ST -UNC!

I'm not a big fan of all these analysts picking Mizzou to make it to the Final 4.

I agree. They just need to get to the Final 4 and make everyone stfu.

Pot meet kettle.

Mizzou fans... watch this.

http://www.mutigers.com/allaccess/?media=309392

Marquette might give Mizzou problems although I worry about Florida. After that I don't see them having any issues with anyone else. I feel like they will matchup well with MSU.

There's a distinct lack of dancing. Other than that, awesome vid.

Is he alright? That guy is the biggest Duke homer on earth, to not pick them in the Fianl Four is stunning. But many, many analysts think Mizzou will come out of the West.

I did say that MU had no chance at the #1 with their schedule and lack of big wins. But you did get the draw of a #1 overall seed in the first round with hapless Norfolk, so it's not like it hurt at all.

No, that's why Murray State is so undeservingly high in those ridiculous polls.

LMAO That little dance had me cracking up. Loved it. I wish I knew how to post the gif.

DickieV not giving much love to Kansas

Yes. All the teams above them on the S-Curve played a more difficult schedule than MU and won more big games (as I said all afternoon). None of this is surprising.

They seem to be on a bit of an upset alert, showing that stat on KU upsets 3 or 4 times now, even though teams like Michigan State lose in the first weekend just as often.... "an iffy 2/15 game".... meh, I hope the players get the message. Can't take the day off.

Baylor can beat Duke...they're better when they're at their best. I also wouldn't be surprised to see MSU lose to Memphis...they're playing really well right now, an incredibly tough #8 seed.

If KU actually makes it to St. Louis against UNC, that would be great.

Way more worried about the three jackers in the next game than Detroit. That's where your upset may come with KU this year.

I actually have Baylor losing to UK in the elite 8. Let's not forget of Baylor's 7 losses, 5 were to MU and KU. They are a very good team, just struggled against two conference teams that both ended up with #2 seeds.

Yeah, from some of the stats/information you've posted, it looks like it... a couple of years ago they were on upset alert against North Dakota State and then Dayton, so not really concerned about any predictions. The grind it out games and teams that rely on the 3 are the most worrisome.

I might take Baylor to lose in the first round. What was their biggest non-con win? At BYU?

Go for it. I still have them losing to UK in the Elite 8.

As an aside, If you believe marijuana and meth belong in the same discussion you're naive and/or slow-witted.

I don't know. Baylor has a ton of depth. I'm gonna have them in the Elite 8. Duke is their 2 seed. Duke FFS.

Looks like South Dakota State can score, yet they lost to Nebraska... I'd probably cut my losses and have them lose to UNLV, so it doesn't hurt so much if they do end up winning a couple of games.

NDSU was damn good. They had a couple of seniors that were great (and they both, unsurprisingly, took a lot of 3s). Detroit isn't on that level. They certainly aren't pushovers, but they should be beat if KU plays at an average level for them.

KU has way more talent than either St. Mary's or Purdue, but they both play a very similar style to VCU last year (and are probably better overall teams than VCU). That's the worrisome game for me.