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Originally Posted by gblowfish
Mizzou got totally killed at Florida. Probably their worst game of the year.
I just don't see how they'll do anything in the NCAA with their road record.
It's all going to depend on Phil. They go as Phil goes.
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The road record is troubling, no doubt. But playing at neutral sites is a little different than playing on the road. Missouri's neutral site record is respectable (3-1, with wins against quality VCU and Illinois teams).
They've also been playing well in most of those road losses. The early blowouts to Ole Miss and Florida have not continued.
Pressey's play will indeed be the key, though. I think Missouri could end up being a lot like Florida a season ago... the 7 seed that No. 2 wants to see in its bracket.
The two things that travel best in college hoops are defense and an ability to score inside/at the FT stripe (the two are one). Missouri has the latter. They have flashed the former (like we saw during the key run that blew this game out).
I do like that this team is less dependent on 3-point shooting