I'm finally back with my completely unscientific "preview" of tomorrow night's game with Missouri. My apologies for doing a poor job lately of getting game previews up.
Even though it's at home, tomorrow night's matchup with Mizzou (17-3, 4-1 Big 12) looks pretty daunting on paper, as you'll see below. The Tigers are a deep, balanced team that ranks highly, or at least better than K-State, in almost every statistical category. That's not to say the Tigers are invincible; they've fallen apart against Illinois and Nebraska slowed them down earlier this month. Still, it's going to take a better effort than we've seen out of this team in January to get a win tomorrow evening. Let's hope the win over Colorado last Saturday gives this team a newfound sense of confidence.
Individual Leaders
K-State
Jacob Pullen: 13.6 points/game, 32 Steals, 64 assists, 57 turnovers
Jamar Samuels: 19 blocks, 57.6 FG%
Darren Kent: 5.7 rebs./game
Denis Clemente: 84.1 FT%
Fred Brown: 40.2 3-PT.%
Mizzou
DeMarre Carroll: 16.3 points/game, 7.1 rebs./game, 58.6 FG%
J.T. Tiller: 40 steals,
Keith Ramsey: 18 blocks,
Zaire Taylor: 66 assists
Leo Lyons: 47 turnovers
Marcus Denmon: 84.0 FT%
Matt Lawrence: 41.7 3-PT.%
Statistical Standings (conference games only)
Scoring Offense
K-State: 63.4 (T-9th)
Mizzou: 85.8 (1st)
Scoring Defense
K-State: 75.8 (9th)
Mizzou: 69.0 (5th)
FG%
K-State: 40.0 (11th)
Mizzou: 49.5 (2nd)
FG% Defense
K-State: 51.6 (11th)
Mizzou: 39.9 (2nd)
3-Point %
K-State: 30.7 (10th)
Mizzou: 39.8 (5th)
3-Point % Defense
K-State: 50.7 (12th)
Mizzou: 29.8 (2nd)
Rebounding
K-State: 34.8 (T-7th)
Mizzou: 35.6 (T-6th)
Assists
K-State: 10.6 (9th)
Mizzou: 18.6 (1st)
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio
K-State: 0.64 (9th)
Mizzou: 1.39 (1st)
And finally, because it's Missouri basketball, it's fat guy with no shirt time!
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Jiggle Fat Man Jiggle!
Oh wait, it didn’t work. Put your shirt back on. You disgust me.
mystman995 - January 27, 2009
I never thought I'd get seasick at my cubicle.
MadCat - January 27, 2009
I'll try to be around as much as I can today....
in case anyone here has any Mizzou-specific questions…I’ll be happy to do my best to answer them.
The Beef - January 28, 2009
OK, I'll play...
…who the hell are these guys? It’s like you turned your whole team over, and yet don’t suck this year. Ramsey? Zaire? Den-Mon? Sound like Mike Anderson went on a worldwide trip and came back with some ballers.
TB - January 28, 2009
Whoever these guys are
I’m just glad Stefhon Hannah isn’t around again (and his mom) to torment us like he did back in the ‘06-’07 season. Hopefully none of your guys (although extremely likely the way we’ve been playing) will drop 27 on us and go 6-8 from beyond the arc.
(But then again we did win that game……)
mystman995 - January 28, 2009
We have probably three guys who CAN do that....
Lawrence, Denmon and English all have shown the ability to get that hot. Mizzou is very likely to win any game when 2 of the 3 of them score well, and probably a game where just one of them goes nuts. But the team continues to get a little more dangerous as English and Denmon improve their consistency and confidence.
The Beef - January 28, 2009
Some from column A, some from column B, some from column C
From column A, the improvement (in health) of Carroll, the improvement in a more, well-rounded game from Matt Lawrence and a decent attempt (so far) to minimize bad and pouty Leo Lyons.
From column B, so new, LIKABLE life being breathed into the team by people like Ramsey, English (gym-RAT) and Denmon. All showed some flashes, but now are doing it a little more commonly and earning the time they are getting. Taylor has had some big games for us, and certainly his practicing with the team all last year while sitting helped that.
From column C, the removal of the problem pieces for this team. We obviously graduated many of them, but I cannot help but think that we are better off without Keon Lawrence (and I do really wish him the best out at the Hall once he can start playing again). The chemistry is probably the single biggest reason we have done this.
I was skeptical of this freshman crew (and Ramsey and Taylor) and the impact they would have. I am pleased to say I have been proven wrong so far. The style of play was also a concern, but when done correctly, it seems to hold up in a physcial league like the Big XII.
The Beef - January 28, 2009
Well..day is winding down
I NEVER pick a road team (unless they are playing CU) so it is tough for me to pick MU here, but having seen a (very) little of kSU hoops and some stats, I just fear our defense is going to cause a lot of havoc and lead to a lot of fast break chances for us. But, as often happens it seems, stranger things do occur :-)
Best of luck tonight, I will certainly be watching
The Beef - January 28, 2009
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