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Missouri

rivercatinfl

Sophomore
Nov 21, 2012
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I was just looking at the Missouri roster and it looks like they play 5 out a significant amount of the time. I could only find 2 other players on the roster who weren't guards.
They have 2 - 7 footers who don't play much.
 
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I know literally nothing about them except they apparently can score a ton and aren't as good on the road.

If they are guard heavy, we may have a problem. My guess is that they drive a lot, and that has been our Achilles heel this year. I also don't believe they are fantastic defensively as has been shown by some of the shootout scores I've seen them involved in. If we could play at least halfway decent defense and hit 10+ threes, I think we could outshoot them and win. Or trade a 2 for 3.

I won't look at their stats, though, until around Friday. Or if someone here posts a preview and does the work for me, I'll definitely read up.
 
That always seems to be a trait of Missouri, guard heavy. 4 or 5 out. They did this with Phil Pressey 10 or so years ago when they were last pretty good.
 
Hope we get the W. Would be nice to finish above 500 in the SEC. Also always like to be a few teams in the SEC not Kentucky, check that, all teams in the SEC not Kentucky. lol
 
Biggest problem with UMO is playing them at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. They play so darn good at home.
There's no way we beat them if they lose tonight. That would be 2 straight losses and they'd be salivating to play us at home coming off a 2 game skid. That would be the 3rd time this year we went on the road and played a team that had lost 2 in a row.

Missouri needs to win tonight.
 
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5th best offensive efficiency
59th best defensive efficiency

That's not a whole lot different than our 6th/57th

They do practically everything well on offense but extremely good shooting team (which could be a nightmare given our D) and they get to the line.........like a lot. 10th in effective FG % and 2nd in Free Throw Rate.

We cannot have the fouls accumulate in this one. If we do there's no shot here. The free throw difference in this one could be massive and I already see posts about the refs incoming lol.

Also very good with turnover % on both sides. Offense they don't turn it over much (15.3%) and on Defense they force quite a bit (20.7%).

The one negative on defense for them is they stink at rebounding on defense. 299th. Sadly that's not really something we do all that well on offense.
 
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Butler and Owen must stay out of foul trouble in this one. Next to Bama this will be our toughest road game of year.Can we win sure,would I bet on it no
 
Watched them when they played Tennessee. Unless they just have a bad game, I think this is a 7-15 point loss. Their guards are legit and they are very quick. They’ll hang 100 on us. I’ve dreaded this game since I saw them.
 
Here’s is an interesting sidenote with Kentucky flavor: Marques Warrick, a grad transfer for Missouri, is from Lexington, is a graduate of NKU and is Henry Clay High School’s all-time leading scorer. He entered the 2024-25 season with 2,246 career points in collegiate competition – the most among active players in the nation. He is a left-handed shooter … fyi.

 
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