In the post below this one I stated it would be a long winter in Columbia. Well, its four weeks later and it is. The Missouri Tigers are 7-13 overall and 1-6 in a mediocre SEC basketball conference and have lost six in a row. As I write this they are losing to Ole Miss (13-7 & 4-3) by 17 with six minutes to go in the game at Columbia.
This is not Mizzou coach Kim Anderson's fault. But, rather the a problem created by former coach Frank Haith who bolted to Tulsa after last season and left the cupboard bare. Anderson will rebuild the program but it is going to take some time.
Note: Mizzou ended up losing to Ole Miss 67-47 shortly after this was posted.
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January 31, 2015
January 03, 2015
It's Going to be a Very Long Season for Missouri
As I write this my beloved Mizzou Tigers are struggling to beat Lipscomb University on the Tigers home floor in Columbia. The fact of the matter is this is not a very good Missouri team. In fact to be honest its a terrible basketball team.
To give you a little background Kim Anderson took over the Tigers basketball program this past spring after winning the NCAA Division 1-A Title at Central Missouri State. I am a fan of Kim Anderson. I watched him play at Mizzou and I watched the Tigers while he was an assistant to former head coach Norm Stewart. Bottom line is Anderson knows the game, he knows how to coach and he knows how to recruit.
The problem is the person who had the program prior to Anderson is an opportunistic selfish man who left town as fast as he could to go to a smaller school at Tulsa. His name is Frank Haith and he left the cupboard bare for Anderson. Really, there is very little talent in Columbia and the Tigers are going to struggle in a mediocre SEC conference this season.
Give Anderson time and the Tigers will be back and competing against the powers in the SEC. But for the rest of this basketball season and next year the Tigers will struggle against average teams and be overwhelmed by good teams.
As a Missouri Tiger fan I will continue to support them through the bad times and then into the good times. Good Luck to Kim Anderson and his staff while they turn around this program.
For the record the game just ended and Missouri took advantage of poor shooting by Lipscomb to win the game 72-60.
To give you a little background Kim Anderson took over the Tigers basketball program this past spring after winning the NCAA Division 1-A Title at Central Missouri State. I am a fan of Kim Anderson. I watched him play at Mizzou and I watched the Tigers while he was an assistant to former head coach Norm Stewart. Bottom line is Anderson knows the game, he knows how to coach and he knows how to recruit.
The problem is the person who had the program prior to Anderson is an opportunistic selfish man who left town as fast as he could to go to a smaller school at Tulsa. His name is Frank Haith and he left the cupboard bare for Anderson. Really, there is very little talent in Columbia and the Tigers are going to struggle in a mediocre SEC conference this season.
Give Anderson time and the Tigers will be back and competing against the powers in the SEC. But for the rest of this basketball season and next year the Tigers will struggle against average teams and be overwhelmed by good teams.
As a Missouri Tiger fan I will continue to support them through the bad times and then into the good times. Good Luck to Kim Anderson and his staff while they turn around this program.
For the record the game just ended and Missouri took advantage of poor shooting by Lipscomb to win the game 72-60.
March 25, 2013
Final Thought's on Mizzou's Basketball Season
Missouri ended its up and down basketball season with a good old fashioned ass whooping at the hands of Colorado State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. As they did much of the season, when Mizzou left it's happy place in Columbia, Mo. the team was mediocre at best.
This team was loaded with talent, but appeared to lack direction all season. For this I blame head coach Frank Haith. In fairness to Haith the team lost a key player mid-season over unproved charges of sexual assault.
With Dixon's departure the team never did come together like it should have. Junior point guard Phil Pressey played out of control frequently and the result cost Missouri several wins on the road. Haith, never did bench Pressey even when Pressey was firing up three point jumpers and missing like there was no tomorrow. The bottom line is Haith lost control of the team and never did get the team back under control. When Mizzou played at home they were very very good, and didn't lose all season. But, when this group went on the road they were very, very mediocre. It's time for the Athletic Director Mike Alden to evaluate where the basketball program is and what Haith's future is with The University of Missouri.
This team was loaded with talent, but appeared to lack direction all season. For this I blame head coach Frank Haith. In fairness to Haith the team lost a key player mid-season over unproved charges of sexual assault.
With Dixon's departure the team never did come together like it should have. Junior point guard Phil Pressey played out of control frequently and the result cost Missouri several wins on the road. Haith, never did bench Pressey even when Pressey was firing up three point jumpers and missing like there was no tomorrow. The bottom line is Haith lost control of the team and never did get the team back under control. When Mizzou played at home they were very very good, and didn't lose all season. But, when this group went on the road they were very, very mediocre. It's time for the Athletic Director Mike Alden to evaluate where the basketball program is and what Haith's future is with The University of Missouri.
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