Although, as the 2008-2009 season shows, the Tigers most certainly can bounce back from the early road hiccups. In 2009 Missouri went on to win the Big 12 and earn an Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA Tournament. This season, the Tigers could easily do the same thing as they received a lot of respect in pre-season polls and continue to be ranked in the top-15 week in and week out. Along with that, highly recruited freshman and point guard Phil Pressey seems to have fully recovered from his thumb injury posting 13 points in the Tigers impressive home victory over Kansas State. That along with Marcus Denmon’s ubelievable “coming out season” thus far this year continuing over into conference play, Junior Kim English no longer seems forced to carry the load. Denmon is averaging 17 plus points-per-game, up from 10 last season.
A lot of Tiger fans may look back to the Colorado loss as the most disappointing of the season, or they could later realize that to be the only mistake in a very successful basketball season. Either way, the Missouri Tiger team could reach heights that Mizzou fans didn’t think were possible during the ugly Quin Snyder era. The success of their season largely depends on which team shows up at the tournament and we will get a good look at that late tomorrow night against Cinci. If the best Fastest 40 minutes show up, they have the raw skills to compete with anyone, especially Cinci and more importantly, UConn and beyond.
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