Chat Mizzou sports with Dave Matter at 11 a.m. Thursday
Bring your Tigers football, basketball and recruiting questions, and talk to Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter in a live chat at 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Good Morning Dave - It was heartening to see Mizzou finally break through in a non-conference game against a ranked opponent. I'm remaining optimistic about the season. I'm kind of looking at this year similar to how I viewed the football team last year: if they're not going to be good this year, any hope for a future with Cuonzo as coach would be immensely diminished. Would you agree with that statement?
As for the future strategy, I'm a bit concerned about next year with so many people graduating or leaving early. Should we expect that Mizzou will need to rebuild rather than reload or is Cuonzo looking to use this year to catapult the program in the eyes of big time recruits? -
Next year is very much a rebuild with so many seniors on this current team. The rebuild is an easier process if Pinson sticks around for his senior year, but there's no guarantee that happens. If this season turns out to be a disappointment, then yes, it's natural to wonder if Martin can take this program further. But, if this team stays healthy and lives up to its potential, maybe we wont' be asking that next season even with a retooled roster. -
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I have criticized Tilmon’s play in the past so I must compliment him on his game against a good team last night with 11 points, 9 rbs, 30 minutes played and only 3 fouls. Is he finally adjusting to referees or are they adjusting to him? This is the kind of performance I was hoping he would supply in the past and hopefully will supply in his final season. Late in the second half he was parked in the lane for 4+ seconds but the refs didn’t call anything as Pickett shot a 2 pointer from the side. I guess 3 seconds in the lane is not called any more, but Tilmon’s performance gives them hope for the upcoming conference season
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I've been writing this since last season, but the foul trouble became less of an issue last season. He averaged one fewer foul per game as a junior. That's a significant drop-off. Also, a big percentage of his fouls in the past came on the offensive end, usually for moving screens. He's worked on that part of his game a lot. In fact, it's the first thing Martin talked about last night when Tilmon's name came up. Good start so far for the big man.
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When Gary Pinkel missed Missouri's win over Texas Tech in 2011, the victory still counted on his career total.Here's what the NCAA told CBS Sports.com regarding the situation with Saban missing a game:
"Typically when a coach misses a game, or a limited number of games, due to a temporary illness, the wins and losses that take place during his/her absence, count on the head coach's won-lost record. But if an institution knows its coach is going to miss some time to an illness or other unexpected circumstance, they can inform us in advance if they want the win or loss to go to an interim coach.
"Generally speaking, a one-game absence (and hopefully that is the worst-case scenario) with the coach able to still communicate with his staff and players, would result in the head coach having wins and losses count against his/her won-lost record. Again though, it's up to the school to decide."
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General rule: I ask questions for answers I don't already know. What was the strategy on this play? What was the game plan coming into the game for this specific element of the game? What did you think about this certain play or that certain play? Did it unfold as planned? What surprised you about the other team's strategy? Why didn't this guy play? Why did this guy play so much?
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My earlier comment was the Sarah Fuller event at the Vandy game seemed a bit contrived or even staged. She just kicked the ball and ran off the field and it was termed “historic.” There are some things women can do that men can’t and vice versa. Why don’t we just admit that instead of staging events to make us feel as if we are “breaking barriers?” God made the sexes different and each obviously have their strengths. Anything wrong with that?
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I don't see why what happened last week upset anyone. There are a lot of bad things that happen in the world every day that don't generate nearly as much attention, scorn or resentment as a woman kicking a football 30 yards. Like I said, I thought some of the coverage was over the top and lacked nuance.
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Dave, what are your thoughts on how Mizzou is treated by other SEC fans. Often times any time there is a positive social media post by the SEC about Mizzou, people just laugh at it or show all kinds of disrespect. The best part about it is, when they’re asked why they think that their rhetoric is “it’s Mizzou”.
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Teams have to play a minimum of 13 games to be eligible for the 2021 NCAA Tournament, but there will be a waiver process for teams that can't play 13 games.The NCAA tournament committees have encouraged teams to play at least four nonconference games. Teams are permitted to play as many as 27 games total.
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I've been a Broncos fan. Rough year. I'd like to see Lock develop into a franchise quarterback but I'm not sold he's the answer long-term.As for this year's playoff field, I can't say I'm rooting for anyone in particular. The Chiefs are the most entertaining team. Seattle, too.
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When discussing Fuller and her lone kick in the game, what people forget is she was going to also kick their PAT's but never got the chance. It was not a publicity stunt in my opinion, but was something to spin a positive light on their dismal season. I watched her in warm-ups and a lot of her kicks seemed a bit low and may have been blocked. For people to say they just had her there to just kick-off is wrong. I did see they had their punter kicking off in warmups and I do believe they let her kickoff in the second half to make sure she got into the game.
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Dave, it always seems that the men’s basketball team has an issue with keeping guys. Every year it seems like there are 2-3 guys that transfer, and there’s always a revolving door of whose new to the team. I know it’s college basketball and guys are always moving to new schools, but other than the 6-7 players that consistently play it seems there’s always new guys coming off the bench and I don’t really see this happen to other major conference schools.
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Well, then you're not paying attention that closely. Kentucky has several new players this year who are Division I transfers. The core of that Oregon team last night was all transfers. Mizzou is hardly unique. In fact, MU is pretty much the norm. The two Smiths transferred into the program. Buggs and Chang transferred into the program. Four transfers is not a high number for today's game. It might be less than the NCAA average.
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Hello Dave. I apologize if this has been addressed. I joined late. I noticed very few players on the bench last night with masks and lots of high fiving, fist pumps and hand shakes all around. Doesn't seem like much distancing or precautions at all. Could be a a lot of cancelled games if they don't start taking precautions.
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They're tested three times a week. They wear masks on the bench. Cuonzo wore a new mask last night instead of the gaiter he "wore" in the Oral Roberts game. I didn't think last night's mask-wearing or social distancing was anything different from the other games I've watched over the last week.
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Vanderbilt, because it's not as appealing and its facilities are terrible. The athletics department has rarely, if ever, fully committed to making the football program competitive in the SEC.They care about football at South Carolina. They have a sparkling new indoor facility. In fact, Jim Sterk and Mizzou's brass got a tour of the facility before the football game a few weeks ago. Expect an announcement soon on Mizzou's plans for a new indoor facility. Drinkwitz wants it done. Sterk and the curators want to get it done for him.
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