Mizzou Tiger Hoops

On Saturday afternoon the Tigers finally put together an effective full-court defense for the first time since CMA (Coach Mike Anderson) has been at Mizzou. Seeing as this is allegedly his specialty, that is pretty exciting. Yes it was against a weak opponent, but Prairie View A&M played most of the game with a four guard lineup, and it still worked against all those ball-handlers. Against Tennessee last weekend, Chattanooga committed 24 turnovers. Put the pedal to the medal tonight CMA!

Look at that athleticism!

Tonight’s game against UT-Chattanooga should keep the thrills coming. Athlon Sports has Chattanooga winning their division in the Southern Conference (where Stephen Curry the excellent lives and rains 3’s). I’m no SoCon expert, but Davidson will probably win that conference, but who knows, maybe Chattanooga can get a conference tourney uspet and sneak into the NCAA’s. So potentially tonight we are facing a team that could wind up in the NCAA’s. All feeble attempts to hype up this game aside, I am excited.

Athlon Sports lists Chattanooga’s main weakness as ball-handling, and notes that last season they committed 80 more turnovers than they forced. This could mean a great time for Tiger fans tonight with the newfound press taking over. If the ball isn’t rolling all around Norm Stewart Court tonight than the press should probably be scrapped.

It looks like the Chattanooga’s best player is 6-7 forward Nichaeus Doaks, who went for 16 and 9 against Tennessee. This will be nice test for DeMarre Carroll early in the season, especially before next Thursday’s game against Xavier.

- Greg M.

Here is an interesting article dealing with new recruit Keith DeWitt from Steve Walentik at the Tribune.