College Basketball Thoughts

Missouri

Missouri has been a pleasant surprise this season. What Mike Anderson has done in Columbia deserves serious consideration for the big 12 coach of the year. (Probably wont win it see OU and Jeff Capel)That being said I worry about the Tigers sometimes. When they are going good and creating points off of turnovers and getting the max out of each one of their possessions they are a very tough team to beat. When they get stuck in a game with better teams that don't allow them to dictate tempo Missouri tends to struggle in their half-court sets.

Prediction: Mizzou makes it to the elite eight this season and pulls a major upset in the second weekend of the tourney.

Kansas

They Jayhawks will be a tough out in March because they are so well coached. Bill Self has been getting the most out of his players this season and may be in the middle of one of the best coaching jobs that he has ever done. It's one thing to coach a bunch of super talented players and manage the ego and talent. It is a completely different task to get more from average players and have them mesh together into a solid well balanced team.

Prediction: Kansas gets bounced in the sweet 16 round. A good step for a team that we were talking about at one point not making the NCAA tournament.

Kansas State

Really? Will the high school coach even get his team to the tourney? Probably not. However KSU is a scary match-up for people in the Big 12 tourney. If Pullen and Clemente get hot from the outside they have the ability to completely dominate a game from the guard spots. That makes them dangerous as hell. The key. Can the high school coach find a way to use these two weapons to make a run? If he does it will surprise me.

Prediction: KSU misses the NCAA Tournament.