If you’re an old-style college basketball fan who still clings to the illusion that regular season conference championships matter (count me among the guilty) and if you live in the state of Missouri, then this week promises its share of excitement. The week in TV sports is highlighted by big games with championship implications, with no less than four involving teams from the Show-Me State.
The college sports world made the complete segueway from football to basketball tonight, so perhaps it was appropriate that Alabama was in action and going down to defeat. The SEC began conference play and Missouri knocked off the Tide 84-68. Mizzou is one of three teams with a legitimate shot at the conference crown, as we lay out the landscape for the coming two months in SEC basketball.
The Big 12 is set for a heavyweight fight between two national powers this season, but unlike past seasons those schools aren’t named Kansas or Texas. This time around it’s Baylor and Missouri who rolled through non-conference play undefeated and then opened Big 12 action with another win. In a year where this conference saw […]