Beat Mississippi State.
I think Missouri should take the opportunity they have before them and win this game.
Hear me out.
Things don’t go well when Mizzou travels to Starkville. There have been 10 trips, 9 losses. What’s a funny little fact about their trips to Starkville is that Missouri’s average score difference is 9.7 points, but their average loss is by 15.4 points. Mizzou beat State by 42 points in 2013 back when Frank Haith was coaching Jabari Brown and Keion Bell while Rick Ray was running out Baxter Price and Colin Borchert. In all the other games they’ve never kept it to single digits, except for 2015 when they lost by 9. They also only scored 43 points, so it wasn’t a pretty game by any stretch.
In Missouri’s defense, they’ve been pretty bad most of the time they were sent down to Starkvegas. Two years ago they were good but they shot really poorly, and as you likely know the margins were thin.
What the Tigers need to do is just be who they are, which is a talented team who can defend and rebound, and shoot the ball well. Do all those things.
With Florida visiting Tennessee it could be a day where the Tigers take hold of the 3rd place spot in the league behind Alabama and Auburn. The league is competitive but it gives you a lot of opportunity. Beat MSU and it doesn’t matter what happens in Knoxville, you still hold the tie breaker.
Nobody expects the Tigers to win this game, which is why they should.
Missouri-Mississippi State Basketball: How to Watch, Game Info:
TIME: 12:00 p.m. CT
DATE: Saturday, February 1, 2025
LOCATION: Humphrey Coliseum; Starkville, MS
TELEVISION: SEC Network
STREAM: WatchESPN
FORUMS: Rockm.Plus/Forums
PREVIEW: MBB Preview: Mizzou heads to Starkville for heavyweight Top-20 matchup
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