The Verdict: Film Breakdown of Mizzou’s win over #1 Kansas

Hey everyone! I know you all have been waiting for thisepisode of The Verdict! Today, @datamizzou brings us his film breakdown of Mizzou's historic upset of #1 ranked kU. This episode is FREE for everyone to view, so feel free to share so people can see all they're missing out on over here at Rock M+!

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The context to me was very impressive. Sure, kansas has lost by bigger margins over that period. They've lost to lower ranked teams. Yet I put a big emphasis on shooting variance. If a team is lights out from three point range, they can push up the margin fairly easily.

That's not what Mizzou did.

No, they absolutely brutalized ku's offense for 30+ minutes and were by far the more physically dominant team. In fact, I'd wager no team has done both of those things to the extent Mizzou did. But for a five minute stretch in the second half, this could've gone down as one of the most comprehensive demolitions of Self's kansas teams.

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I agree, Nate. There’s a toughness they exude, end-to-end, which seems inherent to these particular players and their coaches. Perhaps it is rebounding from that beating they took in the 2d half at Memphis. And, I suppose, having 3 teammates from KC where the rivalry is seething, and a 4th one who hails from Wichita, with 2 of the 4 being team captains, and 1 of the 4 being the most tenured Tiger, surely did not hurt. Nevertheless, Tamar made a post-game statement, “This means we are one of the best teams in the country, and we didn’t have to beat Kansas to prove it”, to ourselves. So, the kU victory may not be the only surprising win this team has in store for the pundits.

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