Date: 3/14/2011
Post: 6
Posted on MUTiger.com .....
March 14, 2011
Columbia, Mo. -
#11 University of Missouri
#6 University of Cincinnati
Tip-Off: 8:50 P.M. CT
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Arena:
Radio: Tiger Radio Network (Mike Kelly - Play by Play / Gary Link - Analyst)
TV: TNT (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski)
Rankings: Mizzou RV/RV; Cincinnati 25/RV in AP / USA
Series: First Meeting
Coaches:
For Openers...
> Missouri Basketball returns to NCAA Tournament play for the third consecutive season as the #11-seeded Tigers battle the Cincinnati Bearcats for the first time in series history ... Missouri and Cincy meet at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., marking Missouri's first trip to our nation's capital since a 63-51 loss at Georgetown on Feb. 20, 1982.
> Mizzou is making its 24th trip to the NCAA Tournament overall ... The Tigers are 22-23 all-time in the Big Dance and have won five consecutive opening-round games dating back to an 84-70 loss to 8th-seeded North Carolina in 2000 ... That Carolina team ended up making the Final Four.
> Missouri is headed to the West Region for the eighth time in school history ... The Tigers last went West in 2009 and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight ... Actually each of Mizzou's last two trips into the West Region finished with Elite Eight runs, including a surge as the #12 seed before falling to #2 Oklahoma in San Jose, Calif.
> Here is what you need to know about Mizzou ... Missouri's brand of basketball is called The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball and Head Coach Mike Anderson has used it to make six career trips to the NCAA Tournament in nine seasons as a head coach ... Missouri ranks #2 nationally in steals (9.8) and is one of the country's most unselfish teams with eight players boasting 29 or more assists ... In addition, Missouri set the school record for fewest turnovers per game last year and this season's 12.8 turnovers per game is the third fewest in school history ... So while the brand of play is fast, it's fundamentally sound.
> In addition, Missouri is one of just four teams nationally to have five players averaging double figures in scoring (along with Iowa State , Long Beach State and Detroit
> Missouri enters NCAA play as an 11-seed for the second time ... The Tigers fell to UAB, 66-64, in 1986 ... Missouri was a #10 seed last season and defeated #7 Clemson, 86-78, in Buffalo last year ... Missouri is also facing its fourth Big EAST team in NCAA play the last few seasons ... Mizzou defeated #6 Marquette in 2009 and fell to #1 UConn in the Elite Eight and dropped a 68-59 decision to #2 West Virginia last year in Buffalo.
> Thursday's game marks a homecoming trip of sorts for a pair of Tigers ... Junior Kim English is from nearby Baltimore, Md., while Ricardo Ratliffe is from Hampton, Va. ... Missouri
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