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No, there isn’t a lot of chance in sports.

Posted on: March 22, 2024 at 11:42:33 CT
haeffb MU
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Me being bigger and stronger and faster and smarter than you isn’t chance. It’s just reality.

There is strength, skill, experience, mental faculty, and a number of other factors. There is scheme, effort, motivation. There is injury. There is environment.

All of those things affect the outcome of individual games, and none are a result of chance.

Your problem is that you keep equating statistics of past events and assuming they apply to future events. They don’t.

Oakland didn’t get lucky. They just flat beat Kentucky by playing better last night.
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The SEC was exposed yesterday... 1-3, with all 3 losses - zounami MU - 3/22 08:59:25
     only uk surprised though ... - tmcats KSU - 3/22 11:58:31
     Exposed how, exactly - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 09:32:07
          It is ridiculous - Genco98 MU - 3/22 12:13:40
          Auburn and Bama should win, A&M and UF are toss ups..nm - tigertix MU - 3/22 10:29:48
               agreed... 4 seed, 4 seed, 7 seed, 9 seed... the SEC will go - zounami MU - 3/22 10:36:22
          no ****. "last year was embarrasing b/c we lost to a 15" - TigerA MU - 3/22 09:39:54
          Kentucky & USC finished tied for #2 in the SEC standings.... - zounami MU - 3/22 09:35:21
               So those three games define the season? - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 09:37:51
                    The SEC didn't have a great non conference season - KC rules MU - 3/22 09:45:19
                         Then no exposing was done yesterday - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 10:46:42
                              More or less. The teams that lost yesterday were - KC rules MU - 3/22 13:19:50
                              people have short-term memories (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:50:07
                                   Your OP said the SEC was exposed yesterday - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 10:51:38
                                        it was, for uninformed idiots like this guy... - zounami MU - 3/22 10:54:50
                                             So it wasn’t exposed yesterday - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 11:01:24
                                                  for the ignorant uninformed masses, it was... - zounami MU - 3/22 11:02:32
                         correct, the SEC fared poorly against non-SEC teams (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:50:48
                    no, it just reveals how soft the SEC was this year (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:39:28
                         gives me great hope for a MU recovery next year. (nm) - TigerA MU - 3/22 09:50:35
                              it all depends on how much "NIL" we throw at the problem (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:53:53
                                   Gates stupid system will be a drag on this team no - gaber c. MU - 3/22 10:13:41
                                        correct... the strategy should be "buy a roster that even - zounami MU - 3/22 10:22:21
                                        wasn't a drag last season(nm) - TigerA MU - 3/22 10:15:18
                                             last year's team had 2 NBA players including a first-rounder - zounami MU - 3/22 10:24:20
                                                  so his system worked the entire year but then dragged them - TigerA MU - 3/22 10:29:28
                                                       it underachieved with the amount of talent on the roster... - zounami MU - 3/22 10:32:11
                                                            There are 363 D1 teams. - haeffb MU - 3/22 10:41:40
                                                                 but most of those are mid- and low-majors (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:48:24
                                                                      Yes (nm) - haeffb MU - 3/22 10:52:01
                                                                           Mizzou is a high-major. Therefore, expectations are higher (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:56:00
                                                                                You’re the one who said “average team.” (nm) - haeffb MU - 3/22 11:01:43
                                                                                     among our peers in the P5.. if you include high school teams - zounami MU - 3/22 11:04:50
                                                                                          I just looked again - haeffb MU - 3/22 11:35:23
                                                                                               And you're wrong, again... I said "slightly above-average" - zounami MU - 3/22 11:38:17
                                                                                yet you keep hounding on Gate's ratings at C-State - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:58:11
                                                                                     correct, he never proved he could win at a high level... - zounami MU - 3/22 11:00:12
                                                                                          He was at Cleveland State - meatiger MU - 3/22 11:06:54
                                                                                               There was nothing in his resume that suggested he was ready - zounami MU - 3/22 11:37:18
                                                            they were picked to finish much lower than they did so - TigerA MU - 3/22 10:39:46
                                                                 We finished 57 in Kenpom (similar in other computer models) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:47:42
                         No it doesn’t-(nm) - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 09:41:10
                              keep telling yourself that (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:49:09
     RE: The SEC was exposed yesterday... 1-3, with all 3 losses - tigertix MU - 3/22 09:22:22
          In most cases, the non conference schedule is a good - KC rules MU - 3/22 09:37:44
     But Mizzou didn't lose--Gates should be proud - mu7176grad MU - 3/22 09:21:36
          The cuckold has spoken (nm) - ChinaTiger KC - 3/22 09:32:43
               you never reply with counterpoints, just low IQ ad homs (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:36:09
                    But he’s correct - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 09:40:14
                         no, it's just low IQ name-calling (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:48:33
                              But he’s correct (nm) - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 10:52:47
                                   no, he's projecting (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:56:24
                    Take your pills freak (nm) - ChinaTiger KC - 3/22 09:37:55
                         RE: Take your pills freak (nm) - CPA MU - 3/22 10:23:30
                         you're proving my point (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:40:01
     The appeal of the tournament and the format is - FIJItiger MU - 3/22 09:08:44
          And people seem to think this will happen in a football - meatiger MU - 3/22 09:44:20
               In basketball if one of your five players has an exceptional - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 10:18:11
          agree 100%(nm) - TigerA MU - 3/22 09:24:30
               And feej is rarely correct (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 3/22 09:26:19
                    lol(nm) - TigerA MU - 3/22 09:28:15
          Yep. It's a total crapshoot in the early rounds (nm) - Tiger Strangiato MU - 3/22 09:20:02
               3 vs 14 isn't a "crapshoot"... look at the statistics (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:21:37
                    what statistics?(nm) - TigerA MU - 3/22 09:24:57
                         14-vs-3 seed record all-time: 130-22 (.855)... - zounami MU - 3/22 09:29:43
                    Yep, early round upsets are super rare... (nm) - Tiger Strangiato MU - 3/22 09:24:17
                    Right, and SC wasn't in the same league as Oregon...nm - tigertix MU - 3/22 09:23:27
          Agreed (nm) - TheWildcat MU - 3/22 09:10:09
     If Mizzou played all 68 tournament teams this year, what - semotiger83 MU - 3/22 09:05:12
          The 2023 or 2024 version?(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/22 09:30:36
          The season's over. Let it die peacefully.(nm) - Diamond Dave MU - 3/22 09:20:49
               you blasted Drink for going 3-5 in SEC football, but Gates - zounami MU - 3/22 09:57:50
               Mizzou fans can’t do that - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 09:33:56
                    The '23-24 basketball season hasn't ended yet... - zounami MU - 3/22 09:38:55
                         I expect guys like you to talk about it - Hickeytime MU - 3/22 10:53:49
          The team that finished the season 0-19 or the one - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 09:14:42
               we didn't beat any tourney teams, we did lose to Jackson St - zounami MU - 3/22 09:18:01
                    True but I would not be surprised to see us go .500 against - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 09:21:38
                         You're delusional. There are only 6 teams in the tourney... - zounami MU - 3/22 09:27:51
                              I don't think you realize how bad the bottom of the bracket - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 09:45:19
                                   none of those teams we beat were good enough to make - zounami MU - 3/22 09:49:52
                                        According to the computers - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:14:02
                                             Several teams got “lucky” according to the computers (nm) - haeffb MU - 3/22 10:18:26
                                                  do you think Kentucky is better than Oakland? (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:39:01
                                                       Yes. (nm) - haeffb MU - 3/22 10:47:41
                                                            how many times out of 100 do you think UK would beat them? (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:50:47
                                                                 Depends on the circumstances. - haeffb MU - 3/22 10:59:20
                                                                      yeah, I figured you'd avoid that question (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 11:00:46
                                                                           In Rupp, 99 of 100 - haeffb MU - 3/22 11:04:00
                                                                                so according to you, UK had a 75% chance of winning... - zounami MU - 3/22 11:32:21
                                                                                     No, there isn’t a lot of chance in sports. - haeffb MU - 3/22 11:42:33
                                                                                          You're wrong. A simple example is free-throw shooting... - zounami MU - 3/22 11:57:40
                                                                                               I pick you. - haeffb MU - 3/22 12:03:25
                                                                                                    yeah, I figured you'd avoid that question (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 12:33:53
                                                       Not yesterday(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:41:35
                                                  LMAO(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:36:23
                                                  And if Mizzou played all sixty-eight of the tourney teams - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 10:22:00
                                                       the way they were playing down the stretch - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:37:43
                                                       Mizzou went 0-12 against tourney teams, and 0-19 against - zounami MU - 3/22 10:27:29
                                                            Again, if the tourney were made up of the top 68 teams your - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 10:38:37
                                                                 You'd have said that about Jackson State as well. (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 10:39:40
                                                                      So you really believe Mizzou would go 0-68 against the field - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 11:19:30
                                                                           It's certainly possible. Personally, I think he'd go 3-65 or - zounami MU - 3/22 11:39:14
                                                                      You are a contradiction in one thread(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/22 10:53:04
                                        Do you actually believe that the tourney is made up of the - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 10:12:54
                                             Gates found ways to lose. 0-12 vs tourney teams. 0-19 vs - zounami MU - 3/22 10:29:15
          well, what *was* our record against teams in the tourney? (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:11:55
               I thought that originally but our schedule was skewed - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 09:16:39
                    like who, Kentucky?... they just lost to 14-seed Oakland - zounami MU - 3/22 09:19:32
                         Shlt happens in the tourney. I heard that the kid from - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/22 09:24:17
                              He has made 131 three pointers this season - KC rules MU - 3/22 09:53:19
                              Wrong again. Oakland would absolutely be favored over us... - zounami MU - 3/22 09:37:29
               ...our record was 0-12 against tourney teams (nm) - zounami MU - 3/22 09:16:06
     RE: The SEC was exposed yesterday... 1-3, with all 3 losses - redngray MU - 3/22 09:05:12




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