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yes...I am being totally honest. 2 of the 4 years in conference, Missouri greatly exceeded preseason expectations (by winning the East)...in the other two years, they finished lower than preseason predictions. That seems pretty straight forward.

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So you had no point, thats what I thought.

Nope...I was responding to the statement "Mizzou has been at it's best in the SEC when the focus of expectations are elsewhere". Actually, 1/2 the time, Missouri has been at it's best when expectations are elsewhere...1/2 the time, Missouri is worse than predicted when expectations are elsewhere. Expectations are always elsewhere...so, basically it means that "when expectations are elsewhere, Missouri will finish between 1st and 6th in the East". That is a more accurate statement.

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Posted by kilo

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Posted on 8/24/16 at 1:48 pm to madmaxvol

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Nope...I was responding to the statement "Mizzou has been at it's best in the SEC when the focus of expectations are elsewhere". Actually, 1/2 the time, Missouri has been at it's best when expectations are elsewhere...1/2 the time, Missouri is worse than predicted when expectations are elsewhere. Expectations are always elsewhere...so, basically it means that "when expectations are elsewhere, Missouri will finish between 1st and 6th in the East". That is a more accurate statement.