KCTigerFan212

Geez. If they have a football team at this school, they should go ahead and hire Jerry Sandusky.

As much as this sucks, if it means Mizzou hits rock bottom sooner rather than later, it might not be too bad. Two completely horrible years is better than one, long burnout over four or five years.

The most shocking loss was Norfolk State, but Mizzou had a few injuries in that game and didn't have the inside presence to win a title that year, so that's not my choice.

My choice is the 2002 Elite Eight loss to Oklahoma. That tournament was the only time in my lifetime I believed Mizzou could at least have a legitimate shot at winning the national title. If they get by OU, they get a very beatable Indiana team in the Final Four and get either Maryland/KU in the final. That was a great KU team and Mizzou played them very tight three weeks before in Columbia. Just having a shot at playing for the title would have been great.

The game itself was frustrating. Clarence Gibert, playing with an injury, made just one FG. The team missed over half its free throws and yet, they lost by just six points. Everything went wrong but they still lost by only 6.

If Quin gets to a Final Four in year three, who knows what kind of domino effect that has in recruiting and momentum. Perhaps he doesn't gamble on Rickey Clemons. I think Quin was a good coach who made a few mistakes. If they win that game, you never know. Perhaps he is still there.

Mizzou hiring Kim Anderson over Ben Howland, Brad Underwood and Chris Mack - three guys who would have taken the Mizzou job last year - has a very good chance ending up as the worst hire.

KA was never a candidate at Missouri State or UMKC.

And for what it's worth, I think the 2011 KU team was the biggest missed opportunity. In the way of a second national title was VCU, Butler and the winner of the UCONN/Kentucky game. I think KU on paper was better than all four of those teams.

As some of the posters have hit on, it depends on what you value as a fan.

Want regular season conference titles and a bunch of regular season wins? I think guys like Self, K (since 2005) and Sean Miller are your guys.

If you value the postseason significantly more than the regular season, I think you go in the direction of Izzo, Donovan and Calipari. Calipari's tournament record is very underrated. Memphis' loss to Missouri in 2009 was probably his worst tournament loss and that still came in the Sweet 16. Plus, Mizzou was pretty salty that year....arguably its best team ever.

Moneyball. I enjoyed the book, but when I heard it was going to become a movie, I thought it would suck badly.

Outside of a few inaccurate things, it turned out to be a great movie and one of my favorite Brad Pitt performances.

Kansas had the best player in the country that season, so it's not '88. Great run, but Danny Manning wasn't human in that tournament. You always have a chance with the best player.

My choice is North Carolina State in '83. That Houston team was absolutely loaded.

Villanova had also played Georgetown twice that season and the Big East was like SEC football in the 1980's - loaded and deep with talent. I imagine Nova would have had a better record if it played in a different conference that year.

Seattle won a Super Bowl and Harvin made two nice plays in that, so I will take Richardson.

Another fond memory of this team was when Frank Martin beat Kim Anderson out to the court to check on Wes after he got injured. #TrueSon