Missouri’s home cooking could push Tigers to Sweet 16

Yahoo Sports’ Tourney Bracket Live crew breaks down Mizzou’s favorable draw getting to play in St. Louis and why it could help the 10-seed Tigers advance to the second weekend.

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Surprising to me, guys.

Like Miami is taking on Missouri- Ooh in St. Louis.

That feels like a- Yep strange decision by the committee.

That’s a home game.

and Vegas feels pretty interested about it too.

That is the closest in terms of 10-7 games.

That’s a one-and-a-half point line right now.

Missouri is a one-and-a-half point dog.

That is by far the closest of the 10-7 in terms of the line.

I like Mizzou here.

I think this is, this is a, a physical game.

Both these teams are built inside out, big bodies, physicality on both sides.

Who can control the glass?

Who can, who can, defend better in the paint will be big.

And then obviously turnovers become an issue for both teams.

I like Mizzou to pull an upset against Miami.

You know, to your point, I know Dalen’s gonna love this, but I, I got Mizzou winning that game.

I have Mizzou winning the next game against Purdue.

Well, now we know it’s never gonna happen ’cause so do I, bro.

Yeah, yeah.

I, I, I- That’s not good news for anybody I have Mizzou winning that next game.

When you look at what they do defensively, like Dalen said, they’re physical, they crash the glass.

I love the way T.O.

Barry has been playing.

I mean, a 6’4″ point guard that has really come along towards the end of the season.

Wasn’t starting, now all of a sudden he worked his way into that starting lineup due to injuries and now he kept it.

He dominated.

They’re not a great shooter, but at 6’4″, big frame, can pick up the ball at the point of attack.

I mean, what he can do to Braden Smith defensively- Boom, that’s it is very similar to what Torre did earlier in the year when they played Purdue