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College Basketball GameDay: Missouri vs South Carolina: info, where to watch, predictions
It was a big night last night for Mizzou Athletics. On top of Football head coach Eli Drinkwitz finally settling on a Defensive Coordinator, when reports surfaced Missouri was hiring South Alabama defensive coordinator Corey Batoon. The two most elite programs in the Athletics Department, Mizzou Gym and TigerStyle Wrestling both had big matchups and came out on top.
Catch up on the Results with Karen’s recap of the events at Hearns (coming), where Mizzou Gym took down LSU. And make sure you read Matthew Gustafson’s recap of Wrestling’s domination over West Virginia.
Onto hoops, where a struggling Missouri basketball squad is heading to the other Columbia to take on the surging and, should they beat Missouri, possible top 25 South Carolina Gamecocks.
Sports are a funny thing most of the time. A year ago South Carolina was 221 in KenPom in Lamont Paris’ first season. They tried to jump start the rebuild by adding 5-star freshman G.G. Jackson and a host of transfers and boy it did not go well. They were awful shooting the ball, and leaky on defense. Jackson flashed quite often but was horribly inefficient most of the time. Coming into the season Paris didn’t change a ton of what he was doing. They made some mild upgrades, Jackson went off to the NBA. I thought they’d be better but not good enough to win in the SEC.
I was wrong about that. They have been aided early with a soft schedule, road games against Missouri and Arkansas gave them wins over two struggling teams. The rest of their games at home where they lost to Georgia but beat Kentucky and Mississippi State. Their other loss, an unceremonious butt-kicking at Alabama.
So are the Gamecocks good? Well, they are better. They’re 52nd in KenPom, but just a week ago they were 73rd. Part of it is this seems to be a weird year, another part is this is a team who thinks they’re good now. Sometimes that’s enough. South Carolina is riding a high of beating Kentucky rather thoroughly. If they beat Missouri they’re probably going to sneak into the top 25. So while I’m certain the Gamecocks are better, I’m not convinced they’re a top 25 team. They still have a lot of games to play and the SEC is a wobbly weird place. They could go 12-6 or they could go 9-9. Either way I think they’re a tournament team if they keep this up.
So what better way to throw a wrench in all these plans than to beat them on their floor and get your first SEC win? Mizzou is 3-5 all time in Colonial Life Arena, so the odds are decent. Let’s do it!
Missouri-South Carolina basketball: Time, Location
TIME: 12:00 p.m. CT
DATE: Saturday, January 27, 2024
LOCATION: Colonial Life Arena; Columbia, SC
Missouri-South Carolina basketball: Follow the game, TV Channel
TELEVISION: SEC Network
STREAM: WatchESPN
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Missouri-South Carolina basketball: Betting odds, predictions
As of Friday evening, Missouri is a 6.5-point underdog to South Carolina, according to DraftKing’s Sportsbook. The total points (over/under) is 135.5. KenPom.com prediction machine has this projected as a 8 point Missouri loss, 72-64.
College Basketball Games to Watch: January 27, 2024
| Time (CT) | Visitor | Odds | Home | Odds | O/U | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (CT) | Visitor | Odds | Home | Odds | O/U | TV |
| 11:00 AM | Kansas State | Houston (4) | -14.5 | 128.5 | ESPN | |
| 11:00 AM | Georgia | Florida | -7.5 | 160.5 | ESPN2 | |
| 12:00 PM | Seton Hall | Marquette (14) | -9.5 | 145.5 | FS1 | |
| 12:00 PM | Missouri | South Carolina | -6.5 | 135.5 | SECN | |
| 12:30 PM | Kansas (7) | Iowa State (23) | -3.5 | 143.5 | CBS | |
| 1:00 PM | North Carolina (3) | -7.5 | Florida State | 153.5 | ESPN | |
| 1:00 PM | Texas Tech (20) | Oklahoma (11) | -3.5 | 140.5 | ESPN+ | |
| 1:00 PM | Texas | BYU (21) | -6.5 | 150.5 | ESPN2 | |
| 2:00 PM | Indiana | Illinois (10) | -14.5 | 153.5 | FOX | |
| 2:30 PM | Auburn (8) | -2.5 | Mississippi State | 146.5 | SECN | |
| 3:00 PM | Clemson | Duke (12) | -7.5 | 150.5 | ESPN | |
| 3:00 PM | TCU | Baylor (15) | -5.5 | 151.5 | ESPN2 | |
| 3:00 PM | Utah State (18) | Boise State | -3.5 | 145.5 | ||
| 3:00 PM | Colorado State (24) | -7.5 | Wyoming | 148.5 | ||
| 4:30 PM | Arizona (9) | -3.5 | Oregon | 158.5 | FOX | |
| 5:00 PM | Tennessee (5) | -14.5 | Vanderbilt | 142.5 | SECN | |
| 5:00 PM | Kentucky (6) | -6.5 | Arkansas | 164.5 | ESPN | |
| 5:00 PM | Dayton (16) | -2.5 | Richmond | 132.5 | CBSSN | |
| 6:00 PM | DePaul | Creighton (17) | -24.5 | 144.5 | FS1 | |
| 7:00 PM | LSU | Alabama | -12.5 | 163.5 | ESPN | |
| 7:30 PM | Ole Miss | Texas A&M | -6.5 | 142.5 | SECN |
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Mizzou is a 22.5-point favorite over Alabama State. The Tigers step back onto its home floor looking to reset after road losses to Notre Dame and Kansas. Alabama State has struggled mightily against high-major opponents.
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What our Post expert thinks about Missouri vs. Alabama State
Alabama State has already dropped its two power-conference tests by an average of 32.5 points, and its defensive profile hasn’t suggested much resistance.
The Hornets bring two of the SWAC’s top scorers in Asjon Anderson and Micah Simpson, they are giving up 81.4 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 45.3 percent from the floor.
Missouri’s rebounding edge should matter — the Tigers pull nearly 40 boards per game while Alabama State is giving up 37.4 a night and just surrendered 18 offensive rebounds to UT Martin.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Road construction on Springfield’s northside is affecting access to the Southwest Missouri Humane Society.
MoDOT is realigning the intersection of Norton and Melville Road as part of the I-44 overpass project. The bridge work and intersection project are both impacting the animal shelter.
The shelter sits on Norton Road just west of where the work is happening. Visitors can only reach the shelter by taking the long way up West Bypass to Westgate Avenue, then onto Norton Road.
MoDOT says the intersection at Norton and Melville is supposed to be closed for two weeks. The bridge project, as a whole, is supposed to be completed by the end of the year.
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Organizers working to turn back Missouri’s congressional redistricting map spoke Tuesday about collecting signatures to put the effort to a vote by citizens.
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures Tuesday to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The signatures hope to force a statewide vote on redistricting approved earlier this year by Missouri politicians.
KSHB 41 anchor Caitlin Knute spoke with one of the volunteers behind the effort.
Volunteer describes collecting signatures for petition on Missouri redistricting
“I think people in rural areas want to follow the Constitution, and I think it was pretty clear this was not done within the parameters of the Constitution,” volunteer Elizabeth Franklin said.
Redistricting typically occurs after a census every 10 years, but that wasn’t the case this year in Missouri. Critics on both sides of the aisle note that it splits Kansas City into three districts, lumping parts of the city in with much more rural areas.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Secretary of State’s office confirmed receipt of 691 boxes of signatures.
“The elections division will proceed with scanning, counting and sorting the sheets for verification by local election authorities,” the spokesperson said.
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