SB Nation User Blog: Michael Atchison

Tigers land third hoops commitment for 2010

Michael Atchison — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:11:10 -0000

Tigers land third hoops commitment for 2010

Kadeem Green, a 6'8" forward, joins Phil Pressey and Ricky Kreklow as Tigers in waiting. Positivity week rolls on.

DJ Steve Porter's "Press Hop" is sheer genius. (Hat tip: Joe Pos)

Michael Atchison — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:56:22 -0000

DJ Steve Porter's "Press Hop" is sheer genius.

(Hat tip: Joe Pos)

The One Where Bill Self Gets Feisty

Michael Atchison — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:57:36 -0000

The One Where Bill Self Gets Feisty

Can't say that I blame Bill for the reaction, inasmuch as he lives in the post-Eustachy world.

Wayman Tisdale succumbs to cancer

Michael Atchison — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:18:02 -0000

Wayman Tisdale succumbs to cancer

One of the greatest players ever to visit the Hearnes Center has passed at age 44.

There needs to be a Missouri-Kansas version of this ad.

Michael Atchison — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:22:04 -0000

There needs to be a Missouri-Kansas version of this ad.

Thomas and Appleton Leaving Kansas

Michael Atchison — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:36:30 -0000

Thomas and Appleton Leaving Kansas

As recruiting season hits the home stretch, two scholarships come open.

Mizzou Hoops History Slide Show

Michael Atchison — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:28:07 -0000

Courtesy of MizzouWire. Enjoy.

We Can Be Heroes

Michael Atchison — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:46:11 -0000

This isn't going to be my normal fare. I'm not going to wax poetic or eloquent, and I'm not going to go back and edit and shape this into a museum piece. I'm just going to pour it onto the page, because that's what these Missouri Tigers make me want to do. In the words of classic garage rockers The Hombres, Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out).

Which, in turn, leads to the words of the far more sophisticated David Bowie. We Can Be Heroes.

As I watch the highlights again today, I'm struck by how many of the current Tigers have authored an iconic moment this season, a game or play for the ages. DeMarre Carroll, like Doug Smith or Steve Stipanovich before him, is for all time, the kind of player best remembered for a body of work. But many of his teammates, like a handful of Tigers through history, simply freeze time.

If I say Mark Dressler, you say Notre Dame, 1980. If I say Lee Coward, you say Jayhawk Assassin. If I say Corey Tate, you say The Shot, Circa '97.

And now, if I say Zaire Taylor, you say Texas and Kansas. If I say Kimmie! you say 15 points in 6 minutes. If I say Leo, you say The Shot That Beat Marquette. If I say Marcus Denmon, you say The Shot Heard 'Round the World.

And if I say J.T. (pardon me, Jesus Tyrannosaurus) Tiller, you conjure up an image of a basketball Atlas, with shoulders big and broad enough to carry a program's impossible hopes past an immovable object. If I say 2009, you say The Team That Would Not Die, The Season That Would Not End.

In The Wild One, when bad boy Johnny Strabler is asked what he's rebelling against, he replies "What you got?" In twenty years, when someone asks me who was the hero of Mizzou's 2008-09 season, I'll just say, Brando-style, "Who you got?"

Saturday a.m.: Up to 10 in RPI

Michael Atchison — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:04:11 -0000

Saturday a.m.: Up to 10 in RPI

Tigers move five spots in a day, which is fairly shocking at this time of year. And Baylor moves into the top 50 (in at 49), meaning that Mizzou picked up two wins over top 50 teams yesterday. Currently 8-4 vs. the top 50 (4-3 vs. the top 25), with a chance to move to 9-4 today. Five of the nine best wins would be road/neutrals. The three seed is there for the taking.

DeJuan Blair, National Player of the Year

Michael Atchison — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:58:14 -0000

DeJuan Blair, National Player of the Year

John Gasaway bucks the conventional thinking.