![]() That beginning stretch of SEC play? WOOF. Seriously.Īs for the SEC slate, it will always be a murderer’s row, and this year’s conference schedule is no exception. That Thanksgiving week tourney in Daytona Beach is one to watch, with two 20+ game winners on the slate in OVC champ Tennessee Tech and MAC stud, Kent State. The Tigers have got to beat some of the best from the low- to mid-majors and fare well against some high major competition like Virginia and Illinois on the road and K-State (in St. ![]() Karen Steger: The non-con seems more difficult this time around, which, if you’re in postseason-or-bust mode like Missouri, is absolutely necessary to get that NET ranking up. How do you compare the overall difficulty of this year’s schedule to last? Do you look at any segment of the 2023-24 schedule and think, “OH, sh&$!” like last year’s horrifying 4-game stretch against Arkansas (H), LSU (H), at South Carolina and Tennessee (H)? With the full schedule released on September 6, I thought it was time to gather up Rock M’s women’s hoops writers, Adeen Rao and Quentin Corpuel, and Missourian WBB writer Parker Gillam and have a little chat. As for the staff, Jenny Putnam moved to a different role, and Preston Beverly, who brings a wealth of experience on the EYBL circuit, among other stops, was brought in as a new assistant. In the offseason, the Tigers lost Sara-Rose Smith (Colorado), Jayla Kelly (UCF), Lauren Hansen (Michigan), Haley Troup (graduation), and Kate Gilbert (DePaul), and added five freshmen, including two international players, and three transfers in Abby Feit (Evansville), Angelique Ngalakulondi (UMass) and De’Myla Brown (Houston/Illinois). She’ll have to do it with a whole lot of new faces on the court. This can be true, much like it was true for my main man Cuonzo Martin, while acknowledging that she and her program have to do better. ![]() No matter your feelings on this situation - we are not here to change your mind - you cannot deny that Coach P is a terrific person and a great leader of student-athletes. While there is a definitive and possibly large subset of the Mizzou fanbase who will argue that WBB head coach Robin Pingeton did not - large buyout be damned - deserve another year at the helm after last year’s altogether disappointing 18-14 (6-10 SEC) season**, there is another who wants to see Robin right the ship in Hayley Frank’s final year in the black & gold.
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