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Originally Posted by the_meanstrosity
Missouri loses a lot of interior scoring and rebounding with the losses of Lyons and Carrol hence why I think they'll struggle in 2009-2010. Anderson did a great job this season with a veteran squad, but you can't forget that Missouri under Anderson has struggled in the conference prior to last season. Anderson needs to start winning some recruiting battles and bringing top 100 talent into that program to keep up with the rest of the Big 12.
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I realize you're not aware of Mizzou's personnel, but Mizzou went 10-11 deep last year and has two good post players ready to step in. They may not be scorers like DeMarre and Leo, but they are better rebounders and defenders than those two guys, which works extremely well in the system. Outside of KU and maybe UT, there isn't any real dominant inside players in the league. Mizzou has plenty of scoring on the outside and in their transition game.
Recruiting is going very well for Mizzou. Mizzou brought in two very good players in this year's class who should contribute immediately. 2010 will be the big year for Mizzou recruiting with the Elite Eight bump already paying big dividends in that class. I'd be floored if we didn't get at least 2 top-100 players given the current interest list. Anderson is doing extremely well in Memphis now that Calipari is out of that area.
Previous years were tainted heavily by the total lack of talent left by the previous coaching staff. It had little to do with Anderson or his coaching abilities.