Now that all of those MIZ-ZOUs bellowed during last weekend’s big basketball win over the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks have finally stopped echoing all across the state, how about three cheers for patience?
Dennis Gates and his Tigers are two take-care-of-business wins (Long Island University and Jackson State) away from showing up in St. Louis for their Braggin’ Rights showdown against Illinois with a record of 10-1.
Their lone loss is a season-opening stumble at Memphis in an eight-point defeat. Penny Hardaway’s Tigers later stunned second-ranked Connecticut. It’s what the bracketologists will later call a “good loss.