IT’S THANKSGIVING! For many red-blooded Americans Thanksgiving means football. For me, it means neutral court tournament college basketball! And today the Missouri Tigers open the action in the Advocare Invitational against the 49ers of Long Beach State.
You may remember the 49ers head coach Dan Monson as the man who started the monster of what is now Gonzaga Basketball. After Gonzaga he had some mediocre years in Minnesota before getting fired and taking the job at Long Beach State. Since then the 49ers have been one of the better teams in the Big West Conference.
Long Beach is 2-2 right now with wins over San Francisco and San Francisco State, and losses to Oregon State (a potential second round opponent) and West Virginia.