Thursday, February 28, 2013

March Madness: 14 Home Games in 20 Days

It's time for the annual March home stand for the Missouri Tigers.  This year's isn't quite as long as last season's 19 home games in 27 days, but with the exception of a weekend trip to Tennessee the 22nd-24th, March 2013 does feature 18 home games in 31 days.

Unfortunately, March looks to be coming in like neither a lion nor a lamb, but a polar bear.

As of the time I'm writing this no announcement has been made about the status of the opening weekend with Northwestern, with highs of 32, 32, and 41 forecast.

Tuesday and Wednesday's pair of games against Eastern Michigan are predicted to be taking place in low-to-mid 40s temperatures, with a chance of snow in the forecast for Tuesday.

Hopefully the weather will get better as March progresses.

Missouri March-April-May Outlook (noaa.gov)
  • Above average temperatures
  • Average Precipitation
March Home Stand Schedule
  • Northwestern Wildcats, Fri-Sat-Sun 3/1-3/3 CANCELLED
    • B1G Ten Conference
    • NU finished 235th in 2012 RPI
    • MU is 3-2 all time vs. NU
    • Dillon Everett's brother, Colby, is a senior infielder for the Wildcats
    • Be sure to check out Sam Nasci's MIZZOU MATCHUP preview of the MU-NU series coming on SimmonsField.com today at Noon
  • Eastern Michigan Eagles, Tue-Wed 3/5 & 3/6
    • Mid-America Conference
    • EMU finished 208th in 2012 RPI
    • MU is 10-2 all time vs. EMU
  • San Francisco Dons, Fri-Sat-Sun 3/8-3/10
    • West Coast Conference
    • USF finished 119th in 2012 RPI
    • MU is 0-3 all time vs. USF
    • Missouri was swept 0-3 by USF in San Francisco last season
  • Jackson State Tigers, Tue 3/12
    • South West Athletic Conference
    • JSU finished 234th in 2012 RPI
    • MU is 1-0 all time vs. JSU
    • Jackson State (Jackson, MS) is one of 7 non-conference opponents from SEC states on MU's schedule
  • South Carolina Gamecocks , Fri-Sat-Sun 3/15-3/17
    • SEC East
    • USC finished 6th in 2012 RPI
    • Missouri's first ever matchup with USC is also MU's first ever SEC series
    • Played in the past three CWS Finals, won 2010, 2011
  • Arkansas State Red Wolves, Tue-Wed 3/19-3/20
    • Sun Belt Conference
    • ASU finished 118th in 2012 RPI
    • MU is 17-7 all time vs. ASU
RPI rankings from BoydsWorld.com

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