If you go through the Post Dispatch archive of basketballl

Posted on: October 7, 2016 at 08:19:22 CT

stories from this time last year, it's pretty much the same lines and claims rehashed. Chemistry is better, we are going to push the ball, player X is much better and will be great, and the team is playing much better this offseason. Obviously none of that was true last year so I'm pretty skeptical that much of it will be true this year.

You can go through the articles from last year here to see what I mean:
http://www.stltoday.com/search/?f=html&q=Dave+Matter+Basketball&d1=2015-10-01&d2=2015-10-31&s=start_time&sd=desc&l=25&nsa=eedition

Some of the quotes that are similar from last year to this year:

They know what they need to work on. We’ve strengthened ourselves as a team overall.

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“Chemistry is a tricky deal,” he added. “You always try to figure it out. We have better chemistry now than we did a year ago. Will it continue? You know how that goes. You’ve got to win some games.”

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This summer, Wright tried to set a standard for Mizzou’s freshmen, a standard he said, “that was not necessarily there when we first got here as freshmen.”

“I just make sure mentally I’m more conditioned, physically I’m more conditioned and make sure I’m one of the hardest workers on the team,” he said. “I’m making sure my teammates are mimicking what I’m doing so I can set an example for my freshman teammates and the sophomores, seniors, no matter what.”

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“I’ve got a good jump hook and I’ve just got relentless effort,” Woods said. “I can improve a lot on offense, and that’s what I’m working on with the coaching staff. I just bring hustle to the game.”

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“There’ll be days we probably don’t play two bigger guys (at the same time),” Anderson said this fall. “We may play four guards or three guards and Jakeenan or D.A. or even Kevin Puryear on the wing a little bit. Russell needs to play. He needs to bring something to the table, and I think he will.”

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“Man, he can shoot it a lot better than he could last year,” Rosburg said. “Not that he couldn’t last year, but he’s coming off pick-and-pops and it’s almost automatic. He’s a lot stronger than last year (and) still explosive as ever. He’s going to have a good year.”