Missouri: post mortem

Sorry for the silence.  I am a computer programmer by trade, so one of the small joys in life is taking a long Christmas break and unplugging.

I was lucky enough to miss most of the Florida game, but I was in my seat last night, and I enjoyed what I saw:

• Yante Maten continues to be the truth.  He was a tad careless with the ball at times, but really, that's a nitpick.  He completely dominated the first 10 minutes of the game, and that domination led to open shot after open shot for Georgia's perimeter players.
• I will go out on a limb and say Georgia will win every game in which they hit 11/19 3-point shots.  Some of it was just good shooters getting hot, but a lot of it was the team taking good shots.  Charles Mann is hitting 50%(!) of his 3-point shots this year.  Why?  Because he's stopped taking the bad ones.
• 19 assists on 29 field goals is a winning formula, too.  That means a lot of shots came in the natural flow of the offense.
• In fact, Georgia dominated just about every statistical category.  Missouri had more steals and less turnovers, but that wasn't nearly enough to compensate for their many shortcomings.
• Kevin Puryear did good work, and while Mike Edwards was completely overmatched, these lessons will translate into success as his body and mind round into SEC shape.
• The freshmen averaged 15 minutes on the floor.  That's 60 minutes of SEC play for the youngsters.
• Charles Mann seems to be either on or off this year.  There is very little in between.  He was on last night, and when he's on, Georgia is tough to beat.
• After an 0-14 run following the Seton Hall game, Kenny Paul Geno finally saw another 3-point shot go down against Mizzou.  His intangibles are so good at this point that I can live with him jacking up one or two per game.
• Turtle Jackson can pass, and his teammates are going to have to start looking for the ball when he's on the court.  It's fun to watch, and it'll be more fun when more of these passes start turning into assists.

There's really not much to say, and that's a good thing.  Georgia overwhelmed a bad opponent at home.  The next one - Ole Miss on the road - won't be so easy, and will tell us a lot about whether this team is ready to make a run through the SEC or not.