BenFred's 5: Is Mizzou a tournament team? Can Lock create Heisman buzz?

Missouri head coach Cuonzo Martin is seen on the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Five topics from columnist Ben Frederickson that Mizzou fans will be discussing:

1. STOPPING MATEN NO SMALL TASK

What if I told you back in October, when the SEC announced its preseason co-players of the year, that Georgia's co-winner would score nine more points and grab two more rebounds than Mizzou's co-winner when the Bulldogs and Tigers first clashed in Columbia?

You probably would have assumed that Georgia's star senior forward Yante Maten got the best of Mizzou's star freshman forward Michael…