Close & Late: When the game is tight, Mizzou has come through

We’ve spent a fair amount of time and energy at this site trying to explain why the computers, or the metrics, don’t like Missouri. An elite offense is almost overshadowed by a team who struggles to get defensive stops, and most of that extends to the inability to collect rebounds. You don’t need a computer to tell you that it’s frustrating watching your team watch as the opponent grabs every other missed shot.

But this isn’t another post about their deficiencies, but one about what makes them so much fun. Their preternatural ability to make the right plays to win games late. One of the reasons the computers don’t like Mizzou as much is because when the Tigers lose, they tend to lose by a…