Let’s start here: Mizzou’s victory over Utah stanched a program hemorrhaging momentum, but the Tigers are far from well.
And who knows just how long it might last. While Illinois is without the likes of Andre Curbelo, the Illini still have Kofi Cockburn in the middle and enough shooting around him to make Braggin’ Rights into a bludgeoning.
But for now, Coach Cuonzo Martin, his staff, and a flawed roster kept its season from sliding into a crevasse after Kansas dispensed a 37-point shellacking Lawrence.
The 83-75 victory against the Utes carried the Tigers over an invisible Rubicon.