The drudgery of the college basketball is hitting hard in Columbia — both east and west.
Out west, Missouri, once a top 10 team and candidate for a potential 2-or-3 seed, is dangerously close to slipping onto the bubble. The Tigers have lost three straight, including two to probable non-NCAA teams. Their defense is slipping, their offense is inconsistent and they’re starting to look more like the team that analytics nerds warned us about rather than the team we wanted them to be. Not the worst place to be, but it’s still no fun.
Things are considerably worse out east, however.