SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tre Gomillion’s day began with tears and ended with relief. The Missouri men's basketball senior guard, team captain and unofficial player/coach was the first Tiger on the court for pregame warm-ups Thursday more than an hour before tipoff at Golden 1 Center. But 40 minutes later in the locker room, he knew his nagging groin injury wasn’t going to cooperate enough for him to play in the NCAA Tournament game about to unfold.
“It was nobody else’s decision,” said Gomillion, who missed his third straight game and 10th overall this season “I felt it going through warm-ups.