Jeremiah Tilmon just needs to stop fouling

Denny Medley-USA TODAY SportsYou may not believe me, but Jeremiah Tilmon’s fouling has improved since his freshman season.

As a freshman, Tilmon played 48.1% of the available minutes to him and committed 7.5 fouls per 40 minutes. This season Tilmon’s minutes have increased to 57.1 and his foul rate is 6.0. It rarely seems like it, but Tilmon has found more ways to stay on the court in his second season with Missouri.

Despite the improvement, you can tell his coach has gotten frustrated because Tilmon still takes too many early exits in the first half. Those exits put a strain on the Tigers offense because his replacement, Reed Nikko — while admirable in his effort — isn’t the skilled…