We already laid out Missouri’s struggles getting to the rim in 2017-18. Now, let’s take a look at how its system can create those opportunities and what facets worked last season.
When Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin tapped former Iowa State assistant coach Cornell Mann to join his staff, the intention behind the hire was clear: install a version of the offense devised by Fred Hoiberg and used in Ames.
“Fred, in my eyes, I don’t want necessarily want to say (he’s a) genius but very close to genius, in terms of how he handled offense,” Mann told writers last summer.