COLUMBIA, Mo. — There’s history on the line for Missouri men’s basketball, and it’s not the good kind.
This season, of course, has been a rough one. Mizzou is last in the Southeastern Conference, winless through 13 games and two games behind 13th-place Vanderbilt. With five games to go, KenPom now says the Tigers’ odds of going winless in conference play are up to 25.7%.
There have been injuries, blown leads, and an explicit but effective summation of where things stand from second-year coach Dennis Gates.
Yes, reinforcements are on the way in the form of a highly ranked recruiting class.