COLUMBIA, Mo. — It’s time for conference play for the Missouri Tigers, and in the Southeastern Conference, it just means more. Unless you’re Barry Odom at his weekly news conference. Odom was in and out from behind the lectern at a rapid 13 minutes on Tuesday — and not for a lack of questions. He wasn’t testy with reporters or the least bit agitated. Just short.
There were glimpses of personality, but more than a few times you could almost hear some Bill Belichick in his brief, monotone answers.
On the news front, after leaving Saturday’s game with a neck injury, left tackle Yasir Durant “will play, will start and will play well,” Odom said.