There’s an alternative universe where Missouri doesn’t have to contend with Mississippi State sophomore forward Quinndary Weatherspoon on Wednesday at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.
Weatherspoon suffered a torn scapholunate ligament Nov. 18 against Boise State.
He tried to gut his way through the injury — which causes an often painful separation of small carpal bones in the wrist, making rotation difficult and limiting grip strength — and played two days later against UTEP.
Then, the Bulldogs announced Nov. 21 that Weatherspoon’s season was finished. But a funny thing happened on the way to the operating table.