If you’re curious enough — and a wonk — you can orient your way to the NCAA statistics website each morning and see the previous night’s fallout in the NET rankings.
On Thursday, Missouri stood pat at No. 49.
The Tigers’ 81-76 victory over LSU was within the forecasted margin, so the outcome — and the possessions behind — had little impact on MU’s standing. However, that cold mathematical reality stands at odds with a visceral game flow that could only be described as frenetic as the Tigers mounted a rally from 19 points down at Baton Rouge.