Down to four regular-season games, the Missouri basketball team takes its road losing streak to Vanderbilt on Wednesday. It’s the movable force versus the stoppable object. Something has to give.
Cuonzo Martin’s Tigers have lost eight straight road games, seven in Southeastern Conference play.
After a winless SEC season last year, Vanderbilt continues to line the bottom of the league standings under a new coaching staff.
If the Tigers (13-14, 5-9 SEC) thought they had problems staying healthy and finishing games, the Commodores (9-18, 1-13) would reply, “Hold my beer.” Better yet, Tennessee whiskey.
Under first-year head coach Jerry Stackhouse — first-year as in the former NBA All-Star had never coached a day for a college team before this season — Vandy has lost its best player to injury for the second straight year.