Well that’s certainly one way to get right.
After what was arguably the worst loss of the Cuonzo Martin era, Missouri turned in their best defensive performance since holding Chicago State — who ended up being the worst team in Division 1 basketball that season — to just a 0.49 points per possession. The bedrock of Martin and his foundation has always been on the defensive end. So it was really dispiriting to see something so core to Martin and his belief system fail so miserably against Kansas City on Monday.
Whatever the message was in practice, it was clear the Tigers came out with a purpose.