Technically, anyway, the University of Missouri men’s basketball team has been idle again during the NCAA Tournament.
Meanwhile, though, it’s been engulfed in March Madness of its own.
That started percolating about the minute Cuonzo Martin was hired to replace Kim Anderson, who took one for the team to try to stabilize an inherited mess that included an ongoing NCAA investigation he wasn’t made aware of when he took the job.
Given Martin’s 186-121 record in nine seasons at Missouri State, Tennessee and California, and noted juice and connections as a recruiter, anticipation of how he might energize the program was immediate.