With a big-time road win over the Florida Gators - via a dominant second half showing - now in the rearview mirror, the Alabama Crimson Tide (11-3, 2-0 SEC; NET: 19; Kenpom: 16) head to the opposite corner of the SEC map to Columbia, Missouri, to take on Cuonzo Martin’s Missouri Tigers (6-7, 0-1 SEC; NET: 242; Kenpom: 161). Nate Oats’ bunch has struggled in the past at Mizzou Arena, with losses in the previous two seasons, but let me tell you, those were wildly different Tiger teams.
The Missouri team that went to the NCAA Tournament last season was a senior-laden one, and after Xavier Pinson traded in his old Tigers for new stripes of the Cajun variety, Cuonzo Martin was left with one of the least experienced squads in the SEC.