Thanks to Jeff Long, we’re mildly reheating the Border War to lukewarm temperatures once again, watching Kansas and Missouri play in a meaningless non-conference game that does little more than remind us of how great this rivalry used to be.
With that out of the way, this is actually a good basketball game, even without the forced narrative of it carrying the same meaning it did a decade ago. Missouri has quietly started the season 9-0. The reason that undefeated record has been so quiet is that the Tigers have only been tested by one even semi-respectable team.