COLUMBIA, Mo. — The margin for error built so efficiently by Missouri men’s basketball early in Southeastern Conference play is eroding. Now, the No. 21 Tigers need to keep their season from imploding.
That’s a bit of melodrama to feed the rhyme, but fresh off an 0-2 week, the stakes have risen against for Mizzou (17-6 overall, 6-4 SEC).
MU losing to then-No. 4 Tennessee and then-No. 10 Texas A&M by a combined seven points last week is not the stuff of catastrophe. The vast majority of SEC teams have and will experience back-to-back losses in league play.