This might be one of my favorite box scores to break down. And not just because Mizzou won.
This is one of those games where a standard stat sheet isn’t going to give you enough to understand how a result ended up the way it did. Heck, even some of the advanced stats of this game can lead you down to a wonky conclusion. All of that is to say that this type of game is why I’m a fan of advanced statistics and critical thinking when analyzing team performance.
So let’s take a look at that advanced box score, shall we?