COLUMBIA, Mo. — In every team huddle and layup line, there’s possibility looming over the Missouri men’s basketball team.
It’s only partially metaphorical for the NCAA Tournament-bound team that can now secure a top-four seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament by winning its final three regular season games. In those instances, 7-foot-5 freshman Trent Burns towers over his teammates.
He has yet to play this season after an illness and foot injury kept him sidelined. And even though the No. 14 Tigers are reaching a critical stage in the season, coach Dennis Gates was staunch this week in suggesting that Burns could play yet this season.