On Sunday, Missouri breezed to a matinee romp over LIU behind shooters bombing away in small-ball lineups and using a healthy dose of zone defense to create efficient havoc.
It was a professional way to end a six-day layoff after toppling then-No. 1 Kansas, a Border War upset rooted in traditional bigs leaning on Hunter Dickinson and swarming him at the elbow. And the guards made sure the Jayhawks felt them at the other end, seeking contact on downhill rim attacks launched from a bevy of ball screens.
Neither scenario is inherently contradictory.