A 71-61 victory over Georgia in Wednesday’s opening game of the Southeastern Conference tournament kept No. 12 seed Mizzou in Nashville for another day at Bridgestone Arena. Back in the building where last year’s season expired, the Tigers can thank Geist for this one. Fouls depleted Cuonzo Martin’s already thin rotation, but like he has most of his senior year, Geist did the heavy lifting, finishing with a career-high 30 points.
Was he snubbed by voters for some postseason honors? Perhaps. Between the All-SEC first and second team, 16 players make the coaches’ all-conference squad. Despite weekly testimonials from opposing coaches across the SEC the last two months, Geist wasn’t among those 16 players honored as the league’s best this week.