FILE - In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Missouri's Michael Porter Jr. shoots baskets before an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas in Columbia, Mo. Porter will make his long-awaited return to the court following lower back surgery when Missouri opens at the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday, March 8, 2018. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)
A voice queried the coach from the back.
“Do you buy into bracket projections that have you as an 8-9 seed?”
“Not at all,” Mizzou’s Cuonzo Martin bluntly said Wednesday.
Wait. Did he mean the Tigers are still on the bubble … or that the Tigers are not only in the NCAA Tournament, but also are better than an eight seed?