Pinpointing when a game goes awry isn’t always a precise exercise. Unfortunately, the postmortem from Missouri’s loss to Texas A&M turns up potential causes relatively easily. We can sum one up succinctly: minus-15 in six minutes of floor time.
That’s the handiwork of one lineup featuring Nick Honor, Tamar Bates, Curt Lewis, Aidan Shaw, and Noah Carter.
Late in the first half, MU trailed by four and needed to stanch a 6-0 spurt. To halt it, coach Dennis Gates swapped in Carter for Jordan Butler to get a sputtering offense some more juice. Sure, it shrank the lineup.