COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri men’s basketball team is entering the decisive days: the games, the possessions, the seconds when seasons flourish and fade. Victories come with invitations to the next day’s action. Defeats are discharges back to the home front.
Pardon the poetry. It’s the postseason.
The No. 21 Tigers begin Southeastern Conference play at 6 p.m. Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, facing Mississippi State, a 91-62 winner Wednesday over Louisiana State in the first round. Mizzou, which finished the regular season 21-10 overall and 10-8 in SEC games, holds the seventh seed in the league tournament.