COLUMBIA, MO. • Back on a losing streak, Cuonzo Martin’s Missouri Tigers leave the polar vortex for the toasty confines of Auburn Arena, the smallest basketball facility in the SEC but one that’s routinely packed to the rafters and plenty loud.
(Full disclosure: I won’t be in Auburn covering tonight’s game, but we’ll have coverage in Thursday’s print edition and at STLtoday.com.)
“Bryce is a senior. Jared is a junior,” Martin said. “When you have three years together that’s a lot of time when you’ve been a starter playing major minutes. Jared’s first season might have been a tough one, and Bryce maybe his first couple, but then all of a sudden you see success.