It’s not the same NCAA team that was in Columbia last season, not by a long shot. Sure you could attempt to identify the team statistically by the same record through seven games and a nearly identical “points for” margin. Not a lot has changed if you look on paper.
But if you look on the court, it’s all cut from a different mold.
Kim Anderson enters his sophomore season at Missouri with a much better idea of what his focus should be. And thankfully, not as much of it is about the chemistry.
“Last year’s team did not have good chemistry.