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Weeks ago, as the Missouri men’s basketball team braced to hit the road to face Xavier, freshman point guard Terrence Phillips said: “I really think we can go in there and steal one."
Facing a team that’s made the Sweet Sixteen five out of the last eight years, facing a school that prides itself on basketball and facing a team that was simply and significantly better, coach Kim Anderson responded to Phillips saying: "That mic's not on, is it?"
Ultimately, Mizzou went into Xavier’s Cintas Center and lost, 78-66, but the improvement in performances since last year against the Musketeers was evident.