COLUMBIA, MO. • The baseball was much better than the record.
That’s what Missouri coach Tim Jamieson had to remind his team last weekend at Arkansas where a series-opening loss dropped the Tigers to 0-7 against Southeastern Conference opponents. But context was crucial.
Yes, Mizzou was winless in the league and buried at the bottom of the standings, but the Tigers had opened SEC play on the road against No. 1 Florida, then came home to host No. 4 Vanderbilt. Jamieson’s club opened SEC play with maybe the league’s most grueling two-weekend stretch against two perennial College World Series contenders, followed by a series at No.