NASHVILLE, TENN. • The finality hadn’t hit Jordan Geist as he leaned back in the Missouri locker room at Bridgestone Arena. The senior guard didn’t come to Nashville to win just a game or two in the Southeastern Conference tournament.
“I’m really disappointed. I really thought we could get all five of these,” Geist said.
No double-digit seed has made the tournament finals since the SEC expanded to 14 teams for the tourney, but it’s that kind of gumption that guided the undermanned 12th-seeded Tigers through a turbulent but unyielding season.
They weren’t going to stop swinging until the final buzzer blared, especially their senior floor leader.