If you’re reading this, you made it through the non-conference schedule. Congrats! Wasn’t much fun was it?
From the beginning, this team always had the look of a 9-3 or 8-4 best-case scenario in the first two months of the 2021-2022 season, but November and December have proven to be a slog. From the opening week loss to UMKC to thrashings at the hands of their two main rivals, it’s been Cuonzo Martin’s toughest year as the Missouri head coach. If things don’t improve, it may also be his last.
If there’s going to be any opportunity for the Tigers to prove themselves, it’ll be in the crucible of the SEC.