COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton still considers her roster to be young.
Former top-30 recruits Aijha Blackwell and Hayley Frank are juniors, while senior Haley Troup has been a calming presence at the guard position. But some of the teams the Tigers have faced in Southeastern Conference competition this season have played together for five or six years.
That inexperience has shown in a few hiccup games, but overall, the Tigers have put themselves in position to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years.
Sitting at 16-7 with six games left until the SEC tournament, the Tigers are eighth in the conference at 5-5 and project as a No.