College basketball matters. College basketball rivalries are what makes the sport so compelling. North Carolina-Duke. Indiana-Purdue. Kentucky-Louisville. Michigan-Michigan State. Kansas-Missouri.
No matter what happens to the future of conference realignment, rivalries need to be preserved at all costs. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State need to play. Pitt and West Virginia need to play. So it’s great that KU finally put aside the objections of Bill Self and set up the Border War series to be played again.
But here’s the thing. Missouri needs to beat Kansas.
And I’ll tell you why: because I don’t remember what it’s like to beat them.