It’s never easy starting off league play taking that many L’s in a row. For a man like Cuonzo Martin, who’s competitive fire burns at all times, it eats him up. After a tough few days of practice, Martin took his team to College Station and his team played what was perhaps its best 40 minutes of defense in the last couple years.
I don’t want to overreact to one game because it’s a long season and Missouri has proven they’re just as likely to play ugly next game as they are turn in a performance like this one.