Trying to figure out what to expect from this Missouri team this season might help towards institutionalization. Heading into the game Missouri was a projected 9-point underdog to a solid Pitt squad. Maybe the Panthers aren’t an elite team, but they’re a quality team with some good players, elite size and length, and they were playing at home. Last season the Panthers made the NCAA Tournament and this year they’re looking like a bubble team again. At least early.
Missouri, meanwhile, has been a little all over the map. Most of us have watched the games so far and we’ve seen a team that can look great one minute, and then look pretty awful the very next.