Missouri dropped its third consecutive Southeastern Conference basketball game on Wednesday night, a 70-60 loss to Alabama. The Crimson Tide gave Missouri multiple chances to get back into the game, but the Tigers could never close the gap.
Here are five takeaways from MU’s loss:
Shelve the postseason talk for now
Maybe this team has a run that gets them back in the NIT discussion, but for now it’s tough to see Missouri playing beyond the SEC Tournament in March. At one point, Mizzou looked like a team that was NIT-bound at minimum and could maybe flirt with the NCAA Tournament.