Saturday presented a bit of a strange sliding doors moment for Mizzou Basketball.
Going to Athens to face Georgia, even one year ago, would’ve been a prime-time snoozer in the SEC. Tom Crean and Cuonzo Martin’s tenures were dying the slowest of deaths, their programs mired in mediocrity that belied their reputations as sound leaders. Georgia and Mizzou was destined to be another ho-hum no-importance match up when it was placed on the late February schedule, I’m sure. Mike White? Proven SEC guy, but he’ll have a lot of work to do in Athens. Dennis Gates? Seems promising, but how long will it take him to turn that around.