Mizzou opened the season with a fun, yet somewhat routine victory over the visiting Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions on Monday night. It was great to see the new Tiger squad take the floor and ply their wares for the public. Yet much like a year back, there was little drama in the outcome. One might be thankful for that, no?
Last season, Mizzou had plenty of those contests to open the Dennis Gates era. The team was eight games deep into the schedule before they faced a top-100 team. It wasn’t until 10 games in that they faced an opponent who would make a push for an at-large qualification for the end of season romp in March.