ORLANDO, FLA. • Cuonzo Martin and his Missouri basketball players won’t be listening to John Denver anytime soon. “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” blasted through the HP Field House shortly after the clock struck midnight Sunday night, both on the actual clock and on Mizzou’s bid to win the Advocare Invitational as No. 23 West Virginia celebrated a wild comeback victory.
Down 16 points with less than eight minutes to play, the Mountaineers didn’t get much from their starter or middle reliever. So Bob Huggins called for his closer: the most lethal pressure defense in college basketball.