The strongest theme emerging from Saturday's win over UConn seems to have formed in regard to Missouri's offensive difficulties. And that quite obviously makes sense. It's early, and these numbers can change a lot, but right now Missouri's defense ranks fourth in the country in Def. S&P+ ... and the offense ranks 113th in Off. S&P+. The defense ranks ahead of Alabama's; the offense ranks behind South Alabama's (and way, way behind Kansas').
Joe Walljasper's Trib column, linked above, is certainly accurate in its assessment that Missouri has no idea what it wants to be right now.