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<\/a><\/p>\nI thought the game flow was a microcosm of the entire season. Things were ugly early as the Tigers struggled to find their footing. But they figured something out in the second half and kind of got it all working, but only a little bit. Then things really fell apart late.<\/p>\n
The good? Miami forces a lot of turnovers but Mizzou took care of the ball. Even the majority of their turnovers were of the unforced variety, and very few led to runouts.The rebounding. Oy.It was a slower paced game, and Missouri held the Miami offense in check and under one point per possession until the final 7 minutes.<\/p>\n
Miami was credited with 19 second chance points, which is one of those things you can\u2019t fully adjust for. But the rebounding disparity was so egregious that it\u2019s hard not to envision a scenario where the Tigers are more competitive on the glass and this is a single possession game late.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s just a lot of extra shots to account for. But what\u2019s interesting is the Hurricanes were only +2 in expected rebounds while the Tigers were erased on the glass. That might be the bigger takeaway here, Mizzou has been a top 50 offensive rebounding unit and they got nothing there.<\/p>\n
Trifecta: Jayden Stone, Anthony Robinson II, Mark Mitchell<\/p>\n
On the season: Mark Mitchell 64, Jayden Stone 37, Anthony Robinson 22, Jacob Crews 19, T.O. Barrett 18, Shawn Phillips 13, Trent Pierce 12, Jevon Porter 5, Sebastian Mack 3, Trent Burns 1, Annor Boateng 1<\/p>\n The sheer irony of Jayden Stone scoring 21 points and being -22 in the plus-minus score\u2026 you know by now I don\u2019t put much stock into an individual +\/- since it can be so circumstantial. That\u2019s just one of those box score quirks. Stone was good. Everyone else was not.<\/p>\n Anthony Robinson II was solid, but he\u2019s shown he\u2019s not super confident in being a higher usage guard. Thus he was on the floor for 72% of the minutes and had just 11.2% of the possessions. Still that 1.8+ ppp is a good rate, and he wasn\u2019t the problem.<\/p>\n It stinks this was Mark\u2019s last game. He was so good all year, and Miami loaded up to make sure he wasn\u2019t going to beat them. Mark shared the ball to his teammates and they largely let him down.<\/p>\n T.O. Barrett\u2019s line was just ugly. I thought there might be room for TO to have a good game, because Miami wanted to be physical and TO likes being physical\u2026 but he was about as bad as we\u2019ve seen him. So much so Gates only played him 15 minutes.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the combined line from Trent Pierce, Barrett, and Jacob Crews: 61 minutes, 22 FGA, 2 FGM, 7 points. All 7 points from Pierce.<\/p>\n If you gave me that line before the game and asked me to predict the outcome i would have guessed a 20 point loss. The margin for error for this team in the second half of the season has largely been predicated on thin margins. To have three of your rotational guys take 22 shots and net 7 points out of them is just too much ground to make up.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n