The road has been unkind in other ways. It's the 10 minutes that hurt us. When you're on the road with a young team, it's hard to weather 10 minutes of poor play. Quin Snyder is in his first year as coach at Missouri. He said his team also has to play with more consistency.
Guys have to learn how to finish games and, equally important, how to finish each half.
Missouri's offense is patterned after Duke's. Snyder was associate head coach there the past two seasons. Alford said despite Missouri's personnel problems, today's game still appears to be a good matchup. I think it comes down to where most games do, and that's who will execute the best at both ends.