Mizzou's defense

Missouri has played two of the season's most exciting games thus far (an overtime loss to Georgetown and an OT win over Vanderbilt) and is 10-1, but the Tigers have regressed defensively since last season. This was expected to some degree since they lost seasoned perimeter defenders J.T. Tiller and Zaire Taylor. With the ninth-best defense in the Big 12, though, they may have trouble giving Kansas a real challenge for the conference crown.

Luke Winn