Observations from the game

Sad atmosphere. Mizzou "faithful" outnumbered by an easily 2-1 margin. Defeated energy from the crowd the entire game. Only a couple points in the second half did it feel like a game, and both times that promptly ended with a VanLeer shot violently smashing into the backboard.

Phillips- had a pretty typical Phillips game. Some good, some bad. For the most part just there. At one point he got into it with KA on the floor a bit and was pulled from the game.

VanLeer- the heady shooter who is neither heady nor a shooter.

Hughes- my god. Awful game. No idea how to flow within an offense

Puryear- played great. He's tough and reasonably skilled. If he were two inches taller he'd be really good. Stop shooting threes though

Woods- their center absolutely wore him out. Luckily Illinois didn't just keep throwing it down there because he was getting abused

Geist- best game I've seen him play. Brought really nice energy. Finished well. Played well on defense too

Barnett- played ok. His shot is just not falling though. A lot of talk about him needing to get it going towards the rim, but he looked pretty uncomfortable doing that tonight

Nikki- he's our best post defender and rebounder by far. Doesn't make him all that good, but he should play more

Walton- not sure why he didn't play more with Hughes and VanLeer being so brutal tonight

Smith- two fouls in 20 sec

Jackson- he should play more too. He rebounds and plays hard

Honestly, this team doesn't even look good in warmups. They shoot like 30%. Jackson is a good dunker though

KA says he's changing the starting lineup for next game.

I'd roll with

Phillips
Barnett
Jackson
Puryear
Nikko