COLUMBIA, Mo. • By the somewhat self-serving reckoning of former Mizzou coach Mike Anderson, MU coach Frank Haith last season was left by Anderson a team that “probably could have contended for a Final Four.” However accurate that may or may not be, what Anderson left also came with a mirage over the horizon from his purported one-year wonderland of players. Inheriting a team brimming with seniors but with no incoming freshmen, Haith was left with the predicament of filling 10 scholarships in two years, a daunting task believed to be among the reasons Purdue coach Matt Painter declined the job. “To have a program, you need to balance your classes out,” Haith said. “For us to go out and sign...
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