Last season was an absolute nightmare for Missouri basketball with coach Dennis Gates and his squad went 8-24 overall and lost all 18 SEC conference games. But Gates has his team rolling so far this season, with the Tigers winning 14 of 17 games overall including a 3-1 opening lap in SEC play.

Last season was a nightmare. Compared to that, Mizzou's reinflated team is more of a nice dream. Can it last? In this video I explained the important factors in Mizzou's improvement, and we saw those qualities on display in Tuesday's upset win at fifth-ranked Florida. And those factors -- those attributes -- make this a much more formidable team than we anticipated. Miissouri has a lot to prove in the diabolical SEC conference, but the hopeful start is a helluva lot better than last season's non-stop despair.