Interesting because while Mizzou has put together 10 games with game scores (Torvik metric) above 85. Hitting 85 indicates a team played pretty damn well (Mizzou 9-1 in those games; LSU lone loss).
Also because Mizzou has 9 games with individual game scores below 50, which are really shitty outings. (0-9 in said games).
Rarely does Mizzou fall in the "played decent, not great, not bad" category represented with scores between 50 and 85, as they've had just 5 such games (2-3; none between 75-85 fwiw).
This is highlighted by their last 4 games, with scores of 14 and 12 vs. USC and aTm, and scores of 88 and 89 vs. Arkansas and LSU.
For comparison, Mizzou had only 5 games with a game score under 50 a year ago. They had 14 games 85 or above, 5 of which came in their final 7 games. They had 13 games in that mid range of 50-85.
To further illustrate, Kim's last team had 5 games with a score of 85 or above. There were 18 games with a score of 50 or below. That's not inconsistent. That's just consistently bad.
There are only 6 teams this year that are more inconsistent in that regard, deviation from efficiency in wins and losses.
I found the point made in the link interesting...Inconsistency is generally a negative. It shows that a team is unable to maintain a level of play game in and game out. On the other hand, it's also in some ways an indicator of potential for underperforming teams.
I think we all know this from watching that we're not really sure what type of outing to expect. And frankly, I'm not sure how you begin to take steps to change it. If someone knew, they should alert Matt Painter.
