KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri basketball coach Dennis Gates looked down the line of his bench, and the instant-spark options were in short supply

The hurting crew hurts his depth. Shooting guard Jayden Stone has a cast on his non-shooting hand after an encouraging start to the season. Combo forward Trent Pierce, hands clasped as he watched Kansas run away with it, hasn’t played this season with an unspecified lower-body injury, and he wasn’t available Sunday versus Kansas.

And then, there’s point guard Anthony Robinson II, living and dying with every call, every shot, every Border War back-and-forth. There’s a problem, there. The supposed-to-be star point guard was on the sideline with four fouls with 17 minutes left in the game.

It’s thin. Mizzou’s best offensive options were waning, and

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