Don’t let Jacob Crews’ semi-blasé response to his first-career start for Mizzou trick you.

There was some shakeup in Missouri basketball’s starting lineup, not-so-coincidentally coming after two of the Tigers’ most sluggish offensive showings of the season. Crews, the Tigers’ best 3-point shooter so far this year, entered the lineup in place of Jevon Porter, who had started all of Mizzou’s previous 10 games.

“He earned it, man. He earned it. But don't let him fool you. It mattered,” Gates said, before turning to his player on his right hand side. “He heard his name last in that starting lineup, and it gave him some real good energy. Wouldn’t you say? Tell the truth.”

“Yeah,” Crews conceded to his coach, shortly after saying there wasn’t much difference between starting and entering t

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