Picture improving for Missouri men's basketball team

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 | 8:01 p.m. CST; updated 10:55 a.m. CST, Friday, December 31, 2010

COLUMBIA— A painter stands at his easel. Brush in hand, the artist goes to work, sloppily splotching colors with no apparent direction. Eventually, an image begins to take shape. By the final stroke, a clear picture emerges. This is the metaphor Missouri men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson uses to describe his team.

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