COLUMBIA, Mo. -- It's not a case of a dead spots on the floor or trick rims. The backboards aren't smaller, and the floor is still 94 feet long. Yet for some reason, Mizzou Arena is one of three Big 12 venues in which Frank Martin has never found success. Sure, 0-2 isn't a mind-blowing statistic or an anomaly worth of appearing in anyone's media guide, but Martin's first two trips to Columbia have yielded nothing but a pair of rather notorious losses, and the third-year head coach knows that's no coincidence.

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