Another game, another disappointing performance from the Missouri Tigers.
When there are messages on Twitter saying at least the Tigers were able to string together a few good possessions in a row, you know things aren't going so well.
Missouri was able to stick with 10th-ranked Texas A&M for the first half Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas, trailing the Aggies by four at 29-25. And when the Tigers rattled off eight straight points to take the lead at the start of the second half, Missouri fans thought this may be the day.
It wasn't.
The Tigers have shown the ability to go long stretches without scoring this season. It's been costly before for Kim Anderson's Tigers and it was costly again Saturday as Missouri went five minutes without a point in the second half as Texas A&M went on to post a 66-53 victory.
So now the Tigers are 8-11 overall, 1-5 in the Southeastern Conference. And after last week's self-imposed postseason ban for NCAA violations, the season will end in 12 games when Missouri hosts Florida on March 5.
But will that be the end of Anderson as head coach? The immediate future may not look so bright, but Anderson isn't going anywhere. Or he shouldn't be, anyway.
When Mack Rhoades was hired as the director of athletics last March, the ink was barely dry on the contract before speculation began about Anderson's future.
A 9-23 first season already had some wondering if Anderson, who was hired by Mike Alden, was already in Rhoades' crosshairs.
Anderson was going to get a second season, Rhoades wasn't going to fire him just a few months on the job. But if year 2 was no better than year 1, would Anderson get a third?
Anderson was Alden's guy to replace Frank Haith. Now we know why, he's squeaky clean. And that's what Missouri needed, with the NCAA sniffing around after Haith and his staff left a stench behind at Mizzou Arena.
It was quite charming of Alden not to tell Anderson about the NCAA troubles before he hired him, by the way. Good work, Mike, good work.
Part of Anderson's deal was he had to retain Tim Fuller on his staff. And that was a head-scratcher, even more so now that we know Fuller is allegedly part of the reason Missouri is in trouble.
Here's what you are going to get with Anderson - a Missouri alum who loves the program and the university who will work as hard as he can to get the men's basketball program back to respectability.
I wasn't doing cartwheels when Alden hired Anderson. I thought Missouri could do better.
But in the current situation, Anderson is the right man for the job.