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Mini-Mizzou is the nation's 303rd-tallest team, according to kenpom.com, its players standing an average of less than 6 feet 4.
"We understand we're vertically challenged," MU coach Frank Haith said, smiling.
That figured to be all the more exposed and perhaps exploited on Saturday at No. 3 Baylor, whose roster dwarfs the fifth-ranked Tigers and features five players taller than MU's lone starting big man, 6-8 Ricardo Ratliffe.
But in its rousing first win over a top 10 team in a true road game since 1994, Mizzou muzzled Baylor 89-88 by once again leveraging quickness and smarts against size to improve to 18-1 overall and 5-1 in Big 12 play.
With Baylor (17-2, 4-2) losing a second consecutive game, No. 1 Syracuse losing at Notre Dame and No. 4 Duke falling to Florida State Saturday, MU figures to move up to No. 3 or...