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Frank Haith named AP Big 12 Coach of the Year

Nate Atkins • March 6, 2012

After winning a program-record 27 regular season games and 14 Big 12 Conference games with seven scholarship players in his first year, the rewards were bound to come for Missouri men’s basketball coach...

Missouri bats get the ball rolling in opening weekend

Brandon Grammer • March 6, 2012

Missouri baseball hasn’t exactly come out of the gates running. The Tigers, picked to finish fifth in the league by the Big 12 Conference preseason poll, dropped four of their first six games on the...

Missouri preps for one last Big 12 Tournament run

Nate Atkins • March 6, 2012

Kim English remembers the one and only time Missouri won the Big 12 Conference Tournament, back when a 2009 run branded the Elite Eight-bound Missouri Tigers as the talk of the league. It was the last...

Missouri evens record with 14-4 victory over Nebraska-Omaha

Ian Frazer • March 6, 2012

Freshman Brett Graves’ starting pitching debut for Missouri was not off to a favorable start Tuesday at Taylor Stadium. He had allowed singles to the first two Nebraska-Omaha batters, and a walk loaded...

Missouri cruises to series victory over Ball State

Brandon Grammer • March 4, 2012

The Missouri baseball team closed out a three-game series against the Ball State Cardinals with a commanding 9-2 victory Sunday at Taylor Stadium. After dropping their home opener, the Tigers (4-5) responded...

Missouri piles on the runs, trounces Ball State to end three-game skid

Ian Frazer • March 3, 2012

After managing to score only four runs in its previous four games, the Missouri baseball team wanted offense — in any form — badly entering Saturday's matchup with Ball State at Taylor Stadium. In...

Missouri celebrates first Big 12 wrestling championship

Matthew Fairburn • March 3, 2012

With the Big 12 Conference Championships tournament less than a week away, Missouri wrestling coach Brian Smith hung a sign in the locker of each of his starters Monday. It simply read, “Be my David.” The...

Missouri wrestlers flex for final stretch

Matthew Fairburn • March 2, 2012

The Missouri wrestling team faces the most important month of the season, with the Big 12 Conference Championships Tournament on March 3 followed by the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 15. The Tigers...

With shame and glory, a final Border Showdown slowly fades away

Seth Boster • March 2, 2012

The best part of being inside Allen Fieldhouse on that Saturday evening for that superlative-worthy, spellbound game between rivals as old as the Civil War was knowing that the history pages were better...

Erwin steps up despite freshman nerves

Matthew Flores • March 2, 2012

It was a warm, humid Saturday night in Palm Springs, Calif., and the bases were loaded. Freshman pitcher Bailey Erwin was in the circle for the Missouri Tigers, watching as the four-spot batter for University...

Missouri drops home baseball opener to Ball State

Brandon Grammer • March 2, 2012

The Missouri baseball team's 5-2 loss to Ball State was not quite the ideal home opener it had in mind. Squaring off against the Ball State Cardinals, the Tigers were looking to take their minds off a...

Tiger basketball seniors bid M-I-Z B-Y-E

Seth Boster • March 2, 2012

Missouri senior center Steve Moore stood at center court with the microphone down on his left side because he couldn’t seem to put it to his mouth. Each time he tried, “STEEEVE!” would roar inside...