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Five nonconference games to watch

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

**Nov. 21: Notre Dame** Missouri will meet the Irish in Kansas City for the College Basketball Experience Classic opening round. Notre Dame is coming off a historic season, finishing 27-7 and earning a...

Missouri wrestling overcomes early deficit to beat Purdue

Matthew Fairburn • November 15, 2011

The Missouri Tigers wrestling team was able to overcome an early 6-0 deficit to earn a victory over the Purdue Boilermakers in their first match of the season Sunday. The Tigers forfeited at the 125-pound...

Undefeated Missouri has room to improve

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Two games into the young 2011-12 season, Missouri is 2-0 despite having played less-than-stellar basketball. As is the case with the majority of early-season matchups, neither of MU’s first two contests...

Changing of a guard: English adapts to move

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

While he was haunted over the summer by memories of his previous season, perhaps the best advice Missouri men’s basketball senior Kim English said he heard was a message relayed by senior teammate Marcus...

Haith making himself known in new state

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Days after an EF-5 tornado devastated the town of Joplin, killing 162 people and destroying roughly 30 percent of the town's infrastructure, first-year Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith assisted in...

Missouri tries to stay up despite Josey going down

Pat Iversen • November 15, 2011

In the instant sophomore running back Henry Josey landed on his left knee early in the second half of Missouri's 17-5 win over Texas on Saturday, the Tigers lost more than just the Big 12 Conference's...

Coach K reached milestone the honorable way

Michael Bracciano • November 15, 2011

The college basketball regular season has finally started, and the games this weekend look to be a lot more competitive than most of the first week’s games. But perhaps the biggest thing to watch is...

Five storylines to watch for

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Missouri basketball enters the season receiving much less national attention than last year, despite ranking No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The team's current senior class has already secured...

Seniors look to carry Tigers

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

Three years doesn’t seem long ago at all, senior guard Marcus Denmon said. “It’s our last season,” Denmon said of seniors in the team’s starting rotation. “I remember us coming in as freshmen...

Joe Paterno: The story that shouldn’t be

Nate Atkins • November 15, 2011

As the stains of the most grotesque scandal to hit college football wash away and an entire country scrambles to make sense of all that is distant, one truth shines through in light of the dark times at...

Trending up, trending down

Seth Boster, Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

UP Baylor After missing out on the NCAA Tournament dance last season, expect the Bears to be a contender this season and a dominant force in the Big 12. The team is powered by Perry Jones III and should...

Pressey leads Tigers’ change-of-pace offense in win over Mercer

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

Had the Missouri men’s basketball team decided to play the brand of offense it has grown accustomed to over the years, it would have likely had Mercer huffing-and-puffing. Mercer started four forwards...