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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri men’s basketball faces mid-major powerhouse Liberty in final test before Illinois

Mason Arneson December 9, 2020

Senior guard Mark Smith said the word “excited” 10 times during Tuesday’s media availability, an appropriate motif for the first two weeks of the Missouri men’s basketball season. Coach Cuonzo...

Five takeaways: Promising freshmen provide glimpses of a bright future in wild win over Arkansas

Kyle Pinnell December 7, 2020

Down by one point with 46 seconds left, redshirt freshman quarterback Connor Bazelak and the Missouri offense took the field. Bazelak led his team on a seven-play, 65-yard drive to put the Tigers in field...

Missouri rides perimeter defense to win over Wichita State

Jack Soble December 6, 2020

Going into their Sunday afternoon announcing gig in Wichita, Kan., ESPN2 commentators Chuckie Kempf and Mark Adams liked Missouri. By midway through the second half, they liked Missouri to a frightening...

Immune to shock: Missouri men’s basketball improved to 3-0 with victory over Wichita State

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Missouri is off to their first 3-0 start since 2013, and from senior guard Mark Smith’s perspective, he could see it unfolding before the season even started. “In this team, just from the first couple...

X-Factor: Where Xavier Pinson goes, Missouri basketball follows

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Despite a small sample size, Missouri is off to one of its hottest starts in years. The Tigers are averaging 20 points per game more than last season and playing at a faster tempo than in years past....

An instant classic at Faurot: Battle Line Rivalry heats up thanks to injection of two new coaches.

Kyle Pinnell December 5, 2020

Dubbed the “Battle Line Rivalry,” the annual showdown between Arkansas and Missouri has all the potential to be an intriguing rivalry game. The two schools sit roughly 310 miles away from one another,...

‘Let’s go win the game’: Missouri roars back to beat Arkansas

Jack Soble December 5, 2020

The ball ricocheted off of Jamal Brooks’ chest and into the hands of Arkansas’ Mike Woods. Woods’ catch gave the Razorbacks a 48-47 lead with less than a minute to go. Brooks, in the game in place...

Like father like son: How Nick Bolton’s dad helped shape him as a linebacker

Jack Soble December 5, 2020

Alabama snapped the ball. Less than a second later, Nick Bolton knew where it was going. The dead giveaway: the Crimson Tide’s left and right guards rotated their hips 90 degrees to the defense’s...

Missouri lands 4-star 2022 safety Isaac Thompson

Matthew Newkirk December 4, 2020

After almost one year at the helm of the program, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz has landed his program’s biggest recruiting target since Drew Lock in 2015. In a live-streamed event from the Elite Football...

Bazelak looks to build on strong Vanderbilt performance

Jack Soble December 4, 2020

Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz will praise his redshirt freshman quarterback, Connor Bazelak, when he’s played well. And he certainly won’t hesitate to criticize him when he hasn’t. On Tuesday, it...

Scouting Arkansas: Razorbacks’ new coaching staff have things looking up

Jack Soble December 3, 2020

Arkansas had not won an SEC game since 2017 — until this year, having won three so far. They probably should have won four, if not for an officiating botch in Week 3 when Auburn quarterback Bo Nix spiked...

Missouri goes Duck hunting in victory over No. 21 Oregon.

Mason Arneson December 3, 2020

For the first time since 2012, Missouri returned to Omaha, Neb., the site of one of the program’s most heartbreaking moments; an 85-83 loss to 15-seed Norfolk State in the NCAA Tournament. Eight years...