While a decision may not come until his senior season, Dallas high school junior Elijah Thomas recently cut his list of prospective schools to 24 schools with Missouri making the cut. “I know they have...

Everyone wants to impress his or her boss on the first day. After his first time in a collegiate game situation, freshman forward Johnathan Williams III got a one-word performance review from Missouri...

While Frank Haith’s squad is still a week and a half away from its first scrimmage against Oklahoma City, the Missouri basketball program was on both sides of the unpredictable recruiting world this...

Junior guard Jordan Clarkson and former Tiger Phil Pressey go way back. They played together in elementary leagues in San Antonio, Texas. They stayed in touch through high school and into college, texting...

For many players, draft night is a night of anticipation, celebration, and a new chapter in their careers. It usually involves either a green room invite or a phone call in your living room in front of...

One overstayed the standard four years in Missouri. The other left before his ended. Whether too late or too soon, both Laurence Bowers and Phil Pressey have signed with NBA teams after going undrafted. Bowers,...

[A couple of weeks ago,](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/3/19/one-and-done-needs-end/) I wrote about how peeved off I am about basketball players forgoing more college time to bolt for the NBA...

Junior guard Phil Pressey will forego his final year of eligibility at Missouri and leave for the NBA draft, the team announced Wednesday. Widely projected to be a second-round choice, the Tigers’ career...

If you’ve seen the video — and everyone that cares at all about sports has — then you know why Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice had to go. The clips, compiled from practices throughout a three-year...