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Illinois transfer Mark Smith commits to Missouri

Illinois transfer Mark Smith commits to Missouri

Bennett Durando April 15, 2018

Illinois transfer Mark Smith has committed to play college basketball at Missouri. Smith announced his commitment over Twitter on Saturday night. He is the fifth newcomer to commit to Missouri ahead of...

Signing period: Where Missouri may stand among Courtney Ramey’s final 10

Signing period: Where Missouri may stand among Courtney Ramey’s final 10

Bennett Durando April 11, 2018

Courtney Ramey was never supposed to be in this position again. Everything was figured out. The standout point guard hailing from St. Louis — called a four-star by some, a five-star by others — was...

Jontay Porter declares for NBA draft, leaves possibility open to return to Missouri

Jontay Porter declares for NBA draft, leaves possibility open to return to Missouri

Bennett Durando April 5, 2018

Jontay Porter declared for the 2018 NBA draft in a statement released by the Missouri basketball team via Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Porter, 18, made himself available to be drafted after just one...

Porter Jr. declares for NBA draft

Porter Jr. declares for NBA draft

Bennett Durando March 26, 2018

Missouri’s Porter Jr. saga is over. Michael Porter Jr. will enter the 2018 NBA draft and forgo a second season with the Tigers, he announced in a video posted on Instagram Monday afternoon. “I feel...

Questions remain following Missouri’s early exit from NCAA Tournament

Questions remain following Missouri’s early exit from NCAA Tournament

Joe Noser , Bennett Durando March 21, 2018

##What happened? When it was all said and done, in the depths of Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in the wee hours of a bittersweet Friday night, Cuonzo Martin and the Missouri men’s basketball team...

Late-season skid puts bitter end to historic season for women’s basketball

Late-season skid puts bitter end to historic season for women’s basketball

Andy Kimball March 20, 2018

Head coach Robin Pingeton stood on the sideline with her hands on her hips as she watched the last seconds of her team’s season tick away. After the final buzzer sounded, Missouri had been stunned by...

Missouri’s season ends in 67-54 loss in the first round of NCAA Tournament

Missouri’s season ends in 67-54 loss in the first round of NCAA Tournament

Joe Noser March 17, 2018

The rollercoaster that has been Missouri’s 2017-18 season came to an end late Friday night, as the Tigers fell to the Florida State Seminoles 67-54 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Bridgestone...

Column: Missing 'flow' in March damaged Missouri’s depleted roster

Column: Missing ‘flow’ in March damaged Missouri’s depleted roster

Bennett Durando March 17, 2018

The Missouri Tigers trudged to the locker room, confused and defeated. It was already over. It was already over when Missouri made a second-half push to slice Florida State’s once 22-point lead to 6....

Column: SEC faces uphill climb in March

Column: SEC faces uphill climb in March

Adam Cole March 14, 2018

Last weekend was quite the cap on an incredible year for SEC basketball. After the start of the SEC Tournament on Thursday — which included a buzzer-beating, game-winning layup by Collin Sexton to keep...

Women’s basketball misses out on host bid, set to play at Stanford

Women’s basketball misses out on host bid, set to play at Stanford

Andy Kimball March 14, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball learned its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday night. The Tigers missed out on a host bid but earned its third-straight bid to the Big Dance. Instead of playing at Mizzou Arena,...

Missouri needs March magic against Florida State

Missouri needs March magic against Florida State

Bennett Durando March 14, 2018

The selection show was complete, the grueling odyssey of a speculation-filled season narrowed down to one simple, decisive matchup, Missouri’s fate in America’s most scrutinized bracket at last cemented. So...

Frustration abounds in Missouri’s 62-60 loss to Georgia in SEC Tournament

Frustration abounds in Missouri’s 62-60 loss to Georgia in SEC Tournament

Joe Noser March 8, 2018

After months of speculation, cryptic Instagram stories and countless “will he or won’t he” conversations, Michael Porter Jr. had returned. Missouri’s golden boy brought a jolt of energy to his...