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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Pingeton’s hard-nosed mental approach propels Mizzou women’s basketball to success

Pingeton’s hard-nosed mental approach propels Mizzou women’s basketball to success

Titus Wu March 8, 2017

The Missouri women’s basketball team gathered around head coach Robin Pingeton for a short meeting during a late regular season practice. Pingeton laid out the pages of stats and talked briefly about...

No. 25 Missouri women’s basketball ready for NCAA Tournament

No. 25 Missouri women’s basketball ready for NCAA Tournament

Langston Newsome March 7, 2017

Despite falling to No. 6 Texas A&M 62-48 in disappointing fashion in the team’s first game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, the outlook is still positive for Missouri women’s basketball....

Kim Anderson to step down as Missouri men’s basketball coach

Kim Anderson to step down as Missouri men’s basketball coach

Nick Kelly March 5, 2017

Kim Anderson’s time as head men’s basketball coach at his alma mater has come to a close. Athletics director Jim Sterk has asked Anderson to step down from his job as coach of the Tigers men’s basketball...

Mizzou women’s basketball sent home early from the SEC Tournament with loss to Texas A&M

Mizzou women’s basketball sent home early from the SEC Tournament with loss to Texas A&M

Langston Newsome March 5, 2017

No. 3-seeded Missouri women’s basketball (21-10, 11-5) fell in its opening game of the Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament to No. 6-seed Texas A&M (21-10) 62-48. The Tigers had previously...

Missouri falls to Texas A&M on Senior Night

Nick Kelly March 1, 2017

A fairly meaningless men’s basketball game between Missouri and Texas A&M was anything but meaningless for Trevor Glassman. Glassman, a walk-on redshirt junior who will graduate this spring, made his...

Analysis: Why can’t Missouri men’s basketball win on the road?

Analysis: Why can’t Missouri men’s basketball win on the road?

Eli Lederman February 28, 2017

Of all the exasperating statistics produced during Kim Anderson’s time as head coach of Missouri men’s basketball, the Tigers’ 34-consecutive losses in true road games is by far the most damning...

Pingeton, Cunningham and Smith among recipients of top SEC basketball awards

Pingeton, Cunningham and Smith among recipients of top SEC basketball awards

Eli Lederman February 28, 2017

Missouri women’s basketball had a big morning Tuesday as head coach Robin Pingeton, sophomore guard Sophie Cunningham and freshman guard Amber Smith all received conference honors for their performances...

Missouri women’s basketball tops Alabama 65-56

Missouri women’s basketball tops Alabama 65-56

Langston Newsome February 27, 2017

No. 24 Missouri (21-9, 11-5) finished Southeastern Conference play by defeating Alabama (17-12, 5-11) 65-56. The victory over the Crimson Tide gives Missouri 11 conference wins for the first time since...

Men’s basketball makes it interesting but eventually falls to Ole Miss Rebels, 80-77

Men’s basketball makes it interesting but eventually falls to Ole Miss Rebels, 80-77

Joe Noser February 26, 2017

Freshman Frankie Hughes might just be the future of Missouri Tigers basketball after all, but he didn’t quite have it in him to turn the future into the present on Saturday afternoon. Hughes finished...

Women’s basketball thrashes Ole Miss 100-65 on senior night

Women’s basketball thrashes Ole Miss 100-65 on senior night

Langston Newsome February 24, 2017

Missouri women’s basketball (20-9, 10-5) came into senior night Thursday on a tear. The Tigers had won eight of their last 10 games and were riding a three-game winning streak. The Tigers maintained...

Barnett finally filling ‘alpha dog’ role

Barnett finally filling ‘alpha dog’ role

Nick Kelly February 23, 2017

Missouri basketball forward Jordan Barnett epitomizes the saying that good things come to those who wait. The Tigers had Barnett, one of the top-100 high school class of 2014 players, sitting on their...

Missouri basketball puts on a show in close loss to No. 11 Kentucky

Missouri basketball puts on a show in close loss to No. 11 Kentucky

Joe Noser February 22, 2017

Missouri men’s basketball took advantage Tuesday night of an opportunity to display the heart and effort the team feels it has played with all year. Unfortunately for the Tigers, sometimes heart just...