At 6 feet 9 inches and 226 pounds, junior forward Tony Criswell says he has the ability to guard anyone on the court. Whether he gets switched on to a point guard off a pick-and-roll or has to step up...
Phil Pressey was scared.
Yes, the Southeastern Conference preseason player of the year, the star point guard and the captain of the No. 15 Missouri men’s basketball team, was scared.
He was a diminutive,...
As the Missouri Tigers prepare for their first season as members of the Southeastern Conference, they will bring along one player who has already played two seasons in the league. Junior forward Earnest...
Between Mizzou Madness’s 10-minute scrimmage and Tuesday’s exhibition against Lincoln, senior guard Sydney Crafton shot 16 for 18, a whopping 89 percent shooting clip. The rest of the team combined...
About halfway through the second half of Missouri women’s basketball’s first exhibition game of the year, senior guard Sydney Crafton finally came back to earth.
Crafton had made nine straight shots...
Moments before the Missouri men’s basketball team took the court for its first exhibition game of the season, a commercial centered on the team’s transfers flashed on the Jumbotron.
After a few seconds...
Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith said Friday that practices with his No. 15 Tigers have become increasingly competitive and physical, characteristics that make him cringe when someone hits...
On Friday, Missouri women's basketball was placed in the national spotlight before the 2012-13 season. The event, Mizzou Madness, was part of an ESPN special that granted a look into the men's and women's...
Laurence Bowers waited a long time for Oct. 12. Barely more than a year prior, one of the ligaments in his knee shredded, putting his basketball career on the ropes.
“That was probably one of the most...
As the Missouri men's basketball team showed off its new threads at the first-ever Mizzou Madness, junior guard Phil Pressey and senior guard Michael Dixon showed off their own skills.
Amid the festivities--including...
For someone that watched that senior-laden group practice in this practice gym inside Mizzou Arena last year, the sight would be unfamiliar.
Friday afternoon, former players like Marcus Denmon, Kim English,...
Two players highly responsible for one of the Missouri men’s basketball team’s most successful four years in program history were selected in the second round of the NBA draft Thursday night.
After...
