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Transfers lead Tigers’ dominant debut

Connor Casey • October 29, 2012

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...

Without Dixon, Missouri looks to develop chemistry in exhibition play

Jacob Bogage • October 28, 2012

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...

Laurence Bowers makes return on Mizzou Madness stage

Jacob Bogage • October 16, 2012

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...

Missouri’s youth consumes Mizzou Madness debut

Zach Foor • October 16, 2012

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...

Tigers put on showcase at Mizzou Madness

Jacob Bogage • October 12, 2012

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...

New Tigers look to bond overseas

Seth Boster • August 3, 2012

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,...

English, Denmon taken in NBA draft following successful Missouri careers

Seth Boster • June 28, 2012

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...

Missouri basketball celebrates historic season

Joe Trezza • April 10, 2012

Dressed in their best formal wear and with smoked sirloin on the menu, the Missouri basketball team were celebrated like kings of the Big 12 Conference on Monday at Mizzou Arena.  The end-of-the-year...

Uncertainties are abound for men’s basketball team’s future

Ryan Hood • April 3, 2012

When it was his turn March 10 in Kansas City, Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers delicately climbed the ladder that had been propped up at the foot of one of the Sprint Center’s hoops. The team...

Haith named USBWA Coach of the Year

Nate Atkins • March 20, 2012

The Missouri men’s basketball season might have ended Friday, but the team's consistent flow of awards has not ceased. The United States Basketball Writers Association named first-year coach Frank Haith...

The unlikely dance: Norfolk State upsets Missouri, history in NCAA Tournament

Nate Atkins • March 17, 2012

If one had the power to deconstruct the unconceivable, to erase the names and the seeds and the predictions and the history, the story from Friday in Omaha, Neb., would have been something far more routine...

Missouri’s tournament run ends with loss to Norfolk State

Ryan Hood • March 16, 2012

OMAHA, NEB. -- Coach Frank Haith’s first year at the helm of Missouri basketball has produced unlikely success. Friday evening in Omaha, it all came screeching to an unlikely, premature finish. Missouri...