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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri rides perimeter defense to win over Wichita State

Jack Soble December 6, 2020

Going into their Sunday afternoon announcing gig in Wichita, Kan., ESPN2 commentators Chuckie Kempf and Mark Adams liked Missouri. By midway through the second half, they liked Missouri to a frightening...

Immune to shock: Missouri men’s basketball improved to 3-0 with victory over Wichita State

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Missouri is off to their first 3-0 start since 2013, and from senior guard Mark Smith’s perspective, he could see it unfolding before the season even started. “In this team, just from the first couple...

X-Factor: Where Xavier Pinson goes, Missouri basketball follows

Mason Arneson December 6, 2020

Despite a small sample size, Missouri is off to one of its hottest starts in years. The Tigers are averaging 20 points per game more than last season and playing at a faster tempo than in years past....

Missouri goes Duck hunting in victory over No. 21 Oregon.

Mason Arneson December 3, 2020

For the first time since 2012, Missouri returned to Omaha, Neb., the site of one of the program’s most heartbreaking moments; an 85-83 loss to 15-seed Norfolk State in the NCAA Tournament. Eight years...

Missouri men’s basketball digs into pandemic playbook for last-minute scheduling change

Mason Arneson December 2, 2020

Just last week, coach Cuonzo Martin said the team’s participation in the Bubbleville tournament in Uncasville, Conn. was “up in the air.” The Connecticut plan hit the ground three days later. Missouri...

Several things for Missouri men’s basketball to celebrate in season-opening victory over Oral Roberts.

Mason Arneson November 25, 2020

Jeremiah Tilmon turned Missouri’s season-opening 91-64 win over Oral Roberts into his own birthday bash as he nearly notched his seventh career double-double. The Missouri big man, who scored eight...

Missouri men’s basketball roster remains intact with room for improvement in 2020-21

Mason Arneson November 25, 2020

Over the last year, the college basketball world (and the rest of the world) has been flipped on its head in the midst of the pandemic. However, one of the few things that has remained the same for the...

Missouri basketball takes lessons from football’s COVID-19 cancellations

Jack Soble November 15, 2020

Missouri football — along with more than half of the Southeastern Conference — canceled its game this week due to COVID-19, and Missouri basketball coach Cuonzo Martin has noticed. “It’s real,”...

Missouri’s newest basketball commit, Sean Durugordon, enters with chip on shoulder

Mason Arneson September 8, 2020

Mike Yagmin, a recruiting analyst for The Hoop Hustle, knew exactly what word would best describe Missouri’s newest basketball commit, Sean Durugordon. “He’s a fighter,” said Yagmin. “Sean doesn’t...

Living their dream: Second Brown commits to Missouri

Kyle Pinnell August 30, 2020

Kaleb Brown officially committed to play basketball at the University of Missouri on Monday, but he made his mind up long before then. It was late at night in early August when Brown entered his parents’...

‘He just kind of dominated everybody’: Axel Okongo’s path to Missouri and the one day that changed everything

‘He just kind of dominated everybody’: Axel Okongo’s path to Missouri and the one day that changed everything

Wilson Moore April 6, 2020

Axel Okongo arrived in Chicago last April unknown to much of the basketball world. His relative anonymity can’t be seen as too surprising; while his 7-foot stature makes him stand out in a crowd, a center...

SEC cancels basketball tournament, suspends regular season play

Eli Hoff March 12, 2020

The Southeastern Conference has canceled the remainder of its men’s basketball tournament and suspended regular season competition for all other sports until March 30 out of concern regarding the spread...