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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Courtney Ramey passes on Missouri, commits to Texas

Courtney Ramey passes on Missouri, commits to Texas

Bennett Durando April 27, 2018

Even as Cuonzo Martin and his Missouri men’s basketball team moved forward in their offseason recruiting exploits, they held out hope on one guy. Friday evening, they lost out on the waiting game that...

Missouri lands commitment from Evansville transfer Dru Smith

Missouri lands commitment from Evansville transfer Dru Smith

Bennett Durando April 27, 2018

Evansville transfer Dru Smith committed to Missouri on Friday morning, as first reported by Corey Evans of Rivals.com. Smith will be required by NCAA transfer policy to sit out the 2018-19 season but will...

Steadfast scorer Torrence Watson ready to fit into fluid role in guard-heavy lineup at Missouri

Steadfast scorer Torrence Watson ready to fit into fluid role in guard-heavy lineup at Missouri

Bennett Durando April 20, 2018

Torrence Watson’s lasting impression of Missouri basketball changed for good at ‘Mizzou Madness.’ The 2017 black and gold preseason scrimmage during October’s homecoming Saturday at MU garnered...

Coaching tree comrades Matt Painter and Bruce Weber talk Cuonzo Martin’s start at Missouri

Bennett Durando April 17, 2018

With little more than a week left in the regular season, Bruce Weber got a text from an old friend. “He texts me just, you know, ‘Hey, coach, what are you guys focusing on here down the stretch?’”...

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...

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...