ATLANTA — As Earnest Ross’ senior year winds down at Missouri, the ever-introspective guard saw his transfer three years ago from Auburn as the start of consecutive trips to the postseason. The move...

ATLANTA — The gold stripe down the middle of Georgia Dome held its collective breath. Frank Haith, already prowling the bench on one knee, stuck a hand to the ground to keep his balance. The other wiped...

In the beginning there was no one. At the end there was Earnest Ross. When Frank Haith was named Missouri’s head basketball coach in 2011, his reign began with 11 roster spots to fill in the next two...

The cheers went from feigned to genuine. An all-transfer senior class and an undetermined postseason fate led to a subdued Senior Night celebration. But when senior guard Earnest Ross pioneered Missouri’s...

Earnest Ross got what he wanted and a little extra. The senior guard left Auburn after his sophomore year to play in the NCAA tournament. After sitting out a year for transfer rules, he did that, but...

Somewhere in the middle of Missouri’s 18-3 second-half run, the Tigers (20-9, 8-8 Southeastern Conference) looked like an NCAA tournament team. Granted, it came against Mississippi State (13-16, 3-13...

Everything went Missouri’s way. It shot a season-high 62 percent, it got contributions from deep in its bench and, perhaps most importantly, it had Mississippi State on the schedule. Junior forward...

The first week of February was cruel to Missouri basketball. The second might have saved its season. The next two weeks — the end of the month and beginning of March — will prove the old adage true...

That wasn’t supposed to happen. Two teams vying for any sort of postseason appearance couldn’t afford to shoot 43 percent from the field or allow confused freshman forward Johnathan Williams III to...