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The Maneater

Transfer Jordan Clarkson finally ready to lead

Matt Muenzberg October 9, 2013

Junior guard Jordan Clarkson and former Tiger Phil Pressey go way back. They played together in elementary leagues in San Antonio, Texas. They stayed in touch through high school and into college, texting...

Tigers gear up for second season in SEC

Tigers gear up for second season in SEC

Alex Schiffer October 2, 2013

Talented but unproven: the three-word phrase sums up coach Frank Haith’s basketball squad as he enters his third season with the Tigers. The Tigers return a lineup filled with potential, but the team...

Oriakhi getting used to life in the desert

Alex Schiffer July 17, 2013

For many players, draft night is a night of anticipation, celebration, and a new chapter in their careers. It usually involves either a green room invite or a phone call in your living room in front of...

Pressey, Bowers ink NBA Summer League deals

Matt Muenzberg July 17, 2013

One overstayed the standard four years in Missouri. The other left before his ended. Whether too late or too soon, both Laurence Bowers and Phil Pressey have signed with NBA teams after going undrafted. Bowers,...

Did Pressey make the right choice?

Derek Franks April 12, 2013

[A couple of weeks ago,](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/3/19/one-and-done-needs-end/) I wrote about how peeved off I am about basketball players forgoing more college time to bolt for the NBA...

Pressey leaves for the NBA Draft

Pressey leaves for the NBA Draft

Jacob Bogage April 12, 2013

Junior guard Phil Pressey will forego his final year of eligibility at Missouri and leave for the NBA draft, the team announced Wednesday. “Many college basketball players dream of this day, but when...

Pressey to leave for NBA draft

Jacob Bogage April 10, 2013

Junior guard Phil Pressey will forego his final year of eligibility at Missouri and leave for the NBA draft, the team announced Wednesday. Widely projected to be a second-round choice, the Tigers’ career...

How many other coaches are like Mike Rice?

Kalen Wagoner April 5, 2013

If you’ve seen the video — and everyone that cares at all about sports has — then you know why Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice had to go. The clips, compiled from practices throughout a three-year...

Bell’s defeat a fitting ending to Tigers’ season

Bell’s defeat a fitting ending to Tigers’ season

Jacob Bogage April 5, 2013

When Keion Bell dunked over six people at Mizzou Madness, the Tiger basketball program’s festive season kickoff, he said he had never lost a dunk contest. Meanwhile, the Missouri men’s team was days...

Webster-Chan, Bull announce transfer from MU

Jacob Bogage April 2, 2013

Freshman guards Negus Webster-Chan and Dominique Bull are set to leave the Missouri basketball team and transfer, the team announced Tuesday. “Dominique and Negus were great representatives of our program...

Resist the temptation to taunt Eustachy for his past

Kalen Wagoner March 19, 2013

Larry Eustachy knows the University of Missouri all too well. The Colorado State head coach, whose team was matched up against the Tigers in its first game of the upcoming NCAA Tournament, suffered the...

Millinghaus’ last second floater sinks Missouri’s SEC tourney hopes

Jacob Bogage March 16, 2013

Two of senior Laurence Bowers’ passes fell into the wrong hands and Ole Miss sharpshooter Marshall Henderson scored a game-high 27 as the third-seeded Rebels (24-8, 13-7 Southeastern Conference) battled...