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Tigers prepare for Aggies, SEC Tournament

Matt Muenzberg • March 11, 2014

Once Missouri ended its regular season with a 28-point loss at Tennessee, it became apparent the Tigers would be on the outside of the bubble. ESPN’s bracket expert Joe Lunardi placed Missouri in...

Missouri wrestling wins conference title, qualifies seven for NCAAs

Katherine Knott • March 10, 2014

Junior Drake Houdashelt and freshman J’den Cox did what they have done all season — win. After two days of wrestling in the Mid-American Conference championships, Houdashelt and Cox finished on top...

Ross carries Tigers in final moments

Jacob Bogage • March 6, 2014

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...

Quiet Senior Night ends in cheers

Matt Muenzberg • March 6, 2014

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...

Mississippi State drops Tigers in first round of SEC Tournament

Aaron Reiss • March 6, 2014

Now Missouri waits. In a game marked by lead changes and foul trouble, the No. 12 seed Tigers (17-13, 6-11 Southeastern Conference) fell to No. 13 seed Mississippi State (19-12, 5-11 SEC), 73-70, Wednesday...

Ready for MACtion

Katherine Knott • March 5, 2014

The No. 9 Missouri wrestling squad will travel to Kent, Ohio, this weekend for the Mid-American Conference Championships, trying for its third consecutive conference title. Missouri comes into the 2014...

Earnest Ross reflects on the eve of Senior Night

Matt Muenzberg • March 5, 2014

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...

Missouri will need deep conference run to bolster NCAA hopes

Aaron Reiss • March 5, 2014

Twenty-nine games and nearly five months later, it is time for coach Robin Pingeton’s team to start over. It’s time for the Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament. “It’s a fresh...

Keanau Post, Torren Jones help Tigers bulldoze the Bulldogs

Matt Muenzberg • March 1, 2014

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...

Tigers pick up momentum in dominant win

Jacob Bogage • March 1, 2014

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...

Tigers win on Senior Night, 75-72

Aaron Reiss • February 28, 2014

Two minutes were left, Missouri was down one and all Bri Kulas could do was watch. It was senior night for senior forward Kulas, Missouri’s leading scorer and rebounder. After Kulas, who scored 26 points...

Mayes finds success after changing weight classes in offseason

Katherine Knott • February 26, 2014

Lavion Mayes hadn’t won a single tight match this season. Then, this weekend, the 141-pounder finally captured a win in a second overtime bout against Kent State’s Tyler Small. Coach Brian Smith...