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Missouri throttles Northwestern State in front of season’s largest crowd

Ryan Hood • December 2, 2011

During the past week, much has been made of the abundance of empty seats at Mizzou Arena for the Missouri men's basketball team's first four home games of the season. After a week of criticism, the students...

Missouri notches most complete game in victory over Niagara

Ryan Hood • November 17, 2011

Following Missouri’s 87-48 exhibition victory over Truman State on Nov. 2, Missouri coach Frank Haith was asked whether or not he thought senior Marcus Denmon should look to shoot more. “If he's open...

Seniors look to carry Tigers

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

Three years doesn’t seem long ago at all, senior guard Marcus Denmon said. “It’s our last season,” Denmon said of seniors in the team’s starting rotation. “I remember us coming in as freshmen...

Pressey leads Tigers’ change-of-pace offense in win over Mercer

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

Had the Missouri men’s basketball team decided to play the brand of offense it has grown accustomed to over the years, it would have likely had Mercer huffing-and-puffing. Mercer started four forwards...

Missouri wrestling overcomes early deficit to beat Purdue

Matthew Fairburn • November 15, 2011

The Missouri Tigers wrestling team was able to overcome an early 6-0 deficit to earn a victory over the Purdue Boilermakers in their first match of the season Sunday. The Tigers forfeited at the 125-pound...

Five nonconference games to watch

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

**Nov. 21: Notre Dame** Missouri will meet the Irish in Kansas City for the College Basketball Experience Classic opening round. Notre Dame is coming off a historic season, finishing 27-7 and earning a...

Undefeated Missouri has room to improve

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Two games into the young 2011-12 season, Missouri is 2-0 despite having played less-than-stellar basketball. As is the case with the majority of early-season matchups, neither of MU’s first two contests...

Changing of a guard: English adapts to move

Seth Boster • November 15, 2011

While he was haunted over the summer by memories of his previous season, perhaps the best advice Missouri men’s basketball senior Kim English said he heard was a message relayed by senior teammate Marcus...

Haith making himself known in new state

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Days after an EF-5 tornado devastated the town of Joplin, killing 162 people and destroying roughly 30 percent of the town's infrastructure, first-year Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith assisted in...

Five storylines to watch for

Ryan Hood • November 15, 2011

Missouri basketball enters the season receiving much less national attention than last year, despite ranking No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The team's current senior class has already secured...

Niemann spurs Tigers to victory in final exhibition

Sam Rourke • November 11, 2011

Tuesday’s final exhibition tune-up for the Missouri women’s basketball team against UM-St. Louis didn’t go quite as scripted for much of the night. The Tigers were able to eventually prevail by a...

Missouri’s SEC move to cause changes for wrestling

Matthew Fairburn • November 11, 2011

The Missouri Tigers wrestling program faces major changes after the university announced its decision Sunday to leave the Big 12 Conference for the SEC, which is not currently a home to a single Division-I...