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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

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

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

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

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

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...

Seniors look to carry Tigers

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...

Tigers rally to win season opener

Ryan Hood November 11, 2011

Despite the 83-68 final, Friday night’s season opener for Missouri basketball did not go as smoothly as coach Frank Haith had hoped for in his MU debut at Mizzou Arena. A sloppy start by the Tigers,...

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

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...

Ratliffe dominates in exhibition finale

Ryan Hood November 8, 2011

Senior center Ricardo Ratliffe was the biggest athlete on the court Monday night. And he played like it. Ratliffe was integral in helping Missouri dig itself out of an early hole to defeat Central Missouri...