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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Column: SEC faces uphill climb in March

Column: SEC faces uphill climb in March

Adam Cole March 14, 2018

Last weekend was quite the cap on an incredible year for SEC basketball. After the start of the SEC Tournament on Thursday — which included a buzzer-beating, game-winning layup by Collin Sexton to keep...

Women’s basketball misses out on host bid, set to play at Stanford

Women’s basketball misses out on host bid, set to play at Stanford

Andy Kimball March 14, 2018

Missouri women’s basketball learned its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday night. The Tigers missed out on a host bid but earned its third-straight bid to the Big Dance. Instead of playing at Mizzou Arena,...

Missouri needs March magic against Florida State

Missouri needs March magic against Florida State

Bennett Durando March 14, 2018

The selection show was complete, the grueling odyssey of a speculation-filled season narrowed down to one simple, decisive matchup, Missouri’s fate in America’s most scrutinized bracket at last cemented. So...

Karissa Schweizer finishes indoor season with two national championships

Karissa Schweizer finishes indoor season with two national championships

Owen Krucoff March 11, 2018

Boise State University’s Allie Ostrander had hung with Karissa Schweizer for several minutes, but she could only watch as the Missouri senior pulled away during the final lap of the women’s 3,000-meter...

No. 19 Missouri gymnastics places second in Iowa meet with up-and-down performance

No. 19 Missouri gymnastics places second in Iowa meet with up-and-down performance

Liad Lerner March 10, 2018

No. 19 Missouri gymnastics finished in second place, sandwiched between No. 25 Iowa State and Iowa, in its meet in Ames, Iowa, on Friday night. The hosting Cyclones were the victors by more than half a...

Frustration abounds in Missouri’s 62-60 loss to Georgia in SEC Tournament

Frustration abounds in Missouri’s 62-60 loss to Georgia in SEC Tournament

Joe Noser March 8, 2018

After months of speculation, cryptic Instagram stories and countless “will he or won’t he” conversations, Michael Porter Jr. had returned. Missouri’s golden boy brought a jolt of energy to his...

Missouri falls short in SEC Tournament second rounder doubling as Porter Jr. return

Missouri falls short in SEC Tournament second rounder doubling as Porter Jr. return

Bennett Durando March 8, 2018

There was no divine thunderclap; no basketball-wielding, godlike silhouette emerging from a foggy tunnel to intrepidly carry a lost team on his back to victory; no awed, hypnotic silence falling over the...

Porter Jr. prepared to play in SEC Tournament

Porter Jr. prepared to play in SEC Tournament

Adam Cole March 7, 2018

After weeks of swirling rumors and anticipation, it appears Missouri men’s basketball will finally have freshman forward Michael Porter Jr. back on the court come Thursday for the SEC Tournament in St....

Breaking down the Bracketology: What last weekend’s SEC Tournament loss could spell for Missouri women’s basketball come tournament time

Breaking down the Bracketology: What last weekend’s SEC Tournament loss could spell for Missouri women’s basketball come tournament time

Adam Cole March 7, 2018

At this past weekend’s SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, Missouri women’s basketball put its chances of hosting games in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this year on the fringe after losing...

Gateway Getaway: Everything Missouri fans need to know ahead of the SEC men’s basketball tournament

Gateway Getaway: Everything Missouri fans need to know ahead of the SEC men’s basketball tournament

Bennett Durando March 7, 2018

It’ll be a Gateway greeting for the Missouri Tigers come Thursday. The men’s basketball team, formidable beyond all expectations after it lost a certain 6-foot-10-inch freshman two minutes into this...

‘Next guy up’ mentality fuels Missouri wrestling past Cox era to perfect season

‘Next guy up’ mentality fuels Missouri wrestling past Cox era to perfect season

Bennett Durando March 7, 2018

This was going to be the year without J’den Cox. There was no avoiding it, no running from it. A few months removed from the Olympic medalist’s last rodeo at Missouri, head coach Brian Smith could...

Women’s basketball needs to correct offensive slump for NCAA Tournament

Women’s basketball needs to correct offensive slump for NCAA Tournament

Andy Kimball March 6, 2018

Junior Sophie Cunningham could only stand red-eyed in the locker room after her team’s loss to Georgia at the Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament on Friday night. After a 3-for-17...