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Senior Bree Fowler approaches her final games

Bobby Ceresia • February 25, 2015

She’s been through this all before. She was a freshman, completely new to the summer workouts and daily practices being run by women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton. She was a sophomore, setting...

24-0: Recapping Missouri wrestling’s historic regular season

Harrison Degrood • February 25, 2015

It hasn’t been the brightest winter in Columbia. It has consisted of bitter cold, slippery ice and a fair share of snow. Athletics haven’t been much better. The Missouri men’s basketball team is...

Mayes, team looking ahead to MAC, National Championships

Quinn Malloy • February 25, 2015

Late last season, soon-to-be national champion and then-freshman J’den Cox pulled then-redshirt freshman Lavion Mayes aside after practice. Cox knew that Mayes had been struggling on bottom in duals...

‘Brothers’ in the backcourt

Daniel Witt • February 18, 2015

When fifth-year senior guard Keith Shamburger transferred to Missouri for his final season of college basketball, all he could think was: _Man, I wonder who they’re going to room me with._ Questions...

The absurdity of NBA All-Star Weekend

Andrew McCulloch • February 18, 2015

This past weekend, the NBA took its biggest event to the biggest stage. The world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, played host to basketball’s most infamous game, the NBA All-Star Game. It’s...

Holmes returns following rough start as Tiger

Bruno Vernaschi • February 18, 2015

On Feb. 5 at Mizzou Arena, a tall figure checked in for Missouri’s women’s basketball team as it took on Texas A&M. This player was not on the Aggies’ scouting report. In her first minute on the...

Michaelis struggles to find consistency

Bobby Ceresia • February 18, 2015

Against the top-ranked South Carolina women’s basketball team, she scored a career-high 22 points. Going up against Texas A&M and Auburn a month later, she didn’t make a single shot. Her very next...

Wrestling a family affair for Miklus brothers

Quinn Malloy • February 18, 2015

For a pair of boys who lived so close to an amusement park in Altoona, Iowa, the Miklus brothers had a lot of excess energy. When they were five and six years old, their father devised a unique and, as...

Tigers’ heartache continues on Valentine’s Day

Daniel Witt • February 15, 2015

Missouri basketball failed to break up with its 10-game losing streak on Valentine’s Day Saturday. The Tigers were unable to overcome an 11-point halftime deficit and fell to Mississippi State 77-74...

Clark hurt as Tigers fall to Gamecocks

Michael Natelli • February 11, 2015

Sunday night marked a month since Missouri had won a basketball game. And with subpar South Carolina on the schedule Tuesday night, there was reason to believe that the Tigers’ nine-game losing streak...

Anderson wants to build his team the ‘right way’

Will Jarvis • February 11, 2015

Kim Anderson’s Missouri Tigers have lost eight straight games and currently ride the program’s worst losing streak in over 40 years. At 1-9 in Southeastern Conference play, the Tigers sit in last place. And...

Missouri’s Hudyn finds her way into starting lineup

Bruno Vernaschi • February 11, 2015

As one of the earlier, and one of many, injuries on the Missouri women’s basketball team, junior forward Michelle Hudyn was lucky enough to find herself back on track last month. After suffering a stress...