COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host Illinois State in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday night at 7 p.m. It is MU’s third-consecutive appearance in the tournament. The Tiger enter the tournament with a 17-13 overall record and a 5-10 mark in SEC action. As far as the WNIT
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the final AP Poll of the season, the Mizzou men’s basketball team landed at No. 23 in the nation. The ranking comes after MU made history by appearing in the program’s first ever SEC Tournament semifinals. The Tigers will tip off in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon in California. Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An eighth inning rally lifted the Mizzou baseball team to a 5-3 win over NJIT on Sunday night. The victory also gave the Tigers the overall series win against the Highlanders. It is MU’s fourth comeback win of the season, capped by a banner weekend for the Tiger pitching staff. The group
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee granted the Mizzou men’s basketball team a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers will head to Sacramento, Calif. to meet No. 10-seeded Utah State. MU will tip off at 12:40 CT against thee Aggies. It will be the third time in MU history that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Winning has become an expectation for the Mizzou wrestling team as Brian Smith’s group claimed their 12th consecutive conference title this season. “Everywhere we go it seems like they’re setting an attendance record when we’re going in,” Smith said. “People are coming to see us wrestling and hoping that we get beat” The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team continues to cement their names in the history books with the program’s first ever SEC semifinal appearance. The Tigers fell in Saturday’s semifinal game to top-seeded Alabama and afterwards the team says they’re continuing to be doubted. “No one thought we’d get a two game bye,” said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 23 Mizzou softball team got shutout in three straight games against No. 16 Kentucky over the weekend, as the Wildcats completed the sweep on Sunday. MU and UK played in a double-header to wrap up the series on Sunday, due to rain moving through Columbia on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers
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NASHVILLE, Tn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team couldn’t hang on against the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide, falling 72-61 in the program’s first-ever SEC semifinal game. “Overall we held our own. We did a great job, just slipped at the end with those defensive assignments,” guard DeAndre Gholston said. “We’re gonna watch film and get
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 23 Mizzou softball team lost the first game in the series to No. 16 Kentucky, 5-0, on Friday night at the Mizzou Softball Stadium. The Wildcats held MU to just two hits in the game, as pitcher Stephanie Schoonover threw a complete-game shutout in the UK win. She improved to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced a contract extension for first-year men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates on Friday night, just hours after MU advanced to the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament with a win over Tennessee. The extension will run through the 2028-29 season. He will see an annual salary increase to $4 million
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The No. 4-seeded Mizzou men’s basketball team is headed to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament with a 79-71 win over No. 5-seeded Tennessee on Friday. D’Moi Hodge, Kobe Brown and DeAndre Gholston all hit double-digit scoring in the win. Hodge led the team with 26 points along with one steal. Brown was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is in the middle of spring camp and head coach Eli Drinkwitz said ahead of the fifth practice that the best parts has been watching the young guys/transfers sharpen their skills, as well as seeing the veterans continue to compete. Drinkwitz also said this is a time to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 23rd ranked Mizzou softball team took down Kansas City 11-5 Wednesday in the team’s home opener. The Tigers were led on the mound by freshman pitcher Cierra Harrison who pitched five innings allowing just one run on two hits and recording four strikeouts. Closer Taylor Pannell is also a freshman and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball schedule has been adjusted due to expected weather this weekend. The Tigers four-game series at Taylor Stadium against NJIT will now be a three-game series. The Tigers and Highlanders will begin their series with a 3 p.m. game Friday. Play will continue into the weekend with a single game
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The young Mizzou offense is going back to the basics during spring camp as they learn a new offense during first year offensive coordinator Kirby Moore. “Spring ball is pretty early, but as far as being productive, those last three weeks in February we had a little bit of a smaller install
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will head into the SEC Tournament with the highest seeding in program history. As a No. 4 seed, the Tigers earned a double-bye, which puts them that much closer to the championship game. Head coach Dennis Gates said the key to going to Nashville and winning the
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The Mizzou men’s basketball team took care of business, winning their last few conference games to finish the season and earn a No. 25 spot in the AP Top 25.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that Mizzou forward Kobe Brown was one of the best to play the game in the conference this season. The league office gave Brown First-Team All-SEC honors on Monday afternoon. He also became the first Tiger to ever win the conference’s SEC Scholar of the Year award. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will open up the home schedule with a game against Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon, then the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats will come to town for a weekend series on Friday. The Tigers have been on the road for the first month of the season. Head coach Larissa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will end regular season action with a No. 25 ranking in the AP Poll, after ending the season on a four-game winning streak. MU’s last win of the regular season came on Saturday, senior day, against Ole Miss. The Rebels took the Tigers down to the wire,
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