COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates and the Mizzou Men’s Basketball team are preparing to face the No. 2 ranked Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday night, renewing one of college basketball’s most storied rivalries. The Tigers will be searching for their first win against Kansas since Feb. 2012 and the team’s first victory at Allen Fieldhouse since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team cruised past Missouri State 81-63 on Wednesday night to pick up the team’s seventh win of the season. The Tigers now hold a 7-3 overall record with three games left in non-conference play. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou basketball coach Robin Pingeton
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Toriano Pride, the No. 1 ranked cornerback in the college football transfer portal, announced on Wednesday night that he is committing to the Mizzou football team. Pride is the first transfer Eli Drinkwitz and his staff have landed in their 2024 class. Pride is listed as a four-star transfer by 247 Sports,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz was voted the SEC’s Coach of the Year by the conference’s head coaches on Wednesday afternoon. Mizzou quarterback Brady Cook also received some recognition, being named the SEC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Drinkwitz earned this honor after leading the Tigers to their first 10-win season since 2014
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just one day after being named the AP SEC Coach of the Year, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz made another, prestigious list. The fourth-year head coach is officially a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. It will be Drinkwitz’s second-career finalist nod for the honor. His first came in
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host its second in-state foe in a week, as Missouri State will come to the Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The Tigers won the first in-state meeting of the season, on Saturday. Head coach Robin Pingeton and company dominated Southeast Missouri State, 88-43. Five players got
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Cody Schrader will return to Columbia with some hardware, following the annual Burlsworth Trophy award show, on Monday night. The Tiger standout won the award, which is given to the most outstanding college football player who started his career as a walk-on. The former Division II running back’s story
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Associated Press tabbed Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz as the SEC Coach of the Year, on Monday, following his best season at the helm of Tiger football. Drinkwitz led MU to the program’s first 10-win season since 2014. Mizzou is the No. 9-ranked team in the land and will meet Ohio
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 9 Mizzou football team has punched its ticket to the Cotton Bowl to face No. 7 Ohio State, on Friday, Dec. 29. You can watch the full press conference with head coach Eli Drinkwitz, after the bowl announcement in the video player below. https://youtu.be/vEpgwUnlu3U It’ll be MU’s second Cotton Bowl
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Sean East II recorded his fifth 20-plus point performance of the season, leading the Tigers to an 82-72 win over Wichita State. Mizzou’s record is now 7-2 heading into the Border Showdown with the rival Kansas Jayhawks. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou basketball coach Dennis
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GRAPEVINE, Texas. (KMIZ) After snapping then-No. 1 Georgia’s 29-game win streak in the SEC Championship game, on Saturday, the Alabama Crimson Tide snuck into the College Football Playoffs, on Sunday. The Tide will be the representative for the Southeastern Conference. The full semifinal slate is listed below. MichiganWashingtonTexasAlabama The Tide will face No. 1 Michigan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team coasted to an 88-43 win over Southeast Missouri State University, on Saturday, to snap a two-game losing streak. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton, as well as forward Hannah Linthacum and guard Ashton Judd in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Du6QPKAiHkM
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL WILLIAMS BAPTIST (66) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (70) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WILLIAMS BAPTIST (67) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (72) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL TIPTON (35) ELDON (59) FINAL HERMANN (47) FULTON (42)
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KMIZ) The No. 1 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers swept the Tigers in three sets in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday night, ending Mizzou’s season. Dawn Sullivan’s crew finished this season with an 18-13 overall record. In the opening set, No. 8-seeded Mizzou fell behind quickly as No. 1-seeded Nebraska
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KMIZ) The No. 8-seeded Mizzou volleyball team has a second round meeting with No. 1-seeded Nebraska on the books, on Saturday, following a 3-0 sweep over Delaware. Both Janet deMarrais and Jordan Illiff paced the Tigers in the win. Iliff finished with 10 kills, adding on three aces and three digs, and deMarrais
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 3 Mizzou Wrestling cruised to a 30-12 victory over No. 18 Oklahoma at the Hearnes Center to kick off conference play. Friday’s match marked the Tigers’ second dual win this season. Brian Smith’s team has now won six of its last seven duals against the Sooners. You can watch the full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will host its last home game for nearly a month, when Wichita State comes to Columbia on Sunday, Dec. 3. After that meeting with the Shockers, head coach Dennis Gates and company will be on the road, for 27 days, until they return to Mizzou Arena on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL CENTRAL BAPTIST (80) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (70) FINAL COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CENTRAL BAPTIST (51) COLUMBIA COLLEGE (90) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL MEXICO (54) HERMANN (44) FINAL TRUMAN (67) JEFFERSON CITY
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker 87-81 to Virginia in overtime in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge on Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena. Robin Pingeton’s crew now holds a 5-3 record this season and is still searching for its first true road win. You can watch the full postgame press
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