COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics welcomed former Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates to the Tiger family, after the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hire on Tuesday morning. https://youtu.be/QlDw9ln6ta4 UM System President Mun Choi said the hire goes towards his overall goal of bringing a championship culture to Mizzou. “When we hired
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In an executive session on Tuesday morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hiring of Dennis Gates as MU’s new men’s basketball coach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team addressed the media one last time before spring camp wraps up on Friday. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company recapped the Saturday’s inter-squad spring game. “We had a great day Saturday,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “Thought there was some really good individual moments and definitely some things
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball star Laurence Bowers in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team opened up play in the Mizzou Classic on Saturday. GAME 1 (12) Northwestern 9 | (17) Mizzou 6 FINAL/10 GAME 2 Stanford 7 | (17) Mizzou 5 FINAL/8 MU will wrap up the Mizzou Classic on Sunday. Game 1: (17) Mizzou vs. Ball State at 3 p.m.Game 2:
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DETROIT (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestler Keegan O’Toole won the NCAA championship at 165 pounds on Saturday night. O’Toole beat Stanford’s Shane Griffith 6-5 in the finals. He’s the first MU wrestler to win a national title since J’den Cox in 2017. Also on Saturday – O’Toole’s teammate Rocky Elam finished in fourth place at 197 pounds.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has found its new leader in Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates, a source confirmed to ABC 17 on Saturday. Gates spent three seasons in Cleveland, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2021. The Vikings finished the 2021-22 campaign 20-11 overall, with 15 conference wins. He also
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team showed off some of its new talent at its annual spring game on Saturday. Team Mizzou went on to beat Team Tigers 35-34. MU defensive back Daylan Carnell started the game with a pick-six and ended the game with an interception to secure the win for Team Mizzou.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team could not hang on for a win on Thursday night, as Drake downed the Tigers 83-78 in overtime. MU came out with a commanding lead, holding the Bulldogs scoreless for the opening three minutes of the matchup, but Drake’s Maddie Petersen kept her team alive with 22
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s highest ranked recruit since 2018, Aidan Shaw, announced that he will be re-opening his recruitment and dropping his pledge to Mizzou on Thursday. The news comes just a week after MU parted ways with former head coach Cuonzo Martin. In a tweet Shaw said, “Thank you Mizzou, the coaching staff,
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COLUMBIA, Mo, (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will look to make a run in the WNIT for the second-straight year, as the Tigers will host Drake at Mizzou Arena on Thursday. You can watch the press conference with head coach Robin Pingeton in the video player below. https://youtu.be/aH1Q0EMRVrc Pingeton’s group missed out on an
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CHAMPAIGN, Il. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball claimed Braggin’ Rights over Illinois with a two-game sweep on Wednesday. The Tigers took the first game 7-6 over the Fighting Illini and followed it up with another win, 10-2 in five innings. Freshman Kara Daly had another huge outing for MU, as the Jefferson City native hit her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team dominated SLU 18-4 in seven innings on Tuesday night. The Tigers are now 12-2 to start the season MU had a season-high 17 hits in the win over the Billikens. Nander De Sedas led the Tigers with four RBI. He was 2-for-3 at the plate. Up next –
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COLUMBA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou quarterback competition continued at spring practice on Tuesday. Tyler Macon and Brady Cook are battling it out for the starting job. MU fans will get their first chance to see the two compete at the annual spring game on Saturday, March 19 at 1 p.m. https://youtu.be/G7sjkguDOt8 https://youtu.be/-bjc0uwxGNY You can watch
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ The Mizzou women’s basketball team will host Drake on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the opening round of the WNIT. If the Tigers win – they’ll face the winner of Kansas City/Northern Iowa in the second round. Here’s a link to the full bracket. MU accepted its bid to the WNIT on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team was not selected to this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Tigers have now missed the big dance the last three seasons. MU will still play in the postseason. Head coach Robin Pingeton’s group accepted a bid to the WNIT for the second-straight season on Sunday night. The Tigers
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former KTGR radio host Jeff Parles in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. Parles is now the host of Betcenter on VSiNLive. The two break down the NCAA Tournament brackets. Plus – Parles gives his take on the state of the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou bats could not quite get hot enough to find a win in either game of a doubleheader against No. 18 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. MU dropped game one of the double-header in run-rule fashion, 14-3 in six innings. Game two was much more of a ball game, as the Tigers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team won one, final home meet on Saturday ahead of the start of SEC Championships on March 19. The Tigers reached new program heights in the win, as MU put up the best team score in program history. Head coach Shannon Welker’s group posted a 197.674 to capture the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 8 Mizzou softball team will have to wait to open up its first conference series against No. 18 Tennessee, as it had to postpone Friday’s game due to snow. The team said in a press release that the game will be made up in a doubleheader, but that time is
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