COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team put the finishing touches on its historic 2022 recruiting class on National Signing Day. With those final additions, MU’s class ranks No. 15 in the nation, which is the highest a class has been ranked in program history. For reference, 2021 was also a landmark class for Coach
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Tolton wrestling star Brant Whitaker has transferred to Mizzou. He was one of three additions MU announced on Thursday. Cole Gripka and Joe Mylin also signed with the Tigers. Whitaker was a three-time state champion in high school. He won his first state title at Boonville as a sophomore. He went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite taking a two-point deficit into halftime, the Mizzou women’s basketball out-toughed Texas A&M in a 78-69 win on Sunday evening. Junior Hayley Frank led all scorers with 28 points, along with eight rebounds and two assists. Up next – the Tigers will hit the road to Mississippi State on Jan. 27.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite winning the highest ranked matchup of the dual, No. 9 Mizzou did fall to No. 23 South Dakota State on Saturday afternoon. No. 9 Alan Hart moved to 2-0 on the season against South Dakota State’s Clay Carlson, as Hart won by a 4-2 decision. MU did manage to pick up
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team could not hang on for the win over Alabama on Saturday evening. The Tigers fell to the Tide 86-76. With the loss, MU fell to 8-10 overall and 2-4 in the SEC. Jarron “Boogie” Coleman led the Tigers with 17 points along with four rebounds and three
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local scores from Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. NAIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Williams Baptist (75) Columbia College (88) FINAL NAIA MEN’S BASKETBALL Williams Baptist (60) Columbia College (86) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Skyline (59) Jefferson City (51) FINAL Harrisburg (85) Macon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will be down one scholarship player for the remainder of the season, after forward Sean Durugordon announced he will be entering the transfer portal. Durugordon confirmed the decision in a Twitter post on Friday evening. The redshirt freshman has not played any minutes since Mizzou’s matchup against
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team announced that former Tiger standout Alyssa Munlyn has been promoted to an assistant coach. The four-time All-American served as a volunteer assistant coach under head coach Josh Taylor in 2021, after spending both the 2019 and 2020 seasons as a graduate assistant. “I’m filled with so much gratitude
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 66-52 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Thursday night. It was MU’s first SEC road win of the season. The Tigers handled business in the Music City with four players hitting double-digit point totals. Lauren Hansen led the team with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play four games in an eight-day stretch to make up for a COVID-19 postponement earlier in the season. In January, Mizzou had to postpone its matchup with Mississippi State due to COVID-19 concerns within the program. The game will now be played on Feb. 20. That
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mizzou spokesperson has confirmed with ABC17 Sports that cornerbacks coach Aaron Fletcher has resigned from his position. They could not confirm where he was headed, but reports said he will serve as Arizona State’s defensive backs coach. Fletcher’s departure comes about a week after fellow defensive backs coach Charlie Harbison announced
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team nearly added another top-25 upset to its resume, but fell 87-85 in overtime to No. 12 LSU in Baton Rouge on Thursday. MU went into the half trailing the enemy Tigers by 11 points, however, things changed the minute Mizzou hit the court in the third
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NORMAN, Okla. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou wide receiver L’Damian Washington announced that he will be serving as an offensive analyst for the Oklahoma Sooners, beginning in the 2022 season. The MU alum put together quite a career in the black and gold, finishing with 100 receptions for 1,735 yards and 15 touchdowns. Washington spent some time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two current Mizzou football coaches will have additional duties heading into the 2022 season. MU said that special teams coordinator Erik Link will now also coach tight ends, while linebackers coach D.J. Smith will also serve as the recruiting coordinator. The announcement comes after Mizzou’s former tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team will have to wait until February to bring an SEC opponent to the Hearnes Center, as the group’s original conference opener was postponed due to COVID-19. The Tigers were set to host LSU on Jan. 14, however, the SEC announced the postponement on Wednesday due to COVID issues
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started off 2022 with a top-25 win, after upsetting No. 15 Alabama at Mizzou Arena on Saturday afternoon. The game marks MU’s first conference win of the season. “We have a ways to go as a team, but I think we’ve made tremendous strides, especially in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou defensive lineman Kobie Whiteside has officially declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. The graduate student took to Twitter on Friday evening to make the announcement. He said, “the experiences I had here were truly amazing, from the roaring crowds to the time I spent in class. These experiences helped form
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that two coaches will take the reigns of the defensive line heading into the 2022 season. Current assistant Al Davis will take over the interior defensive line and former Indiana assistant Kevin Peoples will coach the edge defensive line. “Al Davis and Kevin Peoples are strong coaches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play is first game of 2022 on Saturday when No. 15 Alabama comes to town. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said he expects to be without three scholarship players due to COVID-19. https://youtu.be/ir21o3e6w3I The Tigers were on a brief pause due to COVID, as the program had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it received a $5.2 million commitment to establish a men’s basketball endowment on Friday afternoon. MU Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois said the gift came from the Whitten family, who are longtime supporters of Tiger athletics. To honor the family’s donation, the Mizzou men’s basketball head coaching position will be
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