MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMIZ) With just nine seconds left in Thursday night’s game against Minnesota, Sean East got a go-ahead bucket to fall to give Mizzou its first lead of the game, and ultimately, a 70-68 comeback victory on the road. The Tigers improved their record to 3-1 on the season after shocking the Golden Gophers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s first road game of the season will be a good test. The Tigers will head north to face off against Minnesota at Williams Arena, on Thursday. The Tigers have started the season with three-straight home games, sitting at 2-1 on the year. However, head coach Dennis Gates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team got back in the win column on Monday night, defeating SIUE 68-50 at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers improved their record to 2-1 this season. You can watch extended highlights of the bounce back win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/-B4Ob1-3Zm4 This was the final contest of Connor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates didn’t get handed any surprises on the first day of the national signing period, on Wednesday. Five Tiger commits put pen to paper for MU’s No. 2 ranked recruiting class. It is officially the highest ranked class in school history. Gates’ 2024 group rates higher than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team dominated Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the season opener, on Monday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers topped the Golden Lions 101-79. You can watch extended highlights of the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/OAGk_Do0w-w It is the fourth time in MU history that a team has hit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on PowerMizzou’s men’s basketball beat writer Drew King 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) Year two under Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates is almost upon us. The Tigers will tip off the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 p.m. In his first year at the helm of MU basketball, Coach Gates made some history. He led the group to its first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms caught up with Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Chris Kwiecinski to preview the upcoming Mizzou football game against Georgia and the Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball seasons for this week’s Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates is getting ready for his second season at the helm of Tiger basketball. In year one, he set the bar high, going 25-10 overall, making the program’s first appearance in an SEC Tournament semifinal and winning MU’s first NCAA Tournament game in 13 years. However, one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics revealed that it is working on a tentative plan to develop facilities that would impact every sport on campus and would also feature a reimagined north end zone at Faurot Field, on Monday evening. The master plan is set to be presented to the UM Board of Curators on Nov.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two recapped Gates’ first year at the helm of Tiger basketball, while also previewing year number two. Gates said that, although his first year was success for most fans, it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The top-ranked recruit in the state of Arkansas has committed to Dennis Gates’ 2024 recruiting class. Annor Boateng announced his commitment to play college basketball at Mizzou on Friday. 247 Sports Composite lists Boateng as a five-star recruit. It also ranks him as the 26th best high school basketball prospect in the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team now has a complete look at the 2023-24 schedule after the SEC released conference schedules on Thursday. The Tigers have an 18-game SEC slate including five different home-and-home series. The conference schedule will kick off on Saturday, Jan. 6, welcoming Georgia to Columbia for the SEC opener.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team released the 2023-24 non-conference schedule on Friday, ahead of year two with Dennis Gates at the helm. The Tigers are scheduled to play one of their more challenging schedules in years with five games against power conference opponents and seven contests against schools from the nation’s top
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson and Mizzou coaches, athletes and supporters gathered at Faurot Field on Tuesday afternoon for a ceremonial signing of Missouri’s amended name, image and likeness (NIL) bill. In addition to Parson’s signature, Mizzou men’s basketball player Sean East got to add his name on the bill, as representative of all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou basketball is making a return to Kansas City for the first time in four years this December. The men’s team is set to take on Seton Hall at the T-Mobile Center on Sunday, Dec. 17. Game time and TV info will be announced at a later date, while tickets will go
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates now has three four-star commits to his 2024 class. On Friday, 7-foot center Peyton Marshall announced his commitment to MU. The big man chose Mizzou over other offers from Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia and more. Marshall is originally from St. Louis, but moved to Georgia when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates now has two recruits in his class of 2024, after four-star forward Marcus Allen committed to the Tigers on Monday. Allen is ranked No. 60 in the 2024 ESPN 100. He’s also, according to Rivals, the No. 52 ranked prospect in the nation and the No.
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Mizzou Arena is going to look different this upcoming season.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball standout Kobe Brown was back in Columbia Saturday for a send off at Bud’s BBQ after making his presence known in the NBA Summer League. Watch the full interview with Brown in the player below. https://youtu.be/XkJyuU7LHq4 Brown was drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Clippers. On
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