COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will open up the season on Nov. 7 when Southern Indiana comes to Columbia. The match up will be head coach Dennis Gates’ first game at the helm of the Tiger program. Just days later, MU will host Penn on Nov. 11. It will be the first
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics launched a one-of-a-kind ticket program where both students and athletes can earn a profit on Friday afternoon. The new initiative will allow students to make money selling single-game tickets to any sporting event on campus. Students who sign up will earn 20 percent commission on any ticket sold. The program
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou and Illinois men’s basketball teams will meet in the 2022 edition of Braggin’ Rights on Dec. 22 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. The official game time and television information will be released at a later date. It will be 53rd meeting all-time between the Tigers and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball standouts Laurence Bowers and DeMarre Carroll hosted an alumni basketball game with some of the biggest names from both the MU gridiron and hardwood on Saturday. You can watch the full interviews with some of the players in attendance in the video players below. https://youtu.be/7nR2W2cigQk https://youtu.be/n5mgB641dtE https://youtu.be/sdWlOozcWW0 https://youtu.be/wUx-OdDQMx4 Fans
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates added a big piece to his class of 2023 on Tuesday afternoon, with the commitment of four-star forward Trent Pierce. The Oklahoma-native picked MU over offers from Florida, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Illinois, and Minnesota. In his junior campaign with Tulsa Union, Pierce averaged about 16 points
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou men’s basketball star and current MU graduate assistant coach Phil Pressey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates is working to start building his future teams with landing his first 2023 commit in Anthony Robinson. Robinson from Florida State University High School took to Twitter Thursday saying that he is 1000% committed to play at Mizzou. The 6-foot-3 point guard has collected more than a dozen offers, including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou point guard Phil Pressey announced Friday that he will be returning to Columbia to join Coach Dennis Gates’ coaching staff. Pressey finished his career as MU’s all-time leader is assist with 580 and tied for the career lead in steals. He was also apart of Mizzou’s 2012 Big 12 Tournament
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias hoops standout Desmond White announced that he will play his senior year of high school at The Skill Factory in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday. White is fielding offers from Missouri State, Tulsa, and a couple of other schools. He also had an offer from Mizzou’s previous staff with former head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second-straight season, Mizzou will take on a longtime rival, the Iowa State Cyclones, in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge. MU will host Iowa State at Mizzou Arena on Saturday, Jan. 28. One season ago, the SEC won the annual challenge winning six out of ten games. The Tigers lead the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Rock Bridge standout Isiaih Mosley made his commitment to Mizzou official on Wednesday afternoon. The former Missouri State guard comes in as one of the top-rated transfers in the country. “Mizzou is home,” Mosley said in a press release. “I’m excited about what is building here and want to help bring a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge Alum and former Missouri State guard Isiaih Mosley announced Monday that he will be returning to Columbia to play for Coach Dennis Gates at Mizzou. Mosley has played three seasons at Missouri State. Last season, he averaged over 20 points per game and shot over 42% from the three-point line.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shortly following Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates’ bat signal on Thursday, former Cleveland State center Mabor Majak announced his commitment to MU on social media. The 7’2″ center is the third former Viking to join Gates’ Mizzou roster. Guards D’Moi Hodge and Tre Gomillion have both already officially signed with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the newest addition to the ABC17 Sports team, Chanel Porter, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball coaching staff is officially complete under Head Coach Dennis Gates. The staff gathered with members of the media Tuesday afternoon to talk all things Tigers hoops. Gates was joined by Associate Head Coach Charlton Young and assistants Dicky Nutt and Kyle Smithpeters. On Monday, forward Kobe Brown announced
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Come HOME Tour Caravan and Mizzou Athletics has spent the past few weeks traveling with administration, coaches and players to unify Tiger nation and this weekend they stayed in Columbia. Fans gathering outside the Hearnes Center Saturday afternoon to talk with Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois, Head Football Coach Eli Drinkwitz, Head Men’s
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Oaks basketball standout Luke Northweather announced his commitment to Oklahoma via social media on Friday. The Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year picked Oklahoma over offers from Mizzou, Wyoming, and Wisconsin. Northweather will join the Sooners after averaging about 29 points and 11 rebounds per game game for the Falcons through
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU guard Amari Davis announced Monday that he has entered the transfer portal meaning that as of now, the Tigers have three players from last year on the roster. Davis averaged 9.0 points and 2.4 rebounds per game this past season. The 6-foot-2 guard transferred to Mizzou from Green Bay where he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 has received contract details via an open records request concerning Mizzou men’s basketball assistant coach Kyle Smithpeters. The contract says that Smithpeters has agreed to a one-year deal with a $150,000 salary. The contract states that Smithpeters will be considered a benefit-eligible employee of the University and has some perks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An MU official confirmed with ABC17 Sports that Mizzou guard Jarron ‘Boogie’ Coleman became the eighth Tiger to enter the transfer portal on Friday. Coleman will be looking for his third collegiate home, as he transferred to MU from Ball State ahead of the start of the 2021-22 season. He averaged about
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