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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates hired his third assistant coach on Thursday afternoon. Former John A. Logan College head coach Kyle Smithpeters will officially join the MU staff. “He is a great teacher, evaluator, and recruiter. I have had a front row seat for 15 years watching him prepare for this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Through a records request on Tuesday, ABC 17 received contract details for Mizzou men’s basketball assistant coaches, Charlton Young and Dickey Nutt. As associate head coach, Young will make $600,000 yearly on a three-year contract that runs through April of 2025. In Nutt’s assistant coach deal, he is signed on with the Tigers for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In his month at Mizzou, Dennis Gates has received six commitments including landing a point guard one Friday. Sean East, who earned JUCO Player of the Year Honors at John A. Logan College, announced his commitment to the Tigers Friday. The 6-foot-3 guard had 20.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 5.7 assists per game
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates made his second hire official on Thursday morning. David “Dickey” Nutt will join Mizzou’s staff, bringing more than 30 years of experience to the sidelines. The hire comes just about a week after Gates made his inaugural hire in associate head coach Charlton Young. “David “Dickey” Nutt is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates started off the week bringing in a familiar face to join him at Mizzou. Senior Tre Gomillion played under Gates during his time at Cleveland State and announced Monday that he will be following him to Columbia. The 6’4″ guard has played the past three seasons at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates made his inaugural hire official on Friday morning, as he and newly named associate head coach Charlton “C.Y.” Young hosted a press conference. https://youtu.be/bZqIkKhN2Rk “He’s over-qualified to be an associate head coach in thee SEC,” Gates said. Young will bring more than 25 years of coaching
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball’s highest ranked recruit in the last five years, Aidan Shaw, is officially back on board. The forward announced his re-commitment to MU on Wednesday afternoon. ABC17’s Nathalie Jones spoke to Shaw exclusively on Thursday afternoon, one day after his recommitment. You can find that full conversation in the video
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