COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates officially began his era at Mizzou Arena Monday night with a 97-91 win over Southern Indiana in front of the biggest crowd for an opener in five years with 10,723 fans. Watch the post-game press conference with Gates and players below. The Tigers were led by one of the few
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the KTGR’s co-host of ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey 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 men’s basketball team opening up the beginning of the Dennis Gates era at Mizzou Arena Thursday with a 89-61 win over Washington University in St. Louis. The Tigers were led by returner Kobe Brown with 25 points and 11 rebounds. With 12 different players scoring in the win, Rock Bridge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will open up the regular season on Nov. 7 against Southern Indiana at Mizzou Arena. In the months leading up the opener, first-year head coach Dennis Gates said he has put his team in lots of team-buildings situations to grow chemistry. Watch extended highlights from the Tigers’
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Dennis Gates era has begun at Mizzou and Saturday afternoon the fans got to attend the first open practice of the season. This comes a little more than two weeks before Mizzou will play their first game of the season at home on Nov. 7 against Southern Indiana. Gates has brought
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play in its first live-action game at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 3. The Tigers will host Washington University in an exhibition game at 7:00 p.m. MU also announced game times and the TV schedule for its non-conference slate. The Tigers’ Border War match up against Kansas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates continues to build up his class of 2023 as landed another key piece Wednesday afternoon with a commitment from Greenville, South Carolina four-star big man Jordan Butler. The 6-foot-10 forward chose Mizzou over both South Carolina and Auburn during a ceremony at his high school, Christ Church Episcopal. Butler is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First-year Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates announced that Kobe Brown, Tre Gomillion, Nick Honor, and Ben Sternberg will all be the team captains for MU through the 2022-23 season. Northern Iowa transfer Noah Carter was listed as a “captain in training,” as well. Kobe Brown is the lone returning senior on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team will open up its 18-game conference schedule with a home match up against Kentucky on Dec. 28. The Tigers releases the group’s full SEC schedule on Wednesday morning. The slate includes home-and-home series against Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M. MU will have
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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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