COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown is headed to Los Angeles. The Clippers selected Brown with the No. 30 overall pick in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft. Brown spent draft night in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, with family and friends. He said that his agent called him first,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou hoops standout Phil Pressey is the latest former Celtics player to join head coach Joe Mazzulla’s staff in Boston. The move up to an NBA coaching staff comes after Pressey spent the last year on MU head coach Dennis Gates’ staff. The news was first reported by the Boston Globe’s
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DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops alum Michael Porter Jr. and the Denver Nuggets secured the team’s first-ever NBA Finals win in a 94-89 win against the Miami Heat on Monday night. Denver took the championship series 4-1. Porter Jr. registered his second double-double of the series. He finished the game with 16 points and 13
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge alum Isiaih Mosley will not be featured on the 2023-24 Mizzou men’s basketball roster, as he announced he is leaving college to pursue a professional career, on Wednesday. In a social media post, Mosley said, “Appreciation overflows as I reflect on my journey as a Mizzou Tiger. From a kid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates brought a former Missouri Valley Conference coach to serve as the special assistant to the head coach, on Wednesday. Matt Lottich was the head coach at Valparaiso for seven seasons, 2016-2023, where he put together 108 wins. Lottich and the Beacons won a regular-season conference championship
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Kaleb Brown announced that he will be staying at Mizzou, after throwing his name into the transfer portal in mid-April. Brown spent the majority of his sophomore season fighting for a spot in the starting rotation. There was a seven-game span where he saw decent minutes, but saw limited minutes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates secured a late Sunday night commitment from Oral Roberts transfer Conner Vanover. The 7-foot-5 forward started his career at Cal and then played two seasons at Arkansas. In his year his year with the Golden Eagles, he averaged about 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou hoops standout Kobe Brown has officially played his final game in a Tiger uniform. The 23-year-old announced that he will stay in the NBA Draft in a social media post on Wednesday. In that social media post Brown said, “I couldn’t be happier to call Mizzou home, but with that being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on former Mizzou basketball standout Laurence Bowers, ahead of his annual Camp Bowers, 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) Dennis Gates made a new addition to next years roster Sunday evening in big man Jesus Carralero from Campbell University. The news was originally reported on Twitter by Eric Bossi with 247 Sports. The 6-foot-8 forward, originally from Spain, spent three years at Campbell averaged 7.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team still has its point guard. Nick Honor announced that he will be returning to Columbia for another season on Saturday night. Honor transferred to MU from Clemson last season and was a part of a historic Tiger team, in head coach Dennis Gates’ first season at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Columbia Tribune’s sports editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two talked about everything from the NBA to the NFL Draft. The big news on Sunday came in the form of MU star forward Kobe Brown’s announced that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball standout forward Kobe Brown took to social media Sunday afternoon announcing that he has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft. This comes after uncertainty if Brown would take his talents to the next level or use his fifth year of eligibility and stay in Columbia. Brown also said in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Kaleb Brown announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Friday night. He became the third Tiger to do so, joining forward Mohamed Diarra and guard Ronnie Degray III. Brown didn’t see much action on the court through head coach Dennis Gates’ first season. He had some opportunities
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates continued the offseason work in the transfer portal by making a big addition Thursday afternoon in former Iowa State senior guard Caleb Grill. Throughout his three-year career at Iowa State, Grill has averaged 6.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game while shooting 38% from the field and 34%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dennis Gates made a new addition to next year’s roster on Friday night by picking up Indiana transfer Tamar Bates. The 6-foot-5 guard is from Kansas City, Kansas and was originally recruited to MU back in 2020. Over the past two seasons, Bates appeared in 67 games for the Hoosiers averaging 5.1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball head coach Dennis Gates met with the media Thursday afternoon to give an offseason update. Some of the main things that Gates touched on was the transfer portal, the new signees and Kobe Brown’s future at Mizzou. You can watch the full interview with Coach Gates below. https://youtu.be/7EER76_ig8A One
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou senior forward Noah Carter confirmed on Twitter Wednesday night that he will be staying in Columbia for his final year of eligibility. The Northern Iowa transfer joined the Tigers when Dennis Gates took over last season and was the key part of MU’s success in the postseason. The 6’6″ forward started
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HOUTSON, Tx. (KMIZ) Mizzou graduate guard D’Moi Hodge represented the Tigers in Houston Thursday evening by finishing in second place in the 2023 State Farm College 3-point contest. In the opening round, Hodge scored five points each on his final two racks, but fell to Detroit’s Antoine Davis 25-20. In round two, Hodge took on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou men’s basketball junior forward Ronnie DeGray III announced Thursday afternoon that he has entered the transfer portal after year one under head coach Dennis Gates. DeGray is one of just three Tigers that were at MU during the 2021-22 season under Cuonzo Martin and stuck around when Gates took over. DeGray’s
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