COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After going 11-2 through non-conference action to start the season, the Mizzou men’s basketball team is opening up SEC action with a road trip to No. 2 Auburn on Saturday, Jan. 4. However, the conference opener against the other Tigers won’t be MU’s first bout with a Top-25 team. Head coach Dennis
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A strong first half was just what the Tigers needed to get back in the win column. Missouri scored the first basket of the game and the lead never wavered in its 82-65 drubbing of the Alabama State Hornets on Monday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers (11-2) held a 9-7 advantage
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time since the 2016-17 and 2017-18 campaigns, the Mizzou men’s basketball team has lost two-straight Braggin’ Rights match ups against Illinois. On Sunday, an off shooting night for the Tigers led to MU’s second loss of the season, 80-77 to the Fighting Illini. However, Mizzou almost managed to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Eli Hoff 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) Mizzou Men’s Basketball’s winning streak has reached nine straight games. The Tigers took care of business against Long Island University (LIU), winning their Saturday showdown with the Sharks 88-61 in the penultimate game of their current homestand. MU and LIU traded buckets back-and-forth through the first media timeout, but the Tigers quickly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball is returning to action for the first time since upsetting then-No. 1 ranked Kansas in court-storming fashion. After a six-day break, MU is preparing for Long Island University (LIU) to pay a visit to Mizzou Arena on Saturday, Dec. 14. The Tigers are entering Saturday’s showdown in the midst
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is riding high after upsetting Kansas at home last weekend. The Tigers will host Long Island University at Mizzou Arena at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Tigers are now 8-1 with an eight-game winning streak. Watch the news conference in the video player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Southeastern Conference announced that Mizzou standout Tamar Bates is the SEC Player of the Week, after the Tigers a 2-0 week where MU captured the program’s fifth-ever win over the nation’s No. 1 team. In victories over Cal in the ACC/SEC Challenge and Kansas in the Border War, Bates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has toppled the top-ranked team in college basketball. MU defeated Kansas in the latest installment of the Border Showdown 76-67 in court-storming fashion, securing the program’s first victory over the No. 1 team in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 rankings since the 1997 season. You can watch the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Excitement swept across Mizzou Arena Saturday as the Tigers defeated the Kansas Jayhawks in basketball for the first time since the rivalry started back up in 2021. The historic victory energized fans, who chanted and cheered as they left the Mizzou Arena, celebrating a long-awaited triumph in one of college sports biggest
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Editors note: The date of when the game will be taking place has been corrected. Traffic delays are expected as fans flock to Mizzou Arena on Sunday for the rivalry Border Showdown Men’s Basketball game between the Mizzou Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks The tip-off is at noon on Sunday. The University
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) When the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks roll into Columbia on Sunday afternoon, Mizzou hoops will not be playing in a normal basketball game. They’ll be playing for bragging rights, for the hatred of two fan bases and to honor a whole lot of history. To put it simply: the Border Showdown just
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Mizzou Arena will be hopping on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers’ biggest rival — the Kansas Jayhawks — are coming to town for a noon tipoff in the yearly home-and-home matchup, which is in Columbia this time around. A Mizzou win would be a big upset. The Jayhawks are ranked No. 1, even though they lost
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team started off a big month of December with a 98-93 win over head coach Dennis Gates’ alma mater, on Tuesday night. The Cal Golden Bears led by as many as 18, at one point, but MU out-shot Cal 63-42 in the second half to get the victory.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers men’s basketball team is off to a hot start with only one loss. On Tuesday, the Tigers get the challenge of taking on a big conference team when the California Golden Bears come to Mizzou Arena as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge. Watch a news conference previewing the game
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has shared a positive update on the health of MU guard Caleb Grill, following a scary collision against Lindenwood. Grill, who suffered a neck injury in the contest, was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday night after tests revealed that he did not suffer an injury to his spinal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team extended their winning streak to six games with an 81-61 win over Lindenwood on Wednesday night. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou head coach Dennis Gates, as well as guards Tony Perkins and Marques Warrick in the video player below. Three Tigers got
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The Mizzou men’s basketball team scored another big win Sunday at Mizzou Arena, taking down Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 112-63. The Tigers have only one loss so far — to Memphis — and have torn through lesser competition lately. Up next is Lindenwood on Wednesday, before tests against Cal and Kansas the following week. The women, meanwhile,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team extended the winning streak to five games, on Sunday evening, with a 112-62 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. It is the second time that the Tigers have put 100 points on a team in the 2024-25 season. Forward Mark Mitchell led the scoring charge for MU, as he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a slow start in the first half, the Mizzou men’s basketball team picked up the pace and thoroughly dominated Pacific in a 91-56 win on Friday night. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Dennis Gates, guard Caleb Grill and center Josh Gray in the video player
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