COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After splitting the week with Arkansas and Vanderbilt, the Mizzou men’s basketball team held strong at No. 20 in this week’s AP Top-25 Poll. The Tigers’ loss to the then-No. 13 Razorbacks marked their first defeat in SEC play. Head coach Dennis Gates and company lost 74-68 in front of a sellout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on SEC Network play-by-play announcer Tom Hart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to talk all things Mizzou men’s basketball. The Tigers improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-1 in the SEC with a win over Vanderbilt on Saturday morning. Hart said senior
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 9 Mizzou gymnastics kicked off the 2023 season with a win over No. 23 Illinois 196.425-196.275. The Tigers were led by a big day from senior Helen Hu with a team-high on both the beam and bar. Hu finished with a 9.950 on the beam and a 9.925 on the bar.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team took its first SEC loss of the season Sunday afternoon at Mizzou Arena against Arkansas 77-55. You can watch extended highlights from the game below. https://youtu.be/D-UFza4q6bs The Tigers got off to a rough start down 19-9 after a 15-0 Razorbacks run. In the first half, MU shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball won a tight game against Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon 85-82 at Mizzou Arena in front of a sold out crowd. Watch the full post-game press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players below. https://youtu.be/chqJXMMmQF4 The Tigers were down early, but D’Moi Hodge had 14 first-half points to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz introduced the Tigers’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kirby Moore, before the start of the MU men’s basketball game on Saturday morning. Moore is joining Drinkwitz’s staff after six years at Fresno State, where he most recently served as the offensive coordinator in 2022. Drinkwitz said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball team is in the midst of preparation for Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. The Tigers will return home after a close loss to No. 13 Arkansas on Wednesday night. Head coach Dennis Gates said there is a balancing act between learning from Wednesday night’s loss and moving
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TUSCALOOSA, Al. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team remains unbeaten in the SEC after winning a back-and-forth battle against Alabama 66-65. The Tigers went into the half trailing by two, but after that the shots from beyond the arch started to fall. MU was led by big performances off the bench from Kaitlyn Gilbert and
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz named Kirby Moore as the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou linebacker Michael Scherer landed his first defensive coordinator job on Thursday. The 29-year-old will take over at UNLV on his former head coach Barry Odom’s staff. Scherer worked with Odom at Arkansas, before the head coach took the job at UNLV in December. He spent two seasons coaching the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball couldn’t keep the first-half momentum rolling as they fell to No. 13 Arkansas 74-68 Wednesday night. At one point, the Tigers led by 17 points in the first half, but the Razorbacks took over the second half outscoring MU 47-34. Mizzou was led by Sean East with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 20 Mizzou men’s basketball team announced that Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt is sold out, making the third-straight sellout at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers are coming off of dominating victories against No. 16 Illinois, 93-71, and No. 19 Kentucky, 89-75, to improve to 12-1 on the season. This marks just the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou running back Elijah Young announced that he will be entering the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon after three seasons in Columbia. The junior saw more game action earlier in the 2022 season, but Young faded more to the background as the season went on and Truman State transfer Cody Schrader became
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team will make the trip back down to Alabama to meet the Crimson Tide, just days after recording a gritty win against Auburn. With MU’s win over the other SEC Tigers, head coach Robin Pingeton and company improved to 13-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive coordinator Blake Baker received some good news on Tuesday morning. Standout defensive end Trajan Jeffcoat said he will be staying in Columbia for one more season. 2023 will be Jeffcoat’s sixth season with Mizzou. He saw action in every single one of his seasons, except for his redshirt year in
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The Mizzou Tigers men’s basketball team leaped into the AP Top 25 on Monday coming off of victories against two ranked opponents in Illinois and Kentucky.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the first time under first-year head coach Dennis Gates, the Mizzou men’s basketball team cracked the AP Poll with a No. 20 ranking on Monday. It is the first time in nearly two years that MU has broken into the nation’s top 25 list. The Tigers last did it under former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive lineman Darius Robinson started off 2023 by announcing that he will return to Columbia for one more season, instead of declaring for the NFL Draft. In a social media post on Sunday, Robinson said, “I was blessed with the opportunity to start my NFL career now. However, I’m committed to
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AUBURN, Ala. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team came out on top in a back and forth fight with Auburn on Sunday. The Tigers downed the other Tigers 62-56 at Auburn Arena. Hayley Frank continues to impress in her senior season, as she put up her second-straight 20 point game. The forward finished with 23
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball teams stayed perfect against the Kentucky Wildcats to open up SEC play on Thursday. Just one night after the men’s team knocked off No. 19 Kentucky, the women’s team downed the Wildcats 74-71 to improve to 12-2 this season. Watch the full post-game press conference with Robin Pingeton and
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