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MBB Preview: Tigers hit the road for battle with Mississippi State
Game Info When | 12:00 p.m. CT Where | Humphrey Coliseum; Starkville, MS TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops ESPN win probability | 50.0% chance The Starters Mizzou (19-9, 9-6 SEC) G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.8 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 14.1 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.7 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.4 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. (SR, 7.3 […]
Commute: Why Wins Above Bubble is the stat du jour
It’s the stat of the day. If you’re keeping track of the Bracketology stuff, and I would assume you are a little if you’re reading this, one statistic that seems to be driving a lot of the seeding decisions. Are they in or out? Check the WAB column. CBS Sports David Cobb wrote up the […]
Slow first quarter dooms Mizzou women’s basketball in blowout loss to South Carolina
South Carolina took control early with a 15-0 run to take a 23-7 lead late in the first quarter. Mizzou fought tooth and nail to make the score look respectable, but the Tigers ended up falling 112-71 in Columbia east after a 4th quarter Gamecock push. Mizzou’s lack of size continues to be an issue […]
Brianna Utecht Goes the Distance During Day One of SEC Championships
Records were broken and personal bests were had during the first day of the SEC Indoor Championships on Thursday, Feb. 26, in Bryan-College Station, Texas. Pentathlon Women Events With a performance that etched her name into the record books, star Brianna Utecht racked up 4,030 points to finish No. 10 overall which was the second-highest […]
Mizzou Football turns page to new season with spring practices
The peak of springtime sports is quickly approaching. Just a few weeks remain until March Madness, and MLB spring training will soon be joined by the World Baseball Classic. College baseball and softball are underway, and both gymnastics and wrestling are coming up on their postseasons, too. But even as the countdown to major competitions […]
Hoopin’ and Hollerin: Regular season finale
Mizzou women’s basketball is in the middle of a cold streak, losing its last four games including a program-worst 53-point loss to LSU on the road. However, things don’t get any easier in the SEC, as the Tigers conclude the regular season with showdowns against two teams ranked top 10 of the AP poll. Currently, […]
Spring Position Battles: Defensive Tackle
Defensive tackle has been one of the pillars of Mizzou’s excellent defense in recent years, bolstered by future NFL draft pick Chris McClellan. It is also one of the biggest question marks heading into 2026. The Tigers lost their top two contributors and starters on the interior without obvious like-for-like replacements waiting in the wings. […]
Commute: Mizzou Baseball Continues Solid Start to Young Season
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Baseball! After a season-opening loss to Mount St. Mary’s two weeks ago, Mizzou Baseball has bounced back nicely as Kerrick Jackson’s Tigers have won seven out of their last eight games. On Wednesday afternoon, Missouri improved to 7-2 on the young season with a 5-1 […]
Tigers Take Control: Mizzou Sweeps Series Against Arkansas-Pine Bluff
The Missouri Tigers are coming in hot with a five game winning streak and have claimed 111 runs in nine games. After a dominant 15-1, run-rule victory in the home opener, the Tigers followed it up with another clutch performance to secure the series sweep, and improved to a 7-2 record on the season. They […]
Study Hall: Mizzou 73, Tennessee 69
If you asked me to sum up the result of this game as succinctly as possible, I would simply say that Dennis Gates’ Missouri Tigers played their most Tennessee game of the year, and beat Tennessee with it. Sure there are some statistical discrepancies within that thought, but any preview for this game will talk […]
Get Ready: The SEC Championships are Coming Up Fast and so are the Tigers
The Missouri Tigers are warming up for the 2026 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, where three days of intense competition and championship-level performances await. The meet is set to be held on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28 at Texas A&M’s Fasken Indoor Track & Field complex in College Station, Texas. With the SEC’s […]
Kerrick’s Keypoints: Pitching stability and power bats headline the Tigers’ trip to Florida
Missouri baseball’s trip through Boca Raton and Fort Myers mostly followed the status quo, in the sense that the best team came out on top. Across its last four games before the Tigers’ return to Columbia, the continuous high performance of the starting pitching continued, with what has been a real offensive punch to begin. […]
Commute: Date for Mizzou Football’s opener set for Thursday
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Football. On Tuesday afternoon, Mizzou Athletics released a press release stating that Mizzou’s home opener, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, will now be played on Thursday, Sept. 3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The change was expected, as the Tigers have played each of their […]
Mizzou overcomes slow start, upsets top-25 Tennessee 73-69
Over the first four minutes of its matchup Tuesday night against Tennessee, Missouri men’s basketball had one of its worst stretches of hoops all season long. The Tigers dug themselves a quick 10-point hole as they failed to find any semblance of rhythm on offense and got completely outclassed on the boards. Trailing by double-digits […]
MBB Live Thread: Mizzou looks for huge home win against the Tennessee Volunteers
Final Score: Mizzou 73 – Tennessee 69 Second Half First Half Pregame Updates Game Info When | Tuesday, 8 p.m. CT Where | Mizzou Arena; Columbia, Mo. TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Tennessee -4 ESPN win probability | 32.9% chance
MBB Preview: Mizzou faces red-hot Tennessee team in Columbia
When | Tuesday, 8 p.m. CT Where | Mizzou Arena; Columbia, Mo. TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Tennessee -4 ESPN win probability | 32.9% chance The Starters Mizzou G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.1 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 14.8 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 11.0 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.2 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. (SR, […]
“Is the 2026 receiving corps the best receiving corps since 2018”?
Our peerless football editor, Josh Matejka, asked me that. I didn’t have an answer with any sort of proof. So now I’m going through the proof. Welcome! Take this journey with me, won’t you? First, let’s take a look at that 2018 receiving corps If you don’t remember the 2018 campaign, here’s a quick run […]
Commute: Mizzou Hoops is on Right Side of the Bubble Entering Final Stretch
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops Heading down the final stretch of the regular season with only four games remaining, Mizzou Basketball is currently 18-9 overall and 8-6 in SEC play. A record of 4-5 in Quad 1 and 4-4 in Quad 2 games has Missouri just barely on the […]
Tigers dazzle at Mizzou Quad with season highs, countless titles
Well, Friday was fun as hell, wasn’t it?!? OMG, I feel like I’ve been waiting forever to see this team perform like this. A week after — let’s face it — not a great meet in Lexington, THIS is what we wanted to see. There was so much good here! The vibes were immaculate. “I […]
Mizzou Football announces schedule for Spring Camp
Do you know when spring officially starts in 2026? Go ahead and take a guess… If you guessed March 20, you’re correct. Now would you like to go ahead and take a guess when Mizzou Football spring camp ends? Go ahead… and iff you guessed March 19, exactly one day before the beginning of spring, […]
Photos of the week: 2.16.2026
This week’s column is another highlighting the great work by Margo Jenkins (@margoj_photography) and Dan Murphy (@danmurphmedia)! The two of them made the rounds this week and covered men’s basketball’s game against Vanderbilt, women’s basketball vs. Auburn and the gymnastics quad meet vs. Air Force, Ball State, and Illinois. Take a look at what they […]
Study Hall: Arkansas 94, Mizzou 86
Did you know Arkansas is a very good offensive basketball team? If you didn’t know before Saturday, you do now! The Razorbacks have the 4th best offense in KenPom.com’s efficiency ratings, and the best overall offense in conference play. They are behind Alabama if you include non-conference games, but against the rest of the SEC, […]
Mizzou Baseball bats stay hot in run-rule sweep
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about how Mizzou Baseball can’t stop scoring runs. After setting a record for the most runs scored in a game in 120-plus years last weekend, Mizzou traveled to Fort Meyers, Florida, this weekend and put a three-game punishing on New Haven, winning three straight run-rule games capped […]
Mizzou women’s basketball handled by LSU in largest loss in program history
Mizzou took LSU by surprise in Baton Rouge early on, opening the game on a 7-2 run. But LSU quickly corrected course, burying the visitors 108-55 to hand Mizzou its fourth consecutive loss. The 53-point margin was the worst loss in program history, breaking a record which stood for over 40 years. The previous record […]
Mizzou Wrestling Swept Away by No. 4 Iowa State in Regular Season End
Author James S.A. Corey once said, “You know who talks about moral victories? The team that lost.” He’s not wrong because there were plenty of moral victories for No. 14 Tigers Style in a 20-14 loss to No. 4 Iowa State. Mizzou looked strong, particularly strong from 141lbs-184lbs and two of those bouts were losses. […]
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