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SBN Reacts: What Seed Will Mizzou Basketball Be in the NCAA Tournament?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mizzou fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. After an 88-64 road win over Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon, the Missouri Tigers all but […]

Tiger Style Preview: Big 12 Wrestling Championships

Brackets for the upcoming Big 12 Championships were released on Monday. In the final NCAA coaches’ poll of the 2025-26 regular season, Mizzou wrestling was placed at No. 14, which means the program ended on a high note for its highest ranking of the season. For the Tigers, the path to nationals for multiple wrestlers […]

MBB Preview: Mizzou tips off final week of regular season at Oklahoma

When | Tuesday; 6:00 p.m. CT Where | Lloyd Noble Center; Norman, Okla. TV | ESPNU Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Oklahoma -5 ESPN win probability | 39.6% chance The Starters Mizzou G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.9 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 13.9 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.6 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.4 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. (SR, […]

How Trent Burns expanded his role — and Missouri’s rotation

Ahead of Missouri’s arrival in Starkville, coach Chris Jans’ scouting report likely framed Trent Burns as a stretch five keen to fire away from deep and occasionally finish around the rim.  It probably didn’t budget space for the redshirt freshman’s arsenal of low-post moves. But only five minutes elapsed before Burns rolled to the right […]

First-Four Situational Records (for Jesse Bishop)

Friends, I must admit something: as most online writers are wont to do, I don’t really look at the comments on anything I write. But sometimes I do! Back on February 10th I posted a comparison of Missouri’s three football head coaches of the millennium and their records in certain situations. It was fun. It […]

Commute: Mizzou’s Mark Mitchell Named SEC Player of the Week

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about everything on Mizzou Hoops Mark Mitchell is carrying Mizzou Basketball to an NCAA Tournament appearance. After a 23-point performance on Tuesday night vs Tennessee and 17 points on Saturday at Mississippi State — Mitchell was recognized by the league. On Monday, he was named SEC Player […]

Photos of the week: 2.23.2026

We’ve got two more new sports this week! Photos from softball’s game against Wichita State and baseball’s game against NDSU on Friday mark both teams’ first time being featured. Women’s basketball hosted Oklahoma at home on Sunday and fell 84-78 to the Sooners. Here are the photos of the week. When I got to the […]

Study Hall: Mizzou 88, Mississippi State 64

At what point were your nerves settled in watching this game? I think most fans go into a potentially tricky road game like this one with a bit of nerves for how the Tigers might play. But Mizzou opened the game with a simple 9-0 run, had a short 6-0 run shortly after, and then […]

Mizzou Baseball extends win streak to 8 games

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about how Mizzou Baseball might be figuring something out under Kerrick Jackson! Early season baseball returns are always a little funky as teams sort themselves out in non-conference play, but Mizzou is putting together a dominant run against the early opponents on its schedule. After sweeping a […]

Mizzou women’s basketball falls short in upset bid against No. 7 Oklahoma

Shannon Dowell did everything she could, but it just wasn’t enough. The junior’s career-high couldn’t overcome an Oklahoma team with Final Four aspirations, falling 84-78. Dowell finished the game with a season-high 33 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double since November. She shot 14-22 from the field while consistently getting to the free […]

Pourover: Maybe they’ve figured it out

At the start of the new year, I published my annual new year’s day post regarding Mizzou Hoops, and things were very different than they are right now. People were down on the Tigers. They were 10-3, and ranked 65th in KenPom.com. They were predicted to finish outside of the NCAA Tournament conversation, and people […]

Tiger offense scares off Bulldogs in Game 1, reverts to former self in Game 2

On a lovely Saturday afternoon, the Tigers settled in for their final two games of the Mizzou Invitational — below-freezing temps canceled the Sunday matchup — hopefully letting the offense fly and the pitching do its thing. Well, friends, for the second day in a row, as was the case for the first game. The […]

Mizzou sweeps doubleheader over North Dakota State

Mizzou baseball took victories in both games of its doubleheader against North Dakota State, extending its win streak to eight games, the longest of the Kerrick Jackson era at Mizzou. The Tigers now move to 10-2 on the season, a strong beginning compared to a 5-5 start through their first ten games in 2025, which […]

Drew Rogers Blazes Past Competition to Become SEC Champion

The Tigers closed out their final day of the SEC Indoor Championships in thrilling fashion, with a series of top-10 program records during their races on Saturday, Feb. 28, in College Station, Texas. Women and Men’s Mile Success Drew Rogers blew the competition away, placing first overall in the mile with a time of 4:02.42 […]

Mizzou dismantles Mississippi State in Starkville, 88-64

When Missouri men’s basketball faced Mississippi State in late January, the Tigers badly needed a win as they hung onto the tournament conversation by a thread. MU came away from the matchup with a five-point victory that wasn’t as close as the final score but set up the team’s February surge. Mizzou reached a new […]

Pimental’s shutout outing leads Mizzou to seamless victory over NDSU

In his longest outing as a Missouri Tiger — a night that included two pickoffs, five straight scoreless innings, and the kind of tempo on the mound he hasn’t been able to have in nearly two years — left‑hander Javyn Pimental headlined Missouri’s 11–5 win over North Dakota State on Friday at Taylor Stadium.  The […]

Tiger offense scares off Bulldogs in Game 1, reverts to former self in Game 2

On a lovely Saturday afternoon, the Tigers settled in for their final two games of the Mizzou Invitational — below-freezing temps canceled the Sunday matchup — hopefully letting the offense fly and the pitching do its thing. Well, friends, for the second day in a row, as was the case for the first game. The […]

GameDay: Beat State, silence the bubble talk

Hey, horray we’re here talking about Mississippi State again! If you want my previously stated opinion on the “rivalry” with Mississippi State, it’s here. The only reason there is a rivalry is because they seem to play each other a lot. But I doubt Mizzou fans, or MSU fans, think about the other ever whenever […]

Uneven performance sums up home opening double header for Mizzou Softball

After a month on the road in the southeastern USA, Mizzou Softball finally returned home to Columbia for the Mizzou Invitational looking to beef up their performance and (hopefully) rack up some wins before SEC play gets started next weekend. What fans witnessed, however, was similar to what they’ve seen thus far this season— a […]

Tigers Punch Ticket to Finals During Day Two of SEC Champs

The Missouri Tigers closed out day two of the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a bang, sending two athletes to the mile finals and securing multiple top-10 finishes on Friday, Feb. 27. Women’s Weight Throw The Tigers kicked off the day in the weight throw. Petra Gombas led the way with a solid […]

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 […]