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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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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. […]

Pourover: What lies ahead

Mizzou got the win they needed this week. At the start of the week they needed to find a way to go 1-1 if they wanted to be IN the NCAA Tournament versus OUT, and Mizzou got themselves back in with a win over Vandy. Finding a win at Bud Walton would have been great, […]

A Look Back at the Stellar Careers of Mizzou Track Seniors and Veteran Standouts

Multiple Mizzou Track & Field athletes have been with the University for four plus years, but a few stood out in their careers the most in my eyes. Sam Innes  Innes is an absolute star on and off the track. After watching him at several indoor home meets this year, I was struck by the […]

GameDay: Go win in Bud Walton, make the NCAA Tournament

There is no such thing as the Batlle Line Rivalry as presented by Shelter Insurance on the basketball side. The Mizzou-Arkansas rivalry in hoops is a little less non-existant than what occurs in football, but I think it still exists to some degress. Mizzou fans and Arkansas fans don’t seem to get along all that […]

Tigers face new challenge in the Arkansas Razorbacks

Game Info When | 3:00 p.m. CT Where | Bud Walton Arena; Fayetteville, AR TV | ESPN Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Arkansas -13 ESPN win probability | 19.8% chance The Starters Mizzou (18-8, 8-5 SEC) G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.2 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 15.1 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.2 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 16.9 PPG) […]

Quad meet Jammy Jam promises good vibes, high scores*

*hopefully Welcome to Week 8, y’all. Can you believe this is the last meet at the team’s new home, Mizzou Arena? Gotta make it count (literally, for NQS purposes, and figuratively, to showcase the venue). The Tigers are coming off of two historical wins, including last weekend’s victory in Lexington for the first time in […]

Commute: the NCAA has to abolish the Quads

It’s a dumb system, let me explain why I think so. Let’s talk about UConn, one of the teams with a track to possibly land an overall one seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’re 24-3, and fell to 10th in the NET after a recent home loss to Creighton. The Blue Jays are 73rd in […]

Turnovers take down Mizzou women’s basketball in home loss to Auburn

Mizzou women’s basketball went through an unexpected loss Thursday, falling to Auburn at home 71-58. Head coach Kellie Harper’s team fell behind in the first minute and never found the lead. Auburn led 18-8 after the first quarter and held that double-digit lead for most of the contest. The difference was simply a measure of […]