No. 15 #Mizzou men's basketball learned a lesson today that was written in the margins of the SEC textbook. Sometimes the game boils down to who scores last. Inside the two fateful possessions that sunk the Tigers against No. 10 Texas A&M: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

News: #Mizzou C Josh Gray is suing the NCAA & P5 conferences in a new federal antitrust lawsuit. This new group of 67 athletes, which also includes three former SLU players, has opted out of the House settlement to seek damages for alleged price-fixing. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

No. 20 #Mizzou’s injury report ahead of tomorrow’s game at No. 14 Mississippi State comes in clean as expected: freshman center Trent Burns remains out, but everyone else is available.

News: Former #Mizzou football walk-on D'Andre McKenzie has filed an objection to the $2.8 billion House v. NCAA settlement. He argues walk-ons should be eligible to receive damages in the same way scholarship athletes can. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

When both Tamar Bates and Caleb Grill are on the floor in SEC play, #Mizzou men’s basketball is -19 in 103 minutes. Not a typo. Some interesting nuances are emerging with Dennis Gates’ lineups, like the context around that duo. We dive into them here: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

“They carried us,” Dennis Gates said. Veteran guards Caleb Grill and Tamar Bates, who both started their careers elsewhere, were enough for #Mizzou to beat Ole Miss last night. On their scoring and a team that doesn’t want to take them for granted: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Final: No. 22 #Mizzou 83, No. 16 Ole Miss 75 Tamar Bates scored 26. Caleb Grill scored 22. The Tigers shot 44% from 3 and won the rebounding battle. And Missouri is 15-0 at home this season. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Previewing the next four games for #Mizzou men’s basketball — a stretch of four ranked opponents in a row that will show what this team’s ceiling is. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou men's basketball enters the AP Poll at No. 22. This is now the fifth season since MU joined the SEC in which it has earned a ranking. The Tigers also landed in the USA Today coaches poll at No. 24. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou hoops' emergence, a big football transfer, athletic department finances... there's been a lot going on in the MU universe this week. That makes it a great day for a STL Today subscriber chat. Party starts at 11 a.m. Bring questions and takes: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

How did #Mizzou's breakout 2023 football season and rough 2023-24 men's basketball season impact those programs’ finances? What's the $$$ impact of playing in the Cotton Bowl vs. a smaller bowl? www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou is finalizing a deal to hire former Miami linebackers coach/co-defensive coordinator Derek Nicholson for its LBs coach position, source tells the Post-Dispatch. Not official yet but likely will be soon. ESPN was first. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Game story from last night: the #Mizzou men knew it would take ‘guts’ to win on the road in the SEC. They showed that and a little more in a big-time upset of No. 5 Florida, the Tigers’ first top 5 road win since 2012. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

NEWS: The #Mizzou athletics department returned to the red in fiscal year 2024, recording a $15 million deficit. MU provided its athletics department with $40 million in direct support, including an internal loan. Exclusive details: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

The #Mizzou men lead the SEC in defensive rebounding percentage during conference play. They've given up the fewest boards to opponents. There's success on the offensive glass too? Why the turnaround? It starts with a t-shirt and Josh Gray's role... www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

🚨New #Mizzou NIL snack 🚨 Mark Mitchell’s “Spicy Queso Hoops” will be available soon. (I’d describe them as Funyuns but with a spicy cheese flavor.) Details on Mitchell becoming the 36th MU athlete to be featured on a retail food product: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou led by 17, then 1, then scored the final 7 points to hold off Vanderbilt. Quotes from Dennis Gates, Mark Mitchell and Anthony Robinson II on a "timely" recovery, weathering a storm and what today's SEC victory means — plus how it went down: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou men’s basketball will get an interesting matchup this afternoon against Vanderbilt — a team happy to lean into stealing the ball and scoring off it just like the Tigers. Does MU go small to match Vandy? How do the similarities play out? Preview www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

It's Thursday, which means the STL Today subscriber chat is on deck at 11 a.m. Drop in with your questions and thoughts — we talk about what y'all want to talk about: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou men’s basketball spent the weekend stuck in the Renaissance, waiting. MU’s flight from Auburn was diverted from COU to STL, and they were snowed in at a St. Louis airport hotel. Inside what happened & why the response impressed Dennis Gates: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Dennis Gates hasn’t talked to this year’s #Mizzou team about the woes of last season in the SEC. He hasn’t needed to. In part, because a player like Tamar Bates knows. He was there. On a streak snapped against LSU last night: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

If #Mizzou men’s basketball is going to get to the NCAA Tournament, it’ll probably need ~8 SEC wins. To get those, the Tigers will need to win home games. Why a 2-game homestand starting tonight feels a bit like crunch time, already: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Game story: #Mizzou has been good, even very good this season. No. 2 Auburn is great, and Missouri found out in its SEC opener. What didn't work against AU and what it means for MU: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Game story: #Mizzou has been good, even very good this season. No. 2 Auburn is great, and Missouri found out in its SEC opener. What didn't work against AU and what it means for MU: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Here we go… SEC hoops today. #Mizzou faces Auburn at 3, so here are 3 things to watch for: -Auburn’s star -A contrast in turnover trends -Bench scoring www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Ready for #Mizzou men's basketball to enter SEC play? KenPom projects six one-score games for the Tigers, plus another seven to be within two possessions. That means 13 out of 18 games are expected to be real, real close. Looking at MU and the league: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou gymnastics & wrestling will compete together tomorrow. In Feb., MU gym will go to St. Charles for an STL-area meet. I talked w/ newly extended coach Shannon Welker about a scheduling strategy intended to boost attendance. Some interesting stuff: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

With #Mizzou's 2024 season done, a quick look at how it compared to 2023 through the lenses of the Tigers' coordinators. Some interesting notes on the gains, losses and changes between Year 1 and Year 2 for Kirby Moore and the arrival of Corey Batoon: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

It's a #Mizzou chat day… We'll talk hoops, the end of football season and whatever else is on our mind. Stop by starting at 11 a.m.: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

“I worry that the game that I love and have dedicated 30-something years of my life to is slowly getting taken away from us.” #Mizzou’s Eli Drinkwitz shared his concerns & frustrations with the state of college football yesterday. You’ll want to read this: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou picks up a commitment from Louisiana-Monroe RB Ahmad Hardy via the transfer portal. Hardy ran for 1,351 yards and 13 TDs as a true freshman at ULM this season. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

“We’ve got a plan in place that will allow him to be fully involved in baseball when it’s time for baseball, but also in spring ball, be fully involved in spring football." #Mizzou QB Sam Horn to participate in both football and baseball in 2025: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou survived a scare against Jax State tonight thanks, in large part, to Jacob Crews’ heroic shooting night. What kept it close and when the separation finally arrived for the Tigers — plus analytical insight from Dennis Gates on extra possessions: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Let’s squeeze in a quick transfer portal reset before things get crazy again and ask… what does #Mizzou need out of its transfer QB? Some thoughts on that, plus how the top quarterbacks in the portal fit Missouri’s needs: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

So, to catch you up on #Mizzou's Monday in the transfer portal: - RB Kewan Lacy enters the portal in a surprise - Nebraska LB Mikai Gbayor signs - Northern Illinois S Santana Banner signs - West Virginia LB Josiah Trotter commits Details: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou has picked up a transfer portal commitment from former West Virginia LB Josiah Trotter, who made 93 tackles this season — his first. The linebacker re-tooling takes another big step forward.

#Mizzou has signed Northern Illinois safety Santana Banner, the team announced. The Tigers bolster their secondary with a DB who, per PFF, didn’t allow a receiving touchdown in 2024.

#Mizzou has signed Nebraska LB Mikai Gbayor out of the transfer portal, the team announces. Gbayor recorded 49 tackles, one sack, three PBUs and two fumble recoveries this season. Tigers are rebuilding their linebacker corps and he's a key addition.

My Heisman ballot, in case you wanted to know: 1. Ashton Jeanty 2. Travis Hunter 3. Cameron Skattebo

Mizzou hoops and HD Intelligence did something unique yesterday: an analytics class for media. Here’s some of what I took away, from why Dennis Gates did it to how analytics shape coaching instructions — with a couple really interesting examples: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

For your calendar-making, the 2025 #Mizzou schedule: 8/30 vs. C Arkansas 9/6 vs. Kansas 9/13 vs. LA-Lafayette 9/27 vs. UMass 10/4 BYE 10/11 vs. Alabama 10/18 at Auburn 10/25 at Vanderbilt 11/1 BYE 11/8 vs. Texas A&M 11/15 vs. Mississippi St 11/22 at Oklahoma 11/19 at Arkansas

#Mizzou defensive end Jaylen Brown has entered the transfer portal, the Post-Dispatch can confirm. Two edge rushers in the last two days lost to the portal after a year apiece with the Tigers. www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

#Mizzou has submitted DE Williams Nwaneri’s paperwork to enter the transfer portal, which means he will be officially entered as soon as this afternoon. That’s confirmation that it is happening. Story on the former 5-star’s surprise portal entry: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — They stormed the court named for Stormin’ Norm Stewart, the coach who hates Kansas enough not to spend a dime in it. #Mizzou spent, instead, 38 minutes and 13 seconds in front of the No. 1 Jayhawks and beat ‘em on Sunday. STORY: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...

Down goes No. 1 Kansas. #Mizzou pulls off the Border War upset and fans storm the court:

At the half: #Mizzou 39, No. 1 Kansas 25 Tamar Bates leads all scorers with 18. He also has three steals. Ant Robinson II has 9, Mark Mitchell has 8.

#Mizzou students enter the arena in something of a stampede:

#Mizzou football dropped one spot in the AP Poll to No. 23. The Tigers were passed by Syracuse. Neither team played in their conference title game. That’s a head-scratcher.

Two hours and 17 minutes before the Border War tips off, a look at the #Mizzou students lined up outside the arena:

Border War. #Mizzou. Kansas. Get ready for today’s rivalry game: www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...