Missouri, 22-2 and 9-2 in the Big 12. Baylor, 21-2 and 8-2 in the Big 12. Kansas, 18-5 and 8-2 in the Big 12. Is there a better top three in any conference than that? Maybe the Big Ten comes close with Michigan State, Ohio State and…oh wait. How about the ACC? FLorida State, North [...]
Continue ReadingMarcus Denmon led Missouri to a 74-71 victory over Kansas in a Top Ten Battle on Saturday night. He hit three 3-pointers ion the last 2:05 to spark the Tigers over their arch rival, who they may not play again for a long time. The Tigers are off to the SEC after this season. Denmon [...]
Continue ReadingMissouri went on a 17-0 first half run to break away from Texas A&M in Big 12 action on Monday. Both of these schools are headed to the SEC next season, so A&M will get a shot at payback. The Tigers (17-1) were led by Michael Dixon with 18 points as they snapped an eight [...]
Continue ReadingWatch out SEC. Missouri is on the way. They could have used them this past week in the SEC Big East Challenge. The Big East had their way with 8 wins in the 12 meetings. Villanova was one of the Big East teams left out because there are 16 teams in the Big East and [...]
Continue Reading#20 vs #21 figured to be a close game. Wrong. Missouri blew out the Cal Bears 93-54 in the Championship Game of the CBE Classic in Kansas City in front of a pro-Missouri crowd. Kim English led the Tigers with 19 points. Marcus Denmon added 18 points and won the MVP Award for the tournament. [...]
Continue ReadingMarcus Denmon scored 26 points and Phil Pressey added 17 as the Mizzou Tigers routed the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 87-58 on Monday night in the CBE Classic in Kansas City. Ricardo Ratliffe and Kim English were also in double figures for the Tigers, Ratliff with 12 and English with 10. I’m going to [...]
Continue ReadingMissouri is 2-0 in exhibition games thus far, the latest was a win over Truman State 87-48 on Wednesday night. In the game, the Tigers made 14 three pointers to rut the visitors. Senior Marcus Denmon led four Tigers in double figures with 23 points on 7-of-10 shooting from behind the arc. Junior Michael Dixon [...]
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