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Records Break to Close Regular Season At Second Day of Invitationals

On Saturday, Feb. 14, Missouri athletes finished their regular season off in record-breaking fashion, delivering program bests and all smiles in Fayetteville and Boston. Valentine Invitational Results  Women’s 5000m Successful Race  Monica Wanjiku placed fourth overall in the 5000, with a time of 15:24.84 minutes. This result puts Wanjiku at the top-two program history for […]

GameDay: Keeping your winning streak going

For many years Texas fielded a basketball program but few people noticed. Sure they rose up to win the SWC title every so often, made a trip to the NCAA Tournament, but nobody cared. It wasn’t until Tommy Penders showed up in Austin in 1988 that the Texas program started showing a pulse. Penders was […]

Tigers Make a Statement on Day One of Invitational

The Missouri Tigers completed their first day of the competition, with multiple program records and personal bests on Friday, Feb. 13 in Fayetteville and Boston. BU Valentine Invitational Results  3000m Record Time Run  Senior Drew Rogers claimed second overall during the race with a new school record time of 7:49.00 minutes. Teammate Ryder James claimed […]

Mizzou baseball lineup projections ahead of its opening home series

Missouri baseball heads into its upcoming series against Mount St. Mary’s with a fairly clear idea of how it wants to line things up, even if nothing is fully set this early in the season. Like most early-season projections, there is some guesswork involved, and what we see this weekend could change once games are […]

MBB Preview: Mizzou looks to extend win streak against the Texas Longhorns

When | 7:30 p.m. CT Where | Mizzou Arena; Columbia, MO. TV | ESPN2 Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops ESPN win probability | 54.6% chance The Starters Mizzou (17-7, 7-4 SEC) G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 8.0 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 14.8 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 10.2 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.2 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. (SR, 7.8 PPG) Notable Sixth […]

PREVIEW: Mizzou Gym looking for solid landings in Big Cat Country

It’s Friday Night Heights time, Gym Friends! After last week’s massive win against no. 2 Florida — their highest ranked dual win in program history — the Tigers head to Big Blue Nation to face off against the ‘Cats, who had a rough (that’s an understatement) start to the 2026 but finally got back on […]

Spring Position Battles: Offensive Line

Every spring in the transfer portal era brings change along collegiate offensive lines, but the 2026 offseason has been an especially active one for Mizzou. Graduation and the transfer portal have reshaped the room once again, creating a mix of familiar faces, new arrivals and young players waiting for their opportunity. Throughout the spring I’ll […]

Commute: Parsing Mizzou’s team sheet

We’re close to mid-February, the Tigers have crept back onto the good side of the bubble. Let’s review their team sheet and what’s ahead of them. First, the sheet: This is plucked from WarrenNolan.com, which is a useful tool whenever you want to check out these sorts of things. So the main thing you can […]

Tiger Style Downs Oklahoma on Senior Night

In the 50th edition of Mizzou vs Oklahoma on the mat since 1930, the No. 17 Tigers won 23-14 over the No. 16 Sooners. The dual also marked Mizzou’s senior night as it’s the last home meet of the season. Two of its three graduating wrestlers won their matches. The Tigers swept the 149lbs through […]

Mizzou women’s basketball suffers blow out at hands of Tennessee

Missouri head coach Kellie Harper returned to Knoxville, Tennessee for the first time since her stint as the Lady Vols’ head coach. This showdown wasn’t the matchup she envisioned, as the Tigers fell 98-53. The game was never really competitive as a 15-4 run helped Tennessee take a 29-13 lead at the end of the […]

Study Hall: Mizzou 86, Texas A&M 85

It was a road sweep Wednesday night in the SEC. Florida beat Georgia, Alabama beat Ole Miss, and Tennessee beat Mississippi State. Then of course, Missouri beat Texas A&M. So, you know, the good teams all won on the road! The story of the night was to weather the early storm, attack A&Ms weaknesses, rebound […]

Preview: Tigers Take the Show on the Road for Two-Day Invitational

With the home portion of their season behind them, the Tigers will face top competitors Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14, at a two-day invitational in Boston, Mass., and Fayetteville, Ark. Tyson Invitational Meet Event Schedule  The meet at the Randal Tyson Track Center will be spread across Friday and Saturday, with most of the Tigers […]

Hoopin’ and Hollerin: Harper’s return home

Mizzou women’s basketball saw its three-game winning streak ended on Sunday by way of an 85-66 home loss to Georgia. This loss now placed the Tigers at 16-10, 4-7 in the SEC. This concluded a key stretch in which Mizzou only faced one ranked opponent over the last seven games. The Tigers made the most […]

Commute: A Statement Win for Mizzou Basketball

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about all things Mizzou Sports. We’ve got a lot to cover here, but let’s start with hoops. After a two-game winning streak, Mizzou Basketball kept the momentum going. Want to a make a statement to improve your NCAA Tournament resume? How about another conference road win? With […]

Strong start by Harrison derailed in late innings

Fresh off a 2-3 start to their season in St. Pete-Clearwater, the Missouri Tigers retreated to the central part of the Sunshine State for what seems like an annual matchup with Central Florida (5-1) on Wednesday evening. In reality, the two black & gold-clad teams have played each other four times in the last five […]

Tiger Style Dual Preview: No. 16 Oklahoma

Head coach Brian Smith made it clear where the mentality of No. 17 Mizzou wrestling is at with two duals remaining in the regular season – “It’s Big 12 time.” The Tigers advanced to 11-7 after a win against the, at the time, No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers. The victory was one of their most […]

MBB Preview: Mizzou faces surprise Texas A&M squad in College Station

When | 8 p.m. CT Where | Reed Arena; College Station, Tx. TV | SEC Network Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops KenPom prediction | Texas A&M -7 ESPN win probability | 25.2% chance The Starters Mizzou G: T.O. Barrett (SO, 7.7 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 15.1 PPG) F: Trent Pierce (JR, 8.9 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 17.6 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips Jr. […]

Commute: Looking at Mizzou’s chances at the NCAA Tournament

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Basketball. With no Mizzou events happening on Tuesday night, I thought it would be a good time to look at the fact that Mizzou Basketball has some big games coming up to determine its chance at a spot in the NCAA Tournament. With the […]

Larissa’s Lessons: Takeaways from 2026 opening weekend

Welcome to Larissa’s Lessons, a weekly takeaways series in which some combination of Karen, True and Dylan will break down the biggest takeaways from the weekend’s games. We love an alliteration and puns around here, so be prepared for some word play. Because the Tigers are playing a ridiculous number of games in a weekend […]

Eli Drinkwitz’s Situational Records (and comparison)

It’s February. Let’s break down the situational win/loss records of our guy, and compare him to the guys who came before. Why? Because I track this stuff and need an outlet to put it. I am aware this is not normal behavior. It’s ok. You get used to it. Here we go! Overall Six years […]

Commute: The Latest Bubble Watch for Mizzou Basketball

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops Mizzou Basketball kept their at-large NCAA Tournament hopes alive after a 78-59 road win over South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. From Sam Snelling’s Study Hall: It’s a good win. If Mizzou has any interest in remaining on the conversation for the NCAA Tournament, they […]