COLUMBIA — Although the Missouri men's basketball team came a win away from making the NCAA's Final Four, Missouri was still represented in Detroit.
Missouri’s club men's basketball team won the National Collegiate Championship Series tournament on Sunday at Cobo Hall in Detroit, which was turned into “Hoops City” for the Final Four. The MU club team defeated the University of Georgia’s club team 54-44 in the finals.
The tournament featured eight teams who qualified for the finals by winning regional tournaments. At the outset there were more than 250 teams vying for the title. Missouri's team started its journey in the intramural league at the MU Student Recreation Complex.
A year-and-a-half ago, MU senior Ryan Clark heard about the regional tournament at MU and helped three intramural teams combine their best players into to enter the event. The team won the regional tournament, but lost to Ivy Tech Community College from Evansville, Ind., in the national semifinals.
Club basketball team represents MU well
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | 10:10 p.m. CDT
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