Basketball

Missouri's game against No. 12 Michigan State marks the first time this season the Tigers play a ranked opponent, and it will also be the first time MU is not the favorite to win.

Former MU coach Norm Stewart, a two-time national coach of the year, joined such all-time greats as Phog Allen and Adolph Rupp as the newest members of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Away from Mizzou Arena for the first time this season, the Missouri women’s basketball team lost 78-63 Sunday at South Dakota State.

The induction ceremony will take place Sunday at the College Basketball Experience building, inside the new Sprint Center in Kansas City.

After years of bad performances in tournaments, the Missouri basketball team could finally be back on the winning side.

Missouri basketball team has a 30-point halftime lead for the second-straight game.

Alyssa Hollis, the MU women's basketball team's only returning starter, is quickly adjusting to her new role as the Tigers' leader.

It could be difficult for the Missouri men's basketball team to stay on its game Friday against Southern when games against teams from the Big Ten, Pac-10 and ACC loom.

The Missouri women’s basketball team started slow on Thursday, but used a 16-5 run at the start of the second half to take control for a 69-51 win over Eastern Illinois at Mizzou Arena.

Tigers coach Mike Anderson is bringing in six new men's basketball players for 2008.

Stopping Eastern Illinois’ two leading scorers will be the main focus for the MU women’s basketball team Thursday night at Mizzou Arena.

The MU men’s basketball team won big on Tuesday night to advance to the championship rounds of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, despite a sloppy second half.

MU women’s basketball coach Cindy Stein competed against former player and assistant Kerensa Barr, now an assistant with Murray State, in the Tigers’ season opener Friday.

Junior transfer DeMarre Carroll scored 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field to lead the MU men's basketball team to victory over Central Michigan in its season opener.

Missouri will focus on improving its rebounding in its season opener Monday night against Central Michigan.

When the Tigers open their season against Central Michigan on Monday, there are still many uncertainties ahead for the team.

Shakara Jones, a freshman forward, was often guarded by shorter players, but dominated near the basket and had 27 points and 14 rebounds Friday against Murray State.

One questions about the Missouri women’s basketball team entering the season was how the Tigers would compete inside the lane. Friday, the Tigers outscored Murray State 44-28 around the basket.

When Lynnette Robinson was a senior on the Illinois women’s basketball team, she played with a point guard she described as an on-the-floor extension of the coach. Now she, along with fellow Illinois grad Allison Guth, will be working under that point guard, MU women’s basketball coach Cindy Stein.

The Missouri Women’s basketball team features four first-year players in its rotation this year, and despite some growing pains, the newest Tigers have already made an impact.