So much for the expected announcement that Matt Painter was taking the Missouri job.  Against recent expectations, coach Painter has decided to stay at Purdue…probably because when they got wind he was looking around, Purdue officials started begging and – presumably – offering Painter a little financial incentive to stay.
Matt Painter has turned down Missouri [...]

It looks like MU fans will have something to celebrate today.  Purdue’s Matt Painter is expected to accept Mizzou Athletic Director Mike Alden’s offer to become the next head coach of the Tigers.  According to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
Nothing is official yet and there haven’t been any announcements, but a source [...]

Missouri basketball coach, Mike Anderson, has been the subject of much speculation ever since he requested permission to speak with officials at Arkansas about their vacant head coaching position.  In fact, he’s just returned to Columbia, MO from Arkansas this evening.  And, although it was initially reported that he was staying with MU, he’s expected [...]

Well, so much for “40 Minutes of Hell”.  When all is said and done, it doesn’t matter how good of shape your team is in if they can’t shoot better than 37% from the field.  And if that’s the best it can do, your players had better be able to rebound.  Sadly, Missouri couldn’t do [...]

It’s just a fact.  In the Bill Self era, MU hoops simply can’t keep up with KU.  There was a time back when Roy Williams wandered the sidelines that MU had a chance to upset the Big 8/12 giant here and there.  Now, however, it’s like Self has the Tigers by the tail and there’s [...]

It’s coming down to do or die time in the NCAA.  It won’t be long before league tournaments are here and we’re all in a scramble to fill out our brackets.  Tuesday showcased the usual suspects on their way to a spot in the NCAA Tournament.  Missouri, no doubt, holds onto their spot at #20 [...]

As much as it pains this good Missouri boy to write this, the #2 ranked Kansas Jayhawks handed it to the #19 Missouri Tigers tonight on Big Monday.  After a close first half, the game got away from MU and ended in a bit of a laugher.  And right now the entire college basketball world [...]