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The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Microsoft Office Communicators doesn't exactly roll off the tongue does it? Casual observers of UTC athletics will have to dig a little deeper than Wikipedia to discover the mystery behind the UTC mascot.

Two years ago, J. T. Tiller wouldnt have let something like a sprained ankle even a severely sprained ankle keep him out of an early-season basketball game.Tonight, hell probably take a second straight game off from precisely that injury.

The question of who will replace the 31 points and 13 rebounds a game senior forwards DeMarre Carroll and Leo Lyons contributed to last season's Big 12 tournament champion Missouri team won't really be answered until this winter when the Tigers attempt to traverse those conference minefields again.

I have not seen Tony Mitchell play a second of basketball, nor am I at liberty to question his stature as one ofA America's topA recruits.

A year ago, Missouri led college basketball with 699 assists, an average of 18.4 a game.

A little persuasion was all Missouri sophomore guard Marcus Denmon needed to find his rhythm.

Laurence Bowers sees himself as just one of many replacement parts for DeMarre Carroll and Leo Lyons.We lost two very good big men, Bowers said of the two leading scorers from Missouris 31-7 basketball team of a year ago.But I think we can replace them with me, Keith , Justin , Steve and two freshmen.Those being 6-foot-9 John Underwood and 6-7 ...

If, as optimists maintain, Missouri basketball has embarked upon a renaissance, the beginning of the era will have been marked by the most successful season in school history.Last season, Missouri went 31-7, won the Big 12 tournament and roared through Marquette and Memphis and into the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.Coach Mike Anderson will ...

Keith Ramsey contends that down South he comes from Murfreesboro, Tenn. every grandparent gives every grandchild a nickname.A grandfather christened Ramsey June Bug.My mom started calling me Buggy.

Missouri is coming off a postseason run that ended one game shy of the Final Four and lost its top two scorers.

Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks to pass while being guarded by Memphis' DeMarre Carroll on Sunday.

Mike Anderson guided the most surprising team in college basketball into the Elite Eight last March before his Missouri Tigers fell just a few points shy of the school's first trip to the Final Four.

Missouri head coach Mike Anderson took the podium Thursday for a question and answer session at the annual Big 12 Basketball Media Day at the Sprint Center.

" The hoops season is just around the corner and all the Big 12 conference coaches visited the Sprint Center on Thursday.

Friday at 5:01 p.m. at Mizzou Arena not only marked the official start of basketball practice for the MU men's basketball team, but also a chance to find its identity.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' The Big 12 mena TMs basketball preseason poll is out. The Kansas Jayhawks are picked to win the conference.

Columbia -- Posing in a defensive crouch with no basketball in sight would be anathema to most big-time college players, even for a preseason photo shoot.

Guard Craig Austrie #24 of the Connecticut Huskies is defended by guard J.T. Tiller #4 and forward Leo Lyons #5 of the Missouri Tigers in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the University of Phoenix Stadium on March 28, 2009 in Glendale, Arizona.

Magic. No other word better describes Missouris last basketball season. A school-record 31 victories.

More than a month after we met on the biggest night of his life , Hasheem Thabeet and I find ourselves together again.