DeMarre Carroll News

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.

Missouri assistant Melvin Watkins was linked to the coaching vacancy at Appalachian State before that school announced Buzz Peterson would return for a second stint.

THE GOOD NEWS: Missouri proved it could run a fast-paced style coach Mike Anderson wants to dictate with relentless pressure, and win with it.

Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Selected by the Grizzlies with the 27th overall pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft, Carroll recently averaged 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.20 steals on 58.5 percent shooting in 26.8 minutes in the 2009 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, helping lead Memphis to a perfect 5-0 record.

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Monday is a big day for Missouri sophomore Marcus Denmon. Roughly eight weeks removed from surgery on his left knee, the 6-foot-3 guard from Kansas City is scheduled to meet with his doctor and have it X-rayed to determine when he can resume regular workouts with his MU teammates.

The job came open in late March after the Missouri basketball team lost to Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament, bringing an end to the careers of seniors DeMarre Carroll, Leo Lyons and Matt Lawrence.

Former Missouri forward Leo Lyons' budding professional career hit a snag when his name was not called on June 25 in the 2009 NBA draft.