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Mike Anderson was one of the hottest names in coaching last season after leading Missouri to a school-record 31 wins and the Elite Eight.

Asked what could be drawn from Missouris rally to within a point from 14 points down at Vanderbilt on Wednesday night, Zaire Taylor settled on potential.It says weve got potential to do some good things, said Taylor, a senior point guard.

Frontcourt scoring was supposed to be Missouri's question mark. In the Tigers' regular-season opener on Tuesday night, it was more like an exclamation point.

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.

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

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 ...

Prowling the baseline of Mizzou Arena during a recent Missouri men's basketball practice, junior forward Justin Safford seemed different.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.