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

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 ...

Le Moyne, a Division II school in Syracuse, N.Y., and Northwood, an NAIA program in West Palm Beach, Fla., made headlines this week when they knocked off Syracuse and Florida International in exhibition play.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Missouri Tiger fans might remember Matt Lawrence for his ability to drain a three-pointer. But Lawrence also had other skills, such as succeeding in the weight room.