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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Phil Pressey will forgo his final collegiate season and make himself eligible for the 2013 NBA Draft.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Tigers put up very little fight in NCAA loss to Colorado State.

Saturday, March 02, 2013  Laurence Bowers had 23 points and 10 rebounds, helping Missouri bounce back from an awful start and stay perfect at home with an 89-76 victory over LSU on Saturday.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  This was not a quality win. But it would have been a really, really lousy loss.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Tigers rout Rebels, stay perfect at home.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The Missouri Tigers have had as much success on the road as a hitchhiker holding a shotgun.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  Jabari Brown scored 21 points, Alex Oriakhi tied a career high with 18 and No. 22 Missouri cruised to an 81-59 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The Tiger guard scored a career-high 26 points against Bucknell.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Back in March, 2005, Missouri fans had a new favorite team.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Laurence Bowers had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 12 Missouri over No. 10 Illinois 82-73 in the annual Braggin' Rights game on Saturday.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Laurence Bowers scored a career-high 26 points to help No. 12 Missouri rally from 10 points down at halftime and beat Southeast Missouri State 81-65 Tuesday night.

Saturday, December 01, 2012  No. 16 Missouri handled its first test after guard Michael Dixon announced he would be transferring.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Phil Pressey scored 21 points and Laurence Bowers added 14 -- all in the second half -- to help No. 14 Missouri rout Alcorn State 91-54 on Tuesday night.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  Laurence Bowers had 20 points and seven rebounds in his return from a knee injury that sidelined him all of last season, leading No. 15 Missouri to an 83-69 season-opening victory over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Saturday.