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Posted December 12, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. Parker Eshleman photo Missouri guard Marcus Denmon will try to help the Tigers rebound from Wednesday night's loss at Oral Roberts when they take on Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday night.

Nine games into the Missouri men's basketball season one would have expected a team like Missouri to have outmuscled some of its weaker opponents.

Missouri coach Mike Anderson had to wait for 40 minutes to run off the Mizzou Arena clock and open a 50th birthday present from his basketball team.

In the moments after Missouris 60-59 loss at Oral Roberts, Tigers coach Mike Anderson talked about missed free throws, missed layups, crucial turnovers and blowing an 11-point lead in the final 8 minutes.

Read the live gamelog and recap of Missouri's disappointing loss to Oral Roberts on Wednesday night.

In a game that could have been played on a basketball court in Kansas, Michael Craion of Ruskin High bested Marcus Denmon of Hogan Prep.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 12:21 a.m. Read more: State , Missouri , Tigers , Basketball The A game will mark Missouria s first true road test of the year, however the Tigers are coming off back-to-back games in South Padre Island, Texas.

Missouri basketball under Mike Anderson has never been about stars lighting it up.

A major weakness of the Missouri men's basketball team was well exposed in Wednesday's 89-83 loss at Vanderbilt.

A.J. Ogilvy was 11-for-12 at the free throw line and finished with 25 points, and Vanderbilt held off Missouri 89-83 Wednesday night in the Commodores' first home game since their season opener.

Visiting players are given four complimentary tickets when their team comes to Memorial Gym.

On Missouri's magical run to the Elite Eight last season the Tigers never lost two consecutive games.

As a real student of the game, Missouris Kim English speaks chapter and verse on the kind of basketball team the Tigers are, are not, and do not want to be in the biggest test of their season.Its more of a fast game, English said of 4-1 Missouris game tonight at 4-1 Vanderbilt, instead of just slow-down, old-school, Princeton, boring, George Mikan ...

Old Dominion Missouris opponent tonight at the South Padre Island Invitational basketball tournament shouldnt have to spend much time going over a scouting report.Missouri gets a defensive hand on a lot of basketballs, which leads to a lot of steals, which has led to 199 points in the past two games of the fast-breaking Tigers 3-0 start.When you ...

Mizzou updates throughout the game on twitter. Just follow at BlumbergOTB. JT Tiller returned to the starting lineup after missing two games with a bruised foot.

Mike Anderson was already in a good mood after watching his Missouri basketball team torch Chattanooga 99-56 Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena.

The biggest play of Tuesday night's game didn't happen when the players were on the court.

On the opening weekend of Thanksgiving Break, the generous atmosphere of the holiday infused Mizzou Arena a little early.

Sophomore guard Kim English had not been himself lately. The Missouri men's basketball team's South Padre Tournament opener against Texas-Pan American on Sunday at Mizzou Arena didn't appear to be any different.

Missouri lists only three seniors on its basketball roster, and only two -- because of J.T. Tiller's sore foot -- suited up on Sunday.