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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.

Dominique Morrison said he didn't get into bed until the wee hours of Thursday morning.

What happens when the heart and soul of your basketball team has one of those days when the heart doesnt seem in it and the soul searches but finds few answers?On Saturday, Missouri won anyway, roaring past the Oregon Ducks 106-69.J.T. Tiller the senior point guard so christened by coach Mike Anderson picked up two quick fouls in the first half.

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 ...

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

There appear to be a few significant tests looming on the horizon for the Missouri basketball team, but Sunday afternoon's contest - if it can be called that - against Texas-Pan American was not one of them.

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

The score was 41-10. Missouri had put this game in the bag a long time ago. But no one likes to be left out.

Big Steve this. Big Steve that. Throughout last season, every time Steve Moores name came up, it was Big Steve.The nickname fit.

Missouri won its regular season basketball opener 83-68 over Tennessee-Martin. But Tigers senior guard J.T. Tiller a candidate for the national Wooden Award suffered a sprained left foot early in the second half and did not return.

It wasn't the starters who starred for the Missouri men's basketball team Tuesday night against Tennessee-Martin. It was the bench.

Missouri basketball coach Mike Anderson made a huge splash last season, leading the Tigers to 31 victories and the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Laurence Bowers wasn't ready for Miguel Paul to pass him the ball. Bowers was running the baseline, headed toward the basket, when Paul fired the pass.

Don't look now, but Missouri's big men have led the way to a 50-33 half-time advantage over Tennessee-Martin. Sophomore Laurence Bowers has done the most damage - hitting five of six from the field and four of four from the free-throw line - on the way to 14 points.

As a change to this year's hunting regulations, Cape Girardeau County has been added to the list of more than 70 counties allowing archery antlerless deer permits.

COLUMBIA As freshmen last year, Miguel Paul and Steve Moore stood out among Missouri's seven newcomers.

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

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 Gov. Jay Nixon - needing true freshman Michael Dixon to run the point for the team Nixon was coaching in Missouri's Black & Gold Basketball Scrimmage - exercised executive privilege.

In the relative comparison of most major-college basketball teams, Missouri is a team of midgets.Among the 13 players Tigers coach Mike Anderson welcomed to the floor for the first official day of practice on Friday, only three measure 6 feet 9 senior forward Keith Ramsey, sophomore center Steve Moore and freshman forward John Underwood.Sophomore ...