University of Missouri NCAA News

This was looking like an upset special when the Volunteers held a 10-point lead just before halftime.

Missouri is missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008, but the Tigers are a 2-seed in the National Invitation Tournament and will host Davidson in the first round on Tuesday night.

Fred Phelps, the 84-year-old driving force behind the Westboro Baptist Church, is reportedly in hospice care and "on the edge of death" in Kansas, his estranged son says in a Facebook post.

Arizona State Oklahoma State Kansas State Iowa Tennessee Dayton Xavier Nebraska Southern Miss So here's the deal: It seems for the most part as if people have SMU safely in.

You've had a day to recover from Mizzou's dismantling by Florida, and there are some enticing games to pull you back into the fray today.

The 31-year-old Maddox became the first Unified Government commissioner to receive an official rebuke in the form of two public censures and a call for his resignation.

In the day's first game our Tigers of Ol' MIzzou took on the Gators of Florida, and if you just watched the first half you would have been very happy, but even the SEC requires you to play two halves.

Mizzou may not be involved, but there's still some sweet hoops action happenin' today.

It's a busy weekend at the Mizzou Sports Park and with weather temperatures being nice, it's a good chance to get out and support the team of your choice, or hang out here and keep up with everything! It's a busy weekend at the Mizzou Sports Park and with weather temperatures being nice, it's a good chance to get out and support the team of your ... (more)

Somehow, these teams came up with even more drama then they had in their matchup last week.

The top-ranked Gators opened the SEC tournament in style, easily beating Missouri, 72-49.

Round 1: 10-10 Round 2: 10-10 Round 3: 10-9 MU Round 4: 10-10 Round 5: 10-9 MU Round 6: 10-10 Round 7: 10-10 Round 8: 10-10 Round 9: 10-9 ATM Round 10: 10-9 ATM Round 11: 10-10 Round 12: Mizzou TKO This was a strange game with almost no real movement for the first 33 minutes, followed by all sorts of crazy shifts.

Missouri tops Texas A&M and gets an SEC Tourney shot at Florida. Plus: John Brown's an SEC legend, it's a pretty big weekend for almost every winter and spring Missouri sport, and the numbers pretty much hate Michael Sam.

The star of the game for Carolina was clearly Duane Notice. The freshman from Canada scored 23 points in 29 minutes on 7-16 shooting from the field, adding 8 rebounds and 3 assists against just 2 turnovers.

Shane Rector played a key role in the final two minutes of a key conference tournament win, and Jabari Brown fouled out.

The office of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who heads the Catholic archdiocese of New York, said the archbishop is "fully supportive" of the Church's teaching on "homosexual activity, "particularly as it is expressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church."

Mizzou Baseball's first bite of 2014 has included scrambled schedules, a juiceless offense, defense that's just waffle, and pitching that's G-R-R-REAT! Tim Jamieson's Tigers are 8-7 after their first month of play.

Yes, the rookie point guard and former Missouri standout would have preferred to be drafted by an NBA team last summer, but that didn't happen.

The five-day SEC Tournament tips off tonight in Atlanta, with two first-round matchups: 12-seed Auburn vs. 13-seed South Carolina and 11-seed Vanderbilt vs. 14-seed Mississippi State.

University of Memphis freshman forward Austin Nichols earned the American Athletic Conference's Rookie of the Year award and senior guard Michael Dixon was named Sixth Man of the Year by the league Wednesday.