Missouri notebook | Tigers finish with best-ever ranking in Directors' Cup

By MIKE DeARMOND

The Kansas City Star

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Missouri has finished a best-ever 36th nationally in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, a measure of overall athletic success.

The MU athletic department improved by one spot its finish in 2002-2003.

Twelve of Mizzou’s 20 sports programs scored points for the school in this year’s competition, and seven of those registered top-25 national finishes, which ties the previous high for top-25 finishes in a season by MU (seven in 2004-05 during a 41st- place final standing).

The finish was the seventh-best in the Big 12 Conference. Texas (sixth), Texas A&M (13th), Oklahoma (29th) and Nebraska (31st) led the way. Baylor (33rd) and Oklahoma State (35th) just edged out the Tigers for the next rung on the ladder.

Other Big 12 rankings were: No. 57. Texas Tech, No. 58 Iowa State, No. 60 Colorado, No. 72 Kansas and No. 77 Kansas State.

Paulding earns MVP

Former MU basketball star Rickey Paulding was named the finals most valuable player of the German Bundesliga Basketball League after leading his EWE Baskets team to the league title.

Paulding averaged 19.2 points per game on 50.9 percent shooting and 53.6 percent from three-point range.

To reach Mike DeArmond, call 816-234-4353 or send e-mail to mdearmond@kcstar.com.

Posted on Mon, Jun. 29, 2009 11:58 AM

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