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With tournament title, Mizzou has last word for Big 12

This is the image that’ll be burned into Kansas City history: Missouri players, hugging and dancing on the hardwood, running off with the last Big 12 tournament trophy they’ll play for.

Guard Kim English smiled and talked into a video camera. Coach Frank Haith removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. Athletic director Mike Alden grinned and clapped inside a circle of players.

“You heard this crowd today: ‘M-I-Z … Z-O-U,’ going nuts, all of this black and gold, 18,000 people here,” Alden said as streamers fell toward the floor. “Certainly right in Kansas City, Missouri. We keep in mind, this is Kansas City, Missouri.”

But no image will resonate longer than this one: interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas, himself a critic of the Tigers’ move to the SEC, smiling and handing over a large trophy to Haith. Hero or villain, Mizzou left the Sprint Center — and the conference — as the tournament champion.

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    Record:
    8-21, 1-16 Big 12

    Coach:
    Billy Gillispie
    Key players:
    Jordan Tolbert (11.6 ppg)
    Ty Nurse (8.8 ppg)

    Missouri

    Record:
    26-4, 13-4 Big 12

    Coach:
    Frank Haith
    Key players:
    Marcus Denmon (18 ppg)
    Kim English, Ricardo Ratliffe (13.9 ppg)

    Oklahoma State

    Record:
    14-16, 7-10 Big 12

    Coach:
    Travis Ford
    Key players:
    Keiton Page (16.6 ppg)
    Le'Bryan Nash (13.3 ppg)

    Oklahoma

    Record:
    14-15, 4-13 Big 12

    Coach:
    Lon Kruger
    Key players:
    Steven Pledger (16.9 ppg)
    Calvin Newell (13 ppg)

    Texas

    Record:
    19-11, 9-8 Big 12

    Coach:
    Rick Barnes
    Key players:
    J'Covan Brown (19.6 ppg)
    Sheldon McClellan (11.6 ppg)

    Iowa State

    Record:
    21-9, 11-6 Big 12

    Coach:
    Fred Hoiberg
    Key players:
    Royce White (13.0 ppg)
    Scott Christopherson (12.2 ppg)

    Texas A&M

    Record:
    13-16, 4-13 Big 12

    Coach:
    Billy Kennedy
    Key players:
    Elston Turner (14.1 ppg)
    Khris Middleton (12.4 ppg)

    Kansas

    Record:
    25-5, 15-2 Big 12

    Coach:
    Bill Self
    Key players:
    Thomas Robinson (17.8 ppg)
    Tyshawn Taylor (17.1 ppg)

    Kansas State

    Record:
    20-9, 9-8 Big 12

    Coach:
    Frank Martin
    Key players:
    Rodney McGruder (15.2 ppg)
    Jamar Samuels (10.1 ppg)

    Baylor

    Record:
    25-5, 12-5 Big 12

    Coach:
    Scott Drew
    Key players:
    Perry Jones (13.2 ppg)
    Pierre Jackson (12.7 ppg)

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