Elston Turner scored 22 points even with his broken left pinkie wrapped up in a splint, and the Texas A&M Aggies beat Auburn 71-62 Wednesday night in their first Southeastern Conference tournament game.
Fred Thomas scored a career-high 21 points Wednesday night as No. 13 seed Mississippi State defeated No. 12 seed South Carolina 70-59 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.
WHEN/WHERE: 9 p.m. Thursday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
Despite leading the SEC in assists this season at 7.1 per game, Missouri point guard Phil Pressey has become a lightning rod for criticism because of his inconsistent shooting, rising number of turnovers and miscues in the clutch. “People have been killing me, but I don’t really pay that any mind because I’m like, in transition mode,” he said.
With the Tigers set to begin the SEC Tournament at 9 p.m. Thursday, MU coach Frank Haith wants to see his team get back to dominating the boards after a poor performance at Tennessee in the season finale.
Former Kansas State coach knows there is work to be done, particularly after the Gamecocks finished the regular season with a 14-17 record.
Missouri junior guard Phil Pressey was chosen first-team all-Southeastern Conference by the league’s coaches on Tuesday and was joined on the all-SEC team by teammate Laurence Bowers, a senior forward who made the second team. Pressey was also chosen first-team all-SEC by The Star.
The SEC Tournament starts Wednesday in Nashville, and area fans will be keeping an eye on coach Frank Haith (pictured) and sixth-seeded Missouri, which plays the Texas A&M-Auburn winner on Thursday night. Get to know the coaches and players in our gallery.
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A year ago this week, West Virginia was off to New York, TCU headed to Las Vegas, Texas A&M flew and Missouri hopped on a bus to Kansas City. They’ve all changed conferences and will spend this week at new tournament destinations. Only Texas A&M has a better record than it did this time a year ago. Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins (pictured) is certain his team was impacted by its move from the Big East to Big 12.
Missouri — which enters the SEC Tournament as the sixth seed with a 22-9 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in league play — will now have to regain their mojo quickly after seeing their three-game winning streak come to an end.
The SEC men’s basketball tournament starts Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.
Terez A. Paylor, The Star's MU reporter, looked back at each of the Tigers' possessions down the stretch of their 64-62 loss at Tennessee, trying to figure out why Phil Pressey went away from the formula that helped MU get back into the game.
Phil Pressey’s missed three-pointer was the last dagger in a disappointing loss for the Tigers, who fell to the No. 6 seed in the upcoming SEC Tournament with a 64-62 loss to the Vols.
Redshirt freshman guard Quinton Chievous, the son of Missouri’s all-time leading scorer Derrick Chievous, finished with seven points and five rebounds in 14 minutes off the bench for Tennessee.
With a win Saturday at Tennessee, Missouri clinches a bye to the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament and will be either the No. 2 or 3 seed. But if the Tigers lose, they could fall to the No. 6 seed depending on tiebreakers.
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WHEN/WHERE: 3 p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
They may not talk about it, lest they neglect to focus on the task at hand. But when the Missouri’s women’s basketball team faces Vanderbilt at 5 p.m. Thursday in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Atlanta, its postseason ticket may be all but punched.
Razorbacks coach — and former Missouri head man — Mike Anderson arrives to turn a simmering Mizzou-Arkansas rivalry up to full boil. In the process, he and his team get stewed.
In their last home game of the season, the Missouri Tigers earned a convincing and immensely satisfying 93-63 victory over Arkansas in which the Mizzou Arena crowd made it clear from the get-go that it wanted Razorbacks coach Mike Anderson to get his reckoning, despite the fact he coached five largely successful seasons in Columbia.
Tuesday's game against Arkansas marked the final home game for Missouri’s three seniors, Laurence Bowers, Keion Bell and Alex Oriakhi.
Missouri senior forward Alex Oriakhi has been rewarded for his big week. Oriakhi, who averaged 18 points, 6.5 rebounds and three blocks in wins over South Carolina and Louisiana State last week, was named the Southeastern Conference player of the week on Monday.
The Star’s weekly look at the Big 12 and SEC basketball looks at the plummeting stock of the conferences’ bubble teams, plus Blair Kerkhoff’s top 10 rankings and top-four NCAA Tournament seed projections.
