February 22, 2012

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Mizzou adds another recruit for 2012 class

February 22, 2012 By

The Missouri football program has added Brandon Holifield of Tallahassee, Fla., to the 2012 recruiting, as announced today by Head Coach Gary Pinkel. Holifield is a 6-foot-5 inch, 215-pound tight end from Godby High School, where he has been a standout in both track and basketball. He’s only played football during his senior year at Godby, and he was limited in his amount of playing time as a senior due to a groin injury.

Holifield handled kickoffs and punts for Godby, and he had a long punt of 60 yards, while he consistently put kickoffs in the endzone. He is currently a starting power forward on Godby’s basketball team, which has been ranked #1 in the state for much of the season, and he previously has placed 3rd in the state in the high jump, where he has a personal best mark of 6-foot-11 inches.

Holifield chose Mizzou over Miami, Fla. and Rutgers, and also had interest from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt, among others.

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Mizzou women lose at Iowa State

February 22, 2012 By

The Missouri Women’s Basketball team dropped an overtime contest at Iowa State 66-59. Three Tigers scored in the double figures as Mizzou held the Cyclones to just 29.3 percent from the field. Three Tigers also fouled out. In a game where Mizzou was whistled for fouls 30 times compared to just 14 for Iowa State, head coach Robin Pingeton could be overheard on the radio broadcast saying she’s never had three players foul out in a game.

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Mizzou swept by K-State (AUDIO)

February 21, 2012 By

The third ranked Missouri Tigers shot just 38% for the game, including just 8 of 26 from long range as the Kansas State Wildcats come into Mizzou Arena and win 78-68.

Missouri, down by as many as 16, cut it to 4 after two free throws by Michael Dixon with 2:21 left, but Jordan Henriquez answered with an alley-oop dunk following a Tiger timeout. The Wildcats extended the lead on two free throws by Henriquez after a Steve Moore foul on a missed Dixon three-pointer and built a cushion from the foul line in the final minute.  The Tigers were 1 of 10 from beyond the arc in the final six and a half minutes.

Dixon scored 21 and Marcus Denmon added 19 for Missouri. The Tigers  entered the game hitting more than 50 percent of their shots, best in the Big 12 and third-best nationally.

The K-State loss was Missouri’s first home defeat of the season and just the fourth career loss at Mizzou Arena for the Tigers’ 5-man senior class. It also kept Missouri from the best start in school history. The previous two Missouri teams to start 25-2, in 1990 and 1994 under coach Norm Stewart, also lost.

AUDIO Missouri postgame

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Alden outlines changes coming to Mizzou

February 21, 2012 By

In a letter posted to fans on the Tigers website, Missouri Athletic Director Mike Alden announced several changes that will begin taking place as the school makes the transistion to the SEC.

Among the highlights of the letter…ticket prices across the board will be going up except for students and faculty. The increase will bring ticket prices right in the middle of the pack in the SEC. Fans will no longer be able to leave and re-enter the stadium during the game. The field will get a new artificial playing surface. It was time. More of the black rubber was starting to show through than any of the green.

The team itself will also unveil a new look. The university has been working with Nike on updating the uniforms. Judging from Alden’s comments, it sounds like the block M on the helmets will be gone.  The new uniforms will be worn during the team’s spring game on April 14.

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Anderson still pulling for Mizzou. SEC quick hits for 2/20

February 20, 2012 By

 

Mizzou and Aggie helmets in front of the SEC logo in the downstairs lobby. (Photo by RD Moore)

Former Mizzou coach Mike Anderson says he’s still pulling for Missouri.   “Those kids are part of my family. They will be for the rest of my life. Obviously they were hurt and even when you talk about some of the fans. Why? When I got there, there was not a lot of empathy about the program. Now there are feelings about it and I understand that. But I’m so excited for those guys. They’re going to do great things.”

Bradley Beal, named SEC men’s hoops freshman of the week for the SIXTH time this year.

Eric SanInocencio of SECDigitalNetwork.com, wrote up a story about last week’s SEC coaches meeting. In case you missed the awkward full conference photo that was compared to as a bad elementary school photo, you can check that out here.

The latest on the poisoned trees at Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner.

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