Basketball's rebound, football missing CFP among 5 biggest Mizzou stories of 24-25
Missouri guard Mark Mitchell surveys the defense in the first half of the Braggin鈥 Rights game against Illinois on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Enterprise Center.
Zachary Linhares, Post-Dispatch
COLUMBIA, Mo. 鈥 Time refuses to pass dully in college sports now.
If there isn鈥檛 something happening on a court, there鈥檚 something going on in court. There鈥檚 more money, fewer rules and much ado about all of it.
'He won't let me leave': Former Mizzou basketball recruiting target charged with rape
Asprilla
Boone County Jail
A top basketball player charged with rape and kidnapping while on an official recruiting visit to the University of Missouri last fall is scheduled to be in a preliminary hearing Thursday in Columbia, Missouri.
Keiner Asprilla, of New Jersey, was staying in a university-paid room at the The Tiger Hotel last September while on a recruiting visit. He is alleged to have held a woman against her will and repeatedly raped her, according to court documents, before the woman escaped wearing only a towel.
Mizzou records worst baseball season in 66 years. 'We need to get back on track,' AD says
Missouri pitcher and quarterback Sam Horn delivers a pitch during an SEC tournament game against Alabama on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Hoover, Ala.
Courtesy Mizzou Athletics
So ends a dismal season on the diamond for Missouri baseball.
The Tigers lost 4-1 to Alabama in the SEC tournament on Tuesday, wrapping up Mizzou鈥檚 worst campaign in decades 鈥 and maybe more than a century 鈥 with a 16-39 record.
Transfer portal retrospective: Mizzou men's hoops prioritized retaining, complementing 'nucleus'
COLUMBIA, Mo. 鈥 Missouri men鈥檚 basketball entered the transfer portal window with the best grip strength its money could buy. It鈥檚 evident now that holding onto talent was more important to the Tigers than acquiring new versions.
In a time when college basketball overhauls are commonplace for any one offseason, Mizzou bucked convention by prioritizing retention.
Mizzou men's basketball coach Dennis Gates speaks with the media on Thursday, March 20, 2025, after a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Drake. (NCAA/Veritone)