Mizzou Links: Football hosts Junior Day event, and Baseball sweeps a 4-game series

A blanket of snow fell on Columbia last night. Hope everybody's able to dig out alright. (And hey, at least we're not Boston, I guess.)

By Bill Connelly@SBN_BillC Feb 16, 2015, 5:00am CST

Recruiting is over, recruiting has begun

As Cribbs posted yesterday, the symbolic beginning of the 2016 recruiting cycle came with Mizzou's Junior Day event on Saturday.

2016
PowerMizzou: Mizzou makes impression on Taylor
PowerMizzou: Bryant reacts to Mizzou offer

2017
PowerMizzou: 2017 in-state DE gets offer

2015
The Trib: Agbasimere's path leads from Nigeria to Missouri
PowerMizzou: Film Room: Passing Game Signees
PowerMizzou: Film Room: Run Game Signees

"Eager to contribute" is better than "questioning their decision"

Post-Dispatch: Mizzou recruits eager to contribute

VanLeer is one of two recruits who signed during the early period last fall, along with 6-7 forward Kevin Puryear from Blue Springs South. Last month, Oak Hill Academy’s Terrence Phillips, a 5-11 point guard, committed to Mizzou and plans to sign in April. Anderson continues to shop for junior college additions, both for the frontcourt and the perimeter.

For Anderson and his staff, there’s a message to recruits buried under the carnage of the spiraling season.

"We’re recruiting some kids who are looking for that opportunity to come in and play right away," Anderson said. "I’m sure there are others who look at it and go, ‘They’re not doing very well, so I’m not interested in going there.’ But of all the guys we’ve been recruiting a long time, I really can’t think of any who have said, ‘Well, you know we’re not going to keep considering you because you’re not having a good year.’"

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MUTIGERS.COM: SEC Network Announces Scheduled Mizzou Content for February

Mizzou fans should get used to seeing Tiger athletics on the SEC Network in February as nearly 45 hours of air time will be devoted to Mizzou athletics during the month of February. From men's and women's basketball games, to Mizzou gymnastics and even a re-airing of Mizzou's classic 2009 men's hoops victory over Kansas, there will be plenty of Mizzou featured all month.

The first airing of SEC Rewind featuring Zaire `Mr. Big Shot' Taylor taking down Kansas in 2009 will be Feb. 15 at 9 p.m. and it will air six times throughout the month. Additional listings are below. Additionally, the men's hoops games against Arkansas (Feb. 18), Vanderbilt (Feb. 21) and Florida (Feb. 25) will air live on SEC Network with both the Arkansas and Florida games scheduled for re-air throughout the month.

Mizzou's women's team, which is making a push towards its third consecutive postseason berth, will have its contest at Vanderbilt on Feb. 22 air live on SEC Network, with a re-air scheduled as well.

Lastly, Shannon Welker's gymnastics team will have two meets air on SEC Network in February, beginning with its clash against defending national champion Florida on Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. That meet is scheduled for a re-air on Feb. 17. Welker's team will also be featured on the network when it faces Auburn on Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. (CT). That meet will re-air four times in February as well.

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The Trib (Behind the Stripes): MU athletics operated at a $3.5 million surplus in 2013-14

* Ticket sales (28.9 percent), the school's distributions from the NCAA and SEC (26.1) and contributions (24.0) made up the biggest slices of the pie. Contributions rose nearly 27 percent from 2013 to 2014.

* The only categories in which revenues suffered were guarantees, merchandise/licensing/advertising and the sports camps.

* The biggest proportion of expenses went to coach/administrative/support staff salaries (39 percent) facilities maintenance and rental (14.2) and student aid (11.4). You know, scholarships.

* The only things Missouri spent less on in 2014 were guarantees, recruiting, sports camps, spirit groups and memberships and dues.

* Facilities maintenance and rental went up 60 percent, travel went up 41, fundraising/marketing/promotion 17 and coaches' salaries 12.5.