What's On
Tanner Houck on being a top prospect.
KC Star: Mizzou pitcher Tanner Houck keeps major-league motivation on his wrist
So far, so good this spring for Houck, who is 4-2 with a 2.33 ERA for Mizzou. He’s struck out 62 with only 13 walks in 58 innings and opponents are hitting .181 against him.
"It’s so fun to play behind him just because of how many strikes he throws …" junior shortstop Ryan Howard said. "I really enjoy playing defense behind him, because he works so fast and he works down. He gets groundballs and just does all the little things right."
MUtigers.com: @MizzouBaseball Welcomes No. 9 LSU For Three-Game Set
And on the other diamond...
...yet another ranked opponent!
MUtigers.com: #18 @MizzouSoftball Travels to #12 Kentucky for Weekend Series
MUtigers.com: Mizzou's Fagan, Crane & Gadbois Selected in 2016 NPF College Draft
The draft approaches
ILB Kentrell Brothers, 6-0/245
CBSSports: No. 56 overall prospect, No. 2 ILB, 2nd-round projection
SI.com: No. 13 Linebacker
SBNation: 80th overall selection, Buffalo, 3rd round
DraftTek: No. 46 overall prospect, No. 2 ILB, (2nd round, 47th overall selection, New Orleans)
WalterFootball: 5th round, 140th overall selection, Tennessee
36 hours till the spring game
PowerMizzou: Spring Q&A: Tanner Owen
Busy, busy weekend
Golf
MUtigers.com: @MizzouMensGolf Opens Postseason Play at the SEC Championship on Friday
MUtigers.com: @MUWomensGolf Opens SEC Tournament Friday
The Trib: Sophomore Buckley leading MU golfers into SEC Championship
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou golf builds toward future
Gymnastics
MUtigers.com: @MizzouGym's Morgan Porter Set for NCAA Championships Friday
The Trib: MU gymnast Porter looks to capitalize on pleasant surprise of national berth
Track
MUtigers.com: @MIZ_TrackField Celebrates Seniors at Tom Botts Invitational
Tennis
MUtigers.com: @MizzouTennis Falls to Mississippi State, 4-1
Mizzou will almost certainly run this some
Football Study Hall: Why almost every team runs Inside Zone
Okay
The Missourian: UM System releases financial aid records of athletes to comply with subpoena
AMEN
Senator Blutarsky: In praise of Uncle Verne
This is what people who don’t share my love for Uncle Verne fail to get about him. At heart, he’s a sports fan who appreciates the settings he’s cast in. Throw in that he’s not an incessant yakker like the majority of people ESPN shoves in our faces, and he’s a rare bird.
You can bitch all you like about him missing a name here and there, but just think about what we’re likely to get in his place when he retires. Whoever it is may earn a nickname from the audience, but it probably won’t be a fond one.