Well, that was fun!

Wednesday night started an all-important week for the Mizzou Athletics program as the basketball team had some huge opportunities to build an early NCAA Tournament resume with a neutral site game against No. 21 Oregon, and then a road game at Wichita State on Sunday. On the football side, SLUH 2022 safety Isaac Thompson announces his college decision on Friday, and of course there’s the Battle Line Rivalry on Saturday.

How about starting this week off with a Quadrant 1 win? Yes, that’s right. Cuonzo Martin and the Tigers capitalized on the huge opportunity with an eye-opening 83-75 win over No 21. Oregon in Omaha, Nebraska, exorcising the 2012 Norfolk State demons (sorry). Yeah, Missouri probably got Oregon at the right time as it was the Ducks’ first game of their season, but it’s hard not to get excited about this win.

Xavier Pinson led the team with 22 points (with 19 in the second half) and the Tigers are off to a really impressive 2-0 start to the season (also 6-0 all-time against Oregon!) Up next: Missouri heads to Wichita State on Sunday afternoon, a 1:00 p.m. CST tip-off on ESPN2.

Missouri’s needle-moving win jumped them nine sports from No. 55 to No. 46 on KenPom, and the Tigers are now up to No. 36 on Bart Torvik’s rankings.

The national media is also starting to take some notice on Mizzou’s potential this season. Catch up on some of these tweets.

You absolutely love to see it. (Editor’s note: yeah, we do. I told y’all...)

And we’ll end with the post-game celebration video. YESSIR!

Onto the links! And plenty of more coverage to come on the win here at Rock M Nation!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• From Josh Matejka: Hoops Preview: Oregon is dealing with a lot of turnover. Can Mizzou capitalize?
• Nate Edwards has the preview of the Arkansas Razorbacks
• Josh Matejka takes a look at Who’s ahead in the SEC Coach of the Year race?
• Sam Snelling has the Alabama Crimson Tide at No. 4 in the latest SEC Basketball Preview
• PODCAST: Arkansas and Familiar Face come to Columbia, with Nate Edwards and Brandon Kiley
• GAME THREAD: Mizzou beats No. 21 Oregon in Omaha, from Kortay Vincent
• Tigers Take Down No. 21 Ducks, writes Kortay Vincent

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More Links:

(PowerMizzou)

• In his latest notebook, Mitchell Forde writes that Mizzou is preparing for Odom’s return
• Mitchell Forde also has the Tiger Tipoff Preview of Oregon
• ($$) Here’s the latest edition of Gabe DeArmond’s Macadoodle’s Mailbag
• Here’s the latest episode of The 573 Report with Gabe DeArmond and Mitchell Forde
• ($$) Gabe DeArmond had his post-game thoughts after the 83-75 win over Oregon
• WATCH: Tiger hoops post-game, from Gabe DeArmond

(STLToday)

• TIGER TALES: A look ahead to Mizzou vs Arkansas, from Dave Matter
• As Odom arrives, Mizzou D-Line depth takes shape, writes Dave Matter
• Dave Matter writes that Mizzou is prepared for the unknown vs No. 21 Oregon
• In his latest QuickHits, Ben Frederickson discusses why Mizzou and SLU can’t get it together
• Mizzou Pregame Primer: Tigers go Duck hunting, from Dave Matter
• Mizzou’s early surge enough to hold off No. 21 Oregon, writes Dave Matter
• On the latest Eye of the Tigers Podcast: Dave Matter and Ben Frederickson discuss if Mizzou could be a ranked football team by the season’s end

(KC Star)

• From Souichi Terada: Missouri Tigers basketball vs Oregon Ducks: Prediction, TV, tipoff, line, lineups
• Mizzou junior Nick Bolton listed as one of 18 Tigers to be honored on Saturday, writes Souichi Terada
• An apologetic Drew Lock returns as Broncos quarterback following COVID-19 breach, writes Vahe Gregorian
• Souichi Terada examined what we learned in Mizzou’s win over Oregon

(The Athletic)

• ($$) In his latest mailbag, Peter Baugh discusses Mizzou’s bowl game scenarios, Bazelak’s potential, Drinkwitz’s chances for SEC Coach of the Year, and much more.

(Columbia Missourian)

• Missouri tops No. 21 Oregon in convincing win in Omaha, writes Joel Lorenzi
• Will they stay or will they go? Adam Cole writes about the conundrum for Missouri’s football seniors
• Reid Glenn writes that a former Missouri wide receiver signs with the Houston practice squad
• Tyler Hollins looks at the impressive first half that allowed Mizzou to pull away from Oregon

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• Eric Bum wrote about defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, watching the Tigers play from home
• What Cuonzo Martin said after Tigers beat No. 21 Ducks

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• Nick Bolton is indeed, the baddest dude on the field. Here’s proof.

• And Arkansas just motivated Nick Bolton even more. Probably not the best thing to do!

• Congrats to Trystan Colon-Castillo on making his NFL Debut (on a Wednesday afternoon, of course)

• On the latest Inside Mizzou Athletics podcast, Mike Kelly and Matt Michaels preview the Battle Line Rivalry and the game against Oregon
• Mizzou defensive end commit Kyran Montgomery was named to the Indiana High School Football First Team All-State team!

• Here are the latest bowl projections for Mizzou: ($$) The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel (vs Boston College in the Gator Bowl) , Watch Stadium’s Brett McMurphy (vs North Carolina in the Gator Bowl), CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm (vs Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl), ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Kyle Bonagura (Las Vegas Bowl vs Oregon and Gator Bowl vs NC State)
• Mizzou Football has listed 18 players that will be honored on Senior Day Saturday vs Arkansas. Not surprising, but it includes Nick Bolton.

• Mizzou Basketball has added another non-conference game. They’ll host Prairie View A&M on December 18th. Time is TBD.

• Mic’d up with Mizzou Women’s Basketball freshman guard Mama Dembele!

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