Guess Who’s Back?

Back again. The Mizzou Basketball team is back, tell a friend.

As expected from previous reports, the Missouri Tigers returned to practice on Wednesday afternoon. And in even better news, there are no new positive COVID-19 tests, which makes Saturday’s game at Texas A&M look promising.

We’ll know more information about Mizzou’s situation later this afternoon as the team will speak to the media.

After a long layoff of more than a week, on the road at Texas A&M is a pivotal game to return to, as the Tigers will look to avoid a 1-3 start to conference play. The Aggies are 7-4 overall and 2-3 in the SEC. Saturday’s game is set for noon on the SEC Network.

If you need a refresher on where things stand, Mizzou currently ranks 46th on KenPom, 29th on Bart Torvik, and 26th in the NET rankings.

Other scores around the SEC on Wednesday night:

• Auburn 95, Georgia 77
• Arkansas 76, LSU 92
• Texas A&M 56, Mississippi State 55

Onto the links!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Mizzou is loaded with slot receivers, writes Brandon Kiley
• From Aaron Dryden: There’s a different feel in the air in St. Louis area recruiting

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More Links:

(PowerMizzou)

• In the latest Position Reset, Mitchell Forde takes a look at the running backs
• ($$) Here’s the second edition of Gabe DeArmond’s 2021 Macadoodles Mailbag
• Gabe DeArmond and Mitchell Forde bring you the latest episode of The 573 Report

(STLToday)

• From Dave Matter: Can anyone unseat Alabama in 2021? Maybe another SEC foe (Plus, Mizzou comes in at No. 23 in Matter’s preseason poll!)
• SLU, Mizzou feeling the wait of their untimely COVID-19 shutdown, writes Jeff Gordon
• In the latest Mizzou in Review: Dave Matter writes that the secondary’s youth movement kicked off in 2020

(Columbia Missourian)

• Missouri returns to basketball activities following COVID-19 issues, writes Joel Lorenzi
• A preview from Shannon Mia Belt, Missouri women face Ole Miss in a battle of triple threats

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• MU women to face Rebels after layoff, writes Eric Blum

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• Big news concerning Mizzou Baseball this upcoming season:

• Mizzou’s road win over Wichita State earlier this season is starting to carry some weight

• In case if you missed it on The Big 550 KTRS, Mizzou Football Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz joined Brendan Wiese to discuss his debut season, the search for a new defensive coordinator, recruiting, and more.
• From Eric Bossi on 247Sports, Mizzou is mentioned in contention for 2022 five-star Bishop Miege forward Mark Mitchell
• Here’s a list of Mizzou Football’s early enrollees in the 2021 recruiting class

• Travion Ford will be COMO bound on Saturday!

• From this report, former Mizzou quarterback James Franklin has signed a one-year contract extension to stay with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Mizzou defensive end target Tyson Ford will make his college decision Monday at the Elite Football Academy in Chesterfield

• On MUTigers.com, Mizzou Women’s Basketball Heads to Ole Miss on Thursday
• According to Stockrisers’ Jake Weingarten, Mizzou is one of several schools that have reached out to former five-star and Texas Tech transfer Nimari Burnett
• Mizzou target CJ Gunn, a four-star shooting guard from Indianapolis will be making his college decision on February 7th

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