SEC Basketball Conference Play is Underway!

And to the surprise of no one, it didn’t exactly go well for the Missouri Tigers on the road at Rupp Arena against the 18th ranked Kentucky Wildcats. In an 83-56 loss, Mizzou dropped to under .500 (6-7 overall) for the first time this season and 0-1 in conference play. Yeah, this season is all but toast — and it’s not even January yet.

But hey, you know what? That 12-0 run was fun in the first half.

Well, that was fun while it lasted.

After that, there just wasn’t much going on. Brendan Wiese summed up the night perfectly.

But if you’re looking for positives, especially in the blowout losses to kansas, Illinois, and now Kentucky — Trevon Brazile is certainly a bright spot. I really think that Mizzou has something to work with here.

Plenty more to come Sam Snelling’s Study Hall tomorrow.

Other SEC scores on Wednesday night:

• No. 11 Auburn 70, No. 16 LSU 55
• Mississippi State 81, Arkansas 68
• Gardner-Webb 77, Georgia 60 (Woof, maybe it’s not all that bad)
• Texas A&M 85, Central Arkansas 59
• No. 19 Alabama 73, No. 14 Tennessee 68

Onto the links! M-I-Z! Hopefully Cuonzo is back for next Wednesday against Mississippi State, and good luck to the women’s basketball team against No. 1 South Carolina later tonight!

If you’re wanting to attend this evening’s game and don’t have tickets yet, reach out to Karen and she may still have some free ones to hand out. Special thanks to former Mizzou Athletics marketing guy, Zach Fisher, for buying up a ton and then enlisting her help to get them into fans’ hands.

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Josh Matejka had the Mizzou Hoops Preview of Kentucky
• Game Thread: Mizzou vs Kentucky, from Parker Gillam
• Game story from Parker Gillam: Missouri fights in the first half, struggles down the stretch in Lexington

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More Links:

(STLToday)

• St. Louis Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold caught up with current Cardinal minor leaguer and former Mizzou pitcher Ian Bedell. A good feature story to read for both Cardinals and Mizzou fans out there!
• Game story from Dave Matter: Kentucky takes Mizzou’s first punch, hands Tigers first SEC loss

(KCStar)

• Game story from Lila Bromberg: Mizzou Tigers basketball suffers another blowout loss, loses SEC opener at Kentucky, 83-56

(Columbia Missourian)

• Nate Marcus scouts Mizzou women’s basketball next opponent in South Carolina
• Game story from Anthony Kristensen: Mistakes the key as Missouri drops upset bid to Nol 18 Kentucky
• WBB preview from Shannon Mia Belt: MU’s toughest challenge yet against South Carolina
• Experienced bench outscores starters in MU’s blowout loss to UK, writes Matt Brolley

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• Game story from Eric Blum: Kentucky downs Mizzou in Southeastern Conference opener

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• On MUTigers.com, Women’s Basketball Takes on No. 1 South Carolina
• Game Recap on MUTigers.com, Tigers Show Bursts of Potential Against #18 Kentucky
• On MUTigers.com ,Mizzou Track and Field Announces 2022 schedule

• ICYMI: Dave Matter joined Brendan Wiese on The Big 550 KTRS for a Mizzou Football season wrap up show
• Former Mizzou defensive back and DeSmet Head Coach lands a job in the SEC. That’s a pretty good hire for LSU and will be something to watch out for St. Louis recruiting-wise.

• On Rivals.com, Mike Farrell ranked Tyler Badie as the 24th best player in College Football this season.
• ($$) From The Athletic, former Mizzou QB Connor Bazelak ranks 24th on top 25 best available in the College Football transfer portal
• ($$) On D1Baseball, Kendall Rodgers has his latest Fall Report on Missouri, where Steve Bieser’s club is looking for a bounce back season
• Here’s a look at some impressive stats from a very underrated wide receiver commit in Mekhi Miller

• Former Mizzou Quarterback Drew Lock is expected to start on Sunday against the Chargers, according to Broncos Head Coach, Nick Fangio. Go get ‘em, Drew! Sorry your head coach hates you.

• Here’s a look at Mizzou Women’s Basketball’s non-conference numbers before SEC play starts! Check out Lauren’s non-con review early this morning, and their SC preview later on today.

• Good scheduling here by former Mizzou great. Kim English. Back to Allen Fieldhouse. Beat kU, Kimmie!

• Can’t wait for Luther Burden to be at Mizzou next season!

• Here’s a picture of Marquis Gracial and Luther Burden at the Under Armor All-American Game in Orlando. The future is bright for Mizzou Football!

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