Mizzou Sports Heating Up

It is certainly a busy (and good) time around Mizzou Athletics right now. Basketball has clinched a double-bye in the SEC Tournament for the first time ever as the No. 4 seed, Spring Football is starting up, baseball is off to a hot start under Steve Bieser, and fresh off their Big 12 Championship last weekend — Tiger Style has sent all 10 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Tulsa.

Plus, nationally ranked Mizzou Softball under Larissa Anderson begins SEC play this weekend in a league opening series at home vs Kentucky Friday through Sunday.

First, the Tigers had their home opener on Wednesday afternoon in an in-state matchup against Kansas City.

Mizzou was able to take care of business with an 11-5 midweek win over Kansas City, improving to 16-6 overall on the season.

READ plenty more about it from Karen Steger in her postgame recap.

Meanwhile, the NCAA Wrestling Selection Show took place yesterday evening — and here are the seeds announced for Tiger Style according to James Hackney, led by sophomore Keegan O’Toole as the No. 2 seed at 165 lbs. For more, check it out on MUTigers.com.

And in the SEC Tournament first round games on Wednesday night, Ole Miss beat South Carolina 67-61 and LSU beat Georgia 72-67. On Friday, Mizzou will face the winner of Tennessee vs Ole Miss (of course, it will most likely be the Vols).

Need some more Mizzou content leading up to Friday afternoon? Dave Matter joined Brendan Wiese on The Big 550 KTRS’ Big Sports Show to preview Mizzou Basketball in the SEC Tournament and potential seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Give it a listen!

Onto the links. M-I-Z!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• From Sam Snelling: Close and Late: When the game is tight, Mizzou has come through
• From Brandon Kiley: How often will Darius Robinson line up at defensive end?
• From Parker Gillam: Mizzou Football Offensive Presser Notes
• BEFORE THE BOX SCORE with Nate Edwards and Brandon Kiley: Spring football is here, Mizzou fans!
• RECAP from Karen Steger: Mizzou Softball wins surprisingly exciting game against Kansas City

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More Links:

(STLToday)

• Tipsheet from Jeff Gordon: First-year failures elsewhere underscore Gates’ achievement at Mizzou
• On the latest Eye on the Tigers podcast with Dave Matter and Ben Frederickson: Snubbed by SEC honors, can Mizzou cut down nets in Nashville?
• From Dave Matter: Five takeaways from Mizzou football offensive coaches, players

(Columbia Missourian)

• From Zachary Bott: MU’s Dyer earns career-first NCAA bid in men’s 3-meter dive
• From Jack Soble: Physicality the name of the game for the Tigers’ OL hoping to bounce back
• From Jack Knowlton: Takeaways from Missouri’s four-game win streak
• From Maddie Orr: “Hitting is contagious’: MU softball bests KC in home opener
• From Wendell Shephard Jr.: Missouri wide receivers taking on new roles under OC Moore

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• From Chris Kwiecinksi: Nate Peat’s return and the new offense: News and notes on Mizzou football’s offense

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• Good quote here from Dennis Gates when he was hired at Cleveland State via Blake Lovell:

• Nashville bound for the SEC Tournament!

• Looks like five-star 2024 prospect Jarin Stevenson enjoyed his visit to Mizzou!

• From Evan Miya: A look at Mizzou’s reliance on upperclassmen. Experience could be a big advantage for the Tigers in the postseason

• Good stuff here from Mizzou WR Mekhi Miller, via ABC17’s Nathalie Jones:

• NEWS: Schedule change for Mizzou Baseball in their upcoming weekend series against NJIT due to weather conditions:

• A big congrats to Mizzou WBB commit Grace Slaughter, who has been named Missouri’s Gatorade High School Player of the Year for Girls Basketball

• Congrats to FRESHMAN diver Collier Dyer, who has qualified for the NCAA Championships on the 3-meter. More on MUTigers.com.

• Happy International Women’s Day from Mizzou Athletics:

• Mizzou Gymnastics highlighted on TikTok of the Day:

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