Show Me a W!

Show Me Squad is MOVING ON! Making their TBT debut, the Mizzou Hoops’ alumni team is one step closer to winning $1 million with an Elam Ending target score 96-90 win over UNLV’s alumni team Vegas Rebellion. Our own Jaden Lewis provided the full recap of Show Me’s opening round win.

Prior to the game, here are some pre-game pics:

From the official TBT Twitter account, here are the full highlights from the game:

While Erick Neal led the team with 24 points and the Elam Ending game-winning shot, Jontay Porter may have been the Player of the Game with this double-double performance.

Porter, alongside Isiaih Mosley, joined Inside TBT for a post-game interview:

From the following game in Wichita — Mass Street avoided a huge upset over We Are D3 with a 70-67 victory. That means we officially get Mizzou Alumni vs kU Alumni — Saturday at 3:00 on ESPN2. TUNE IN!

Onto some football news: The All-SEC preseason teams will be announced fairly soon at SEC Media Days — and here are the 10 Mizzou players that have appeared on the ballot:

And Mizzou landed a kicker/punter to the 2024 class with the commitment of Will Safris. Josh Matejka with more.

Onto the links. M-I-Z!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Recruiting Reset from Brandon Kiley: Can Cameron Keys fill an Ennis Rakestraw-sized hole in Mizzou’s secondary?
• From Josh Matejka: Punter Will Safris commits to Mizzou Football
• From Jaden Lewis: Survive and advance: The Show Me Squad shows up in its TBT debut

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More Links:

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• Tipsheet from Jeff Gordon: Look out, Mizzou, Vanderbilt is becoming less terrible at football

(Columbia Missourian)

• From Jaden Lewis: Mizzou men’s basketball to hold open practice Saturday
• From the staff: Mizzou lands Class of 2024 punter Will Safris
• From Jaden Lewis: The Show Me Squad advances in The Basketball Tournament

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• From Chris Kwiecinski: How Sam Horn grew into a player that can win Mizzou’s starting quarterback job

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• A flashback of Mizzou Football’s 2001 win over kU:

• Going behind the scenes from Mizzou Football’s SEC Media Day in Nashville!

• Mizzou Gymnastics commit Kaia Tanskanen will be competing for Team Finland! Congrats, Kaia!

• On Instagram: Some Mizzou Gymnastics highlights
• Mizzou Men’s Basketball is holding an Open Practice on Saturday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at Mizzou Arena. Check it out!

• There will also be a Kobe Brown sendoff on Saturday from 4-7 at Bud’s Classic BBQ. Don’t miss it if you’re in COMO!

• Dennis Gates will be speaking at the Show-Me STATE GAMES Opening Ceremonies!

• Jesus Carralero Martin is the latest edition of the Mizzou Hoops’ Meet The Newcomers Series:

• Recruiting info here on Mizzou target Bishop Boswell:

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