Eli Hoff

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Former Missouri men’s basketball guard Tamar Bates is one step closer toward playing his way into the NBA. Bates was among the best performers at the NBA G League Elite Camp over the weekend, a second-tier pre-draft scouting event, and in doing so earned himself an invite to the main NBA Draft Combine, which starts Wednesday in Chicago. He’s one of 75 prospects to receive a combine invite, and one of just a few to earn it through their performance at the G League camp.

4 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — After going nigh on two decades without one, quarterback battles are in vogue for Missouri football. A relatively clear lineage that ran from Brad Smith to Chase Daniel to Blaine Gabbert to James Franklin to Maty Mauk to Drew Lock has seen much more competition since Eli Drinkwitz became the Tigers’ coach ahead of the 2020 season. Now, heading into his sixth season at Mizzou, he’s staging the fourth quarterback competition of his MU tenure.

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Before she completed her move to Columbia, new Missouri women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper knew she needed to get moving — with building her first roster, that is. “People have asked me, ‘Have you found a house?’ ” Harper told the Post-Dispatch last week. “No. Look, I gotta get a team first. Let me get my team, let me get my roster done, and then we’ll find somewhere to live.”So goes the rapid-fire transition of a coaching change in the age of unrestricted player movement.

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri men's basketball's final assistant coach opening is going to a familiar face. David "Dickey" Nutt will reprise his role as one of the Tigers' assistant coaches after spending the past year working for the program in a different capacity as he successfully fought cancer. Nutt had been an assistant for Mizzou from the start of head coach Dennis Gates' tenure in Columbia.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — So closes the portal window of depth. Missouri football has likely wrapped up its business in the spring transfer portal window, with just a couple of open spots left and its priorities largely covered. The last of those came in the form of Bralen Henderson, a defensive tackle who transferred to Mizzou earlier this week via Ohio. The 6-foot-2 interior pass rusher spent four seasons with the Bobcats, redshirting one. He started 14 games in 2024, amassing 26 tackles and one sack.