Eli Hoff

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Former Missouri stars Sophie Cunningham and Drew Lock are part of the newest wave of current and former college athletes suing the NCAA for monetary damages as part of a growing antitrust lawsuit. Lock, a former MU quarterback, and Cunningham, the best women’s basketball player in Mizzou history, are among the nearly 300 athletes now listed as plaintiffs in the Fontenot v. NCAA case.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri men's basketball forward Aidan Shaw will enter the transfer portal after three seasons with the Tigers, he announced Tuesday. Shaw, who was one of coach Dennis Gates' first recruits, was a reserve option for much of this season. He's now the first Mizzou player to depart this offseason. "Over the past three years, I have had truly remarkable experiences filled with unforgettable moments," Shaw wrote in a post on X.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — New Missouri women's basketball coach Kellie Harper will earn almost double what her predecessor did, clarifying the extent to which the school is investing in the rebuild of its women's hoops program. Harper, who was hired last week, will earn $4.5 million across the five years of her initial contract, according to a copy of a signed memorandum of understanding between Harper and MU. The Post-Dispatch obtained the document through an open records request.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Just like that, the offseason. Its arrival feels a bit sudden for a Missouri basketball team that expected to still be playing at this point in the postseason, but its loss to Drake on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament plopped a package full of the offseason’s contents — expired eligibility, decisions to return, the transfer portal — right onto the Tigers’ doorstep. Does it feel real? “No,” forward Jacob Crews said after the defeat.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Eli Hoff

COLUMBIA, Mo. — As time was running out on Missouri men’s basketball season and the Drake Bulldogs were closing out their upset of the Tigers, a sizable chunk of the Wichita crowd started chanting, seven syllables at a time. “O-ver-ra-ted, S-E-C,” they yelled as one of the Southeastern Conference’s record 14 teams to make the NCAA Tournament field fell in a first-round upset.