2011-12 schedule
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2010-11 schedule
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2009-10 schedule
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2008-09 schedule
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2007-08 schedule
2007-08 stats
2006-07 schedule
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2005-06 schedule
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2004-05 schedule
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2003-04 schedule
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2001-02 schedule
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2000-01 schedule
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1999-2000 schedule
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1998-99 schedule
1998-99 stats
1997-98 schedule
1997-98 stats
1996-97 schedule
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1995-96 schedule
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1994-95 schedule
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1993-94 schedule
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1992-93 schedule
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1991-92 schedule
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1990-91 schedule
1990-91 stats
1989-90 schedule
1989-90 stats
1988-89 schedule
1988-89 stats
1987-88 schedule
1987-88 stats
1986-87 schedule
1986-87 stats
1985-86 schedule
1985-86 stats
1984-85 schedule
1984-85 stats
1983-84 schedule
1983-84 stats
1982-83 schedule
1982-83 stats
The Tigers entered the senior seasons for Stipanovich and Sundvold with very high hopes and a very tough schedule, as Sports Illustrated explained in their season preview.
1981-82 schedule
1981-82 stats
Oh boy.....the first of a few GREAT regular seasons followed by GUT WRENCHING NCAA defeats. Let's start with the regular season. Coach Norm Stewart led and outstanding team featuring Ricky Frazier, a maturing Steve Stipanovich, Jon Sundvold, defensive wiz Moon McCrary, coolest name ever PG Prince Bridges, and strong bench options in scorer Michael Walker and defender Ron Jones....the Tigers got off to a best ever 19-0 start. Included in that run was a victory at the Checkerdome in St. Louis over national power Louisville. At 11 years old I attended that game with my Dad. My first ever big time basketball game. What a run. I remember the night they climbed to #1 and hearing the crowd at Hearnes chanting that over the radio. Was John Rooney the announcer then? I could not believe the Missouri Tigers were #1 in the nation. I used to love seeing their name in the Sports Illustrated Top 20....anyone remember that being inside the magazine? They used to break up the report by region and I would check that Midwest section every week for word of our Tigers. At #1 in the country Mizzou got their own SI feature. Wow.
The first loss came to a pedestrian Nebraska team. Came out of nowhere. I watched it on TV in St. Louis. Tigers could not hit a thing that night and the game wasn't really close. From that point on the season started to fade just a bit. They played a made-for-TV matchup with Georgetown on NBC. Pat (as he was called back then) Ewing was leading the Hoyas. How...the year(s) before this when making the schedule could they anticipate the Ewing v. Stipanovich matchup? Seems odd. Did they add it in late? Maybe they could do that back then. Anyway....the Hoyas led the entire game and won. Cool to see the Tigers on NBC though.
Mizzou beat Marquette in the 2nd round of the tourney (back then the top teams had byes in Round I). Up next?.......the Houston Cougars, one year prior to becoming the immortal Phi Slamma Jamma. This team was led by Clyde Drexler and Rob Williams.....but also had a very raw freshmen that came off the bench....named Akeem Abdul Olajuwon, (as he was k nown back then).
1980-81 schedule
1980-81 stats
Tigers win 2nd straight Big Eight title....but not much actual game memory for me, though one night I was in my bedroom listening to KMOX when a report came on that Steve Stipanovich was shot by an intruder. Of course we later found out he was playing with a gun and shot himself. Plaxico before Plaxico. Stipo was out of shape, moody, and underperformed all year. Tigers lose to Lamar in the First Round of the NCAA Tourney. I am sure this will not become a trend. (I recently discovered that Tiger guard Shawn Teague is the father of 11-12 Kentucky guard Marquis Teague.)
1979-80 schedule
1979-80 stats
The first year I remember being a Tiger fan. Since I was 8 when the season started I don't recall much, but I certainly recall the hoopla over Steve Stipanovich. The strongest memory is the Mark Dressler 32 point game v. Notre Dame in the NCAA Tourney. The Tigers lost 68-63 to LSU in the Sweet 16, but it was a good year nonetheless as Mizzou entered the national landscape.
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