Led by the outstanding first-year coach Dennis Gates, Missouri rolls into the NCAA Tournament with an opportunity to continue a season of revival. If momentum is really a thing, Missouri vaults into the tournament with a fine list of accomplishments for a program...
Who will win the men’s 2023 NCAA Basketball Tournament? Get your bracket on. And make sure to strap in, because this tourney will have us spinning with snarling underdogs, upsets, and fallen giants. There are no dominant teams. If you’re looking for a sure thing,...
BERNIE BITS The Missouri Tigers have a three-game winning streak going, and they’re doing it the Stormin’ Norman way. That’s right. I’m referencing Mizzou coaching legend Norm Stewart. His teams were tough. They’d fight you for 40 minutes … or for as long as it took...
BERNIE BITS — Update: The Blues still stink on ice. In their six games since making the trade that sent Ryan O’Reilly to Toronto, the Blues haven’t won a game but did collect two points via overtime. They’re 0 for 22 on the power play. At five-on-five they’ve had a 41...
Missouri had to energize and work for it, but the Tigers eventually subdued lowly South Carolina in Tuesday’s 83-74 win at Mizzou Arena. Senior Kobe Brown recovered from a mediocre first half to play splendid basketball over the final 20 minutes, scoring 14 points and...
The 79-76 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday night was the best win of the season for Mizzou’s energetic, unyielding and loads-of-fun basketball team. You’ll notice that I didn’t say that this was MU’s finest performance of the season. Or the most dominant showing. Or...
ALL ABOARD! BERNIE BITS! MIZZOU TAKES A HIT ON THE ROAD. The Tigers played at Arkansas on Wednesday night in their first SEC road game of the season. Missouri couldn’t sustain a strong early performance and went down 74-68. After sprinting to a 25-8 lead, MU was...
BERNIE BITS Hey, settle in, take your time and read your way through a massive serving of the year-end Bernie Bits. New Year’s weekend has to feature some excess, so I’ve done my part, and what I have to offer is harmless. So let’s get started. FIRST...
Welcome to Mizzou Arena, Kentucky. Welcome to the Gates of Hell. As in the Dennis Gates of Hell. In a frolicsome, joyous Wednesday night in CoMo, Missouri left visiting Kentucky thunderstruck with an 89-75 thrashing that turned into an unofficial celebration of a new...
