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2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME Columbia, Missouri ESPN2 31 5:05 p.m. CT - Saturday, March 3 Tiger Radio Network Mizzou Arena (15,061) mizzou.statbroadcast.com (19-11, 9-8) VS. ARKANSAS (21-9, 10-7) | MIZZOU’S SENIOR NIGHT PUTS TIGERS UP AGAINST ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY FULL MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES ESPN2 Mizzou Men’s Basketball (19-11, 9-8) returns home for its regular season fi nale at Mizzou Arena, PBP: Taylor Zarzour hosting Arkansas (21-9, 10-7) on Saturday, March 3, for the Tigers’ Senior Night. Tipoff is scheduled ANALYST: Chris Spatola for 5 p.m. CT, with live coverage on ESPN2 and the Tiger Radio Network. PRODUCER: Mandy Cohen Mizzou’s 74-66 win at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27) was the Tigers’ fi fth true road win of the season -- the program’s most since winning seven away games during the 2011-12 campaign. TIGER RADIO NETWORK SIRIUS: 137 XM: 192 Head coach Cuonzo Martin’s 19 wins are the second-most ever for a fi rst-year Mizzou coach. PBP: Mike Kelly It went down to the wire in Fayetteville, Arkansas, during the fi rst meeting between the Tigers and ANALYST: Chris Gervino Razorbacks earlier this season (Jan. 13). Mizzou snuck ahead by as many as six points with under ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner fi ve minutes to go, but could not fi nish off the home team, dropping a 65-63 result. Graduate senior TWITTER: @MizzouHoops Kassius Robertson scored 26 points in his fi rst go-around with the Razorbacks. LIVE VIDEO: WatchESPN.com Robertson ranks No. 1 in SEC games in three-point FG shooting (.452) after starting his career at the STREAMING AUDIO: MUTigers.com only school to offer him a D-I scholarship, Canisius, of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Canisius has an enrollment of 3,171, while Mizzou’s enrollment is nearly 10 times larger (30,870). 2017-18 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (19-11, 9-8) Robertson is the nation’s highest scoring graduate transfer at the high major level (as of Feb. 28), elevating his name into the conversation for postseason accolades with his 17.7 points per game in DATE MIZ OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT SEC play. Overall, Robertson ranks fourth in the country (Div. I) in scoring among all graduate transfers. N 10 F RV / RV - / - Iowa State SECN W, 74-59 Mizzou (19-11) is the third-most improved team in the country, record-wise. North Carolina A&T is N 13 M RV / RV - / - Wagner ESPN2 W, 99-55 at 18-12 after going 3-29 last season, while UC Santa Barbara is 21-7 after a 6-22 mark in 2016-17. N 16 R RV / RV - / - at Utah PAC12N L, 59-77 Junior forward Kevin Puryear became the 46th member of Mizzou’s 1,000-Point Club, scoring six N 20 M NV / RV - / - Emporia State SECN+ W, 67-62 N 23 R NV / RV - / - vs. Long Beach St. # ESPN2 W, 95-58 points in the win at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27) to eclipse the notable milestone. Puryear is the fi rst Tiger to N 24 F NV / RV - / - vs. St. John’s # ESPNews W, 90-82 reach the mark since Jabari Brown in 2013-14. N 26 U NV / RV 23 / 20 vs. West Virginia # ESPN2 L, 79-83 MATCHUP N 30 R NV / RV - / - at UCF $ ESPN2 W, 62-59 MIZZOU (19-11, 9-8 SEC) _________ RPI: 39 SOS: 36 ARKANSAS (21-9, 10-7 SEC) ________RPI: 28 SOS: 46 D 5 T NV / RV - / - Miami (Ohio) SECN W, 70-51 Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (10th season) Head Coach _________ Mike Anderson (16th season) D 9 S NV / RV - / - Green Bay SECN W, 100-77 Career Record __________________ 205-132 (.608) Career Record __________________ 349-181 (.658) D 16 S NV / RV - / - North Florida SECN W, 85-51 Mizzou Record _______________19-11 (1st season) Arkansas Record ____________ 149-83 (7th season) D 19 T NV / RV NV / RV Stephen F. Austin ESPNU W, 82-81 Cuonzo Martin vs. Arkansas _______________ 3-3 D 23 S NV / RV - / - vs. Illinois % ESPN2 L, 64-70 All-Time vs. Arkansas __________________ 20-26 J 3 W NV / RV - / - at South Carolina * ESPN2 W, 79-68 Category __________________ Overall ___Conf. Category __________________ Overall ___Conf. Points/Game ___________________ 73.6 ____ 69.5 Points/Game ___________________ 82.5 ____ 78.2 J 6 S NV / RV NV / RV Florida * CBS L, 75-77 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 68.3 ____ 69.7 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 75.7 ____ 78.2 J 10 W - / - RV / NV Georgia * ESPN2 W, 68-56 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .459 ____ .438 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .482 ____ .471 J 13 S - / - - / - at Arkansas * ESPN2 L, 63-65 Field Goal Defense _______________ .407 ____ .417 Field Goal Defense _______________ .426 ____ .434 J 17 W - / - 21 / 21 Tennessee * SECN W, 59-55 3-Point Shooting _________________ .386 ____ .391 3-Point Shooting _________________ .404 ____ .402 J 20 S - / - - / - at Texas A&M * ESPN2 L, 49-60 3-Point Defense _________________ .325 ____ .330 3-Point Defense _________________ .344 ____ .359 J 24 W - / - 19 / 19 Auburn * SECN L, 71-93 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .733 ____ .736 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .667 ____ .654 J 27 S - / - - / - at Mississippi St. * SECN L, 62-74 Rebounds/Game _________________ 36.9 ____ 34.6 Rebounds/Game _________________ 35.3 ____ 35.1 J 31 W - / - RV / RV at Alabama * ESPN2 W, 69-60 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 32.6 ____ 34.1 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 36.1 ____ 36.4 Assists/Game __________________ 13.8 ____12.2 Assists/Game __________________ 15.0 ____13.4 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.4 ____ 13.7 Turnovers/Game _________________ 11.2 ____ 11.9 F 3 S - / - 21 / 22 Kentucky * CBS W, 69-60 Steals/Game ____________________ 5.3 _____ 4.6 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.5 _____ 5.6 F 6 T - / - - / - at Ole Miss * SECN W, 75-69 Blocks/Game ____________________ 4.3 _____ 3.8 Blocks/Game ____________________ 4.7 _____ 4.3 F 10 S - / - - / - Mississippi St. * ESPN2 W, 89-85 OT F 13 T RV / NV 21 / RV Texas A&M * ESPNU W, 62-58 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS * F 17 S RV / NV - / - at LSU * ESPN2 L, 63-64 F 20 T RV / NV - / - Ole Miss * ESPN2 L, 87-90 OT # POS TIGERS ^ YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS RAZORBACKS ^ YR PPG RPG APG MPG F 24 S RV / NV RV / RV at Kentucky * ESPN L, 66-87 21 F Jordan Barnett Sr. 13.2 5.5 0.9 35.5 10 F Daniel Gafford Fr. 12.5 6.4 0.6 24.3 F 27 T - / - - / - at Vanderbilt * ESPN2 W, 74-66 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Fr. 6.9 3.3 0.4 19.1 13 F Dustin Thomas Sr. 4.5 3.8 0.9 19.1 24 F Kevin Puryear Jr. 8.0 4.0 1.1 25.5 0 G Jaylen Barford Sr. 18.5 4.0 2.2 32.6 M 3 S - / - RV / - Arkansas * ESPN2 5 PM 3 G Kassius Robertson Gr. 17.7 3.9 2.4 38.2 4 G Daryl Macon Sr. 18.4 3.3 3.9 31.6 M 7-11 - / - - / - SEC Tournament TBD TBD 33 G Cullen VanLeer Jr. 2.1 1.5 0.9 14.7 31 G Anton Beard Sr. 8.1 2.2 2.7 29.5 # AdvoCare Invitational (ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Walt Disney World Resort) * Most recent lineup from Mizzou at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27) * Most recent lineup from Arkansas vs. Auburn (Feb. 27) $ Non-bracketed game as part of the AdvoCare Invitational % 37th Annual Bud Light Braggin’ Rights Game (Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Mo.) ^ 2017-18 conference statistics ^ 2017-18 conference statistics * Southeastern Conference Game Rankings: (AP/USAT) 2 PRONUNCIATIONS A new era in Mizzou Men’s Basketball MARTIN YEAR-BY-YEAR began March 20, 2017, as Cuonzo Martin was introduced as the 19th Pro-nun-SEE-A-shun GUIDE head coach to lead the storied Tigers YEAR TEAM OVERALL CONF. Cuonzo Martin _______________________KHAN-zo program. Martin, who spent the 2008-09 Missouri State 11-20 3-15 Kevin Puryear ________________________PER-year past three seasons as head coach 2009-10 Missouri State 24-12 8-10 2010-11 Missouri State 26-9 15-3 Jordan Geist __________________________GUYst at the University of California, has averaged 20.7 wins in nine seasons as Missouri State Totals 61-41 26-28 Reed Nikko _________________________ NICK-oh (.598) (.481) Kassius Robertson ___________________ CASH-us a head coach with seven postseason appearances over the last eight years 2011-12 Tennessee 19-15 10-6 to his credit. 2012-13 Tennessee 20-13 11-7 QUICK FACTS 2013-14 Tennessee 24-13 11-7 Martin, who was born in St. Louis Tennessee Totals 63-41 32-20 Location _______________________ Columbia, Mo. and moved to East St. Louis, Ill., as (.606) (.615) Founded ______________________________ 1839 CUONZO MARTIN a young child, owns a 10-year head 2014-15 California 18-15 7-11 2015-16 California 23-11 12-6 Enrollment ____________________________ 30,870 coaching record of 205-132 (.608), 2016-17 California 21-13 10-8 Nickname _____________________________Tigers which includes a three-year mark of California Totals 62-39 28-24 Colors ______________________ Old Gold and Black 62-39 (.614) at California. He has registered six, 20-win seasons as a head coach, including a 21-13 mark in his fi nal season at Cal, which earned the Golden Bears an NIT bid.