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Basketball Tiger Big 12 News and Notes 2004-05 2004-05 Schedule Date Opponent Time/ Res TV Missouri (15-15, 7-9 Big 12) EXHIBITION SEASON vs. Nebraska (14-13, 7-9) Nov. 4 Central Missouri St. W, 100-73 MSN 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Nov. 10 Northwest Missouri St. W, 90-60 MSN Mar. 10-13, 2005 - Kansas City, MO REGULAR SEASON Nov. 15 +BROWN W, 68-60 MSN Tip-off: 11:30 p.m. CST Nov. 16 +HOUSTON W, 77-61 MSN Arena: Kemper Arena (18,278) Nov. 19 DAVIDSON L, 84-81 MSN TV: ESPN+ (Dave Armstrong, play-by-play; Paul Splittorff, analyst) Nov. 23 %Creighton L, 78-54 Radio: Tiger Radio Network (Mike Kelly, play-by-play: Gary Link, analyst) Nov. 24 %Houston (Consolation) L, 57-55 Nov. 28 MURRAY STATE W, 59-55 MSN Rankings: Neither team was ranked in either poll Dec. 4 OAKLAND W, 70-61 MSN Series: MU leads, 119-94 : Last Meeting: MU, 56-53 on Feb. 19, 2005 in Lincoln, NE Dec. 7 ARKANSAS L, 62-52 MSN Coaches: Dec. 11 MONTANA W, 87-62 MSN Missouri: Quin Snyder (Duke ’89) 115-78 at MU and overall (6th season). Dec. 19 INDIANA W, 56-53 MSN Dec. 22 & vs. No. 1 Illinois L, 70-64 ESPN2 NU: Barry Collier (Butler ’76) 70-76 at NU (5th season) and 266-266 overall (16th Dec. 30 No. 12 GONZAGA W, 63-61 ESPN2 season) Jan. 4 AMERICAN W, 64-51 MSN Jan. 8 IOWA STATE W, 62-59 ESPN+ Tigers Open Play in 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Jan. 11 at No. 6 Oklahoma St. L, 78-68 ESPN+ The University of Missouri men’s basketball squad opens play in the 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Jan. 15 at Kansas St. L, 74-54 MSN Tournament on Thursday at Kemper Arena. The tournament returns to the hallowed Kansas City Jan. 19 TEXAS TECH L, 78-62 MSN arena after two great years in Dallas, TX, and will once again provide the fans of the Midwest with Jan. 22 NEBRASKA W, 80-70 ESPN+ some amazing games over the course of the next four days. Jan. 26 at Colorado L, 64-62 ESPN+ The Tigers (15-15 overall, 7-9 Big 12) enter their opening game of the tournament with the Jan. 29 KANSAS STATE L, 64-53 MSN University of Nebraska Cornhuskers (14-13, 7-9 Big 12) winners of five of their last seven regular Jan. 31 at No. 6 Kansas L, 73-61 ESPN season games. Their latest conquest came last Sunday when they knocked off their third ranked Feb. 5 at Texas A&M L, 91-63 MSN opponent of the season, No. 7 Kansas, 72-68 in Mizzou Arena. In that contest, junior Jimmy Feb. 9 at UNLV L, 74-71 MSN Feb. 12 No. 16 OKLAHOMA W, 68-65 OT ABC McKinney (21 points) and sophomore Thomas Gardner (23 points) both equaled career highs in Feb. 16 BAYLOR W, 60-53 MSN points and shot a combined 14-of-20 from the field (70.0 percent) as Mizzou defeated the Jayhawks Feb. 19 at Nebraska W, 56-53 for the first time since the 2003 Big 12 Tournament semifinals. Feb. 22 COLORADO W,63-54 ESPN+ Thursday’s contest with Nebraska, which is set for an 11:30 a.m. tip, will be broadcast on the Feb. 26 at Texas L, 63-51 ABC Tiger Radio Network with the ‘Voice of the Tigers’ Mike Kelly handling the play-by-play duties and Mar. 2 at Iowa State L, 67-49 MSN former Tiger great Gary Link offering his expert analysis. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN Mar. 6 No. 7 KANSAS W, 72-68 CBS Regional TV (KMIZ in Columbia) and ESNPU with Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Paul Splittorff Mar. 10 $ vs. Nebraska (1st Rd.) 11:30 am ESPN+ (analyst) on the call. Mar. 11 $ Quarterfinals (Oklahoma)11:30 am ESPN+ The Tigers, who are the No. 8 seed, are looking to defeat the Huskers, who are the No. 9 seed, for Mar. 12 $ Semifinals (TBA) 1:00 pm ESPN+ Mar. 13 $ Finals (TBA) 2:00 pm ESPN the third time this season. They have faced the Huskers three times in two of the last three seasons. Mizzou has won 11 of the last 13 meeting between the two schools and is 7-1 all-time against the + - 1st and 2nd Rds. of Guardians Classic Huskers in conference tournament action. (Columbia, MO - Mizzou Arena) % - Semi-Finals and Consolation of Guardians Classic Missouri Tigers (15-15, 7-9 Big 12) (Kansas City, MO - Municipal Auditorium) (Starters from the Tigers’ last game) & - Busch Braggin’ Rights Game P No. Name HT WT P/G R/G YR Hometown (St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center) G 24 Brian Dailey 6-3 200 0.0 0.0 Sr. Samammish, WA $ - Big 12 Tournament G 2 Jason Conley 6-5 212 10.5 5.7 Sr. Silver Spring, MD (Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena) G 1 Jimmy McKinney 6-3 208 7.2 3.1 Jr. St. Louis, MO MSN - Mizzou Sports Network F 41 Linas Kleiza 6-8 233 14.9 7.5 So. Kaunas, Lithuania CSTV - College Sports Television C 14 Kevin Young 6-9 263 4.5 4.7 Jr. Kingston, Jamaica All times listed are CST and Subject to Change Nebraska Huskers (14-13, 7-9 Big 12) (Starters from the Huskers’ last game) P No. Name HT WT P/G R/G YR Hometown F 44 John Turek 6-9 245 8.1 4.9 Sr. Council Bluffs, IA C 31 Alex Maric 6-11 265 8.0 6.3 Fr. Sydney, Australia G 1 Jason Dourisseau 6-5 195 9.4 5.0 Jr. Omaha, NE G 2 Joe McCray 6-5 210 15.3 4.9 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, FL G 12 Jake Muhleisen 6-4 200 6.8 3.3 Sr. Lincoln, NE 2004-05 Missouri Baske tball 1 Basketball 2004-05 Roster No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Class Hometown (Last School) Notes 1 Jimmy McKinney ** G 6-3 208 Jr. St. Louis, MO (Vashon HS) Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2 Jason Conley * G 6-5 212 Sr. Silver Spring, MD (Montrose Christian) (VMI) Team-high 15 points at Texas. 3 Thomas Gardner * G 6-5 213 So. Portland, OR (Jefferson HS) Had 23 points against Kansas. 10 Spencer Laurie * G 6-1 178 So. Springfield, MO (Kickapoo HS) Will seek a medical redshirt at the end of the season. 12 Jason Horton G 6-1 185 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Cedar Hill HS) Team-high 14 points against Colorado. 14 Kevin Young ** C/F 6-9 263 Jr. Kingston, Jamaica (Shores Christian [Fla.] Acad.) Was 4-of-5 from the floor against OU (9 pts.) 15 Marshall Brown F 6-7 210 Fr. Austin, TX (LB Johnson HS) Had 8 second half points against Colorado. 23 Marcus Watkins G 6-4 200 Jr. Charlotte, NC (A&M Consolidated) (Texas A&M) Will redshirt this season. 24 Brian Dailey * G 6-3 200 Sr. Samammish, WA (Bellevue Comm. College) Saw his first action of the season against Montana. 25 Glen Dandridge F/C 6-6 210 Fr. Goochland, VA (Mount Zion Christian Acad.) Has 11 threes on the season. 32 Jeffrey Ferguson ** F/C 6-11 245 Jr. Toronto, Ontario (Benton Harbor HS [Mich.]) Recovering from surgery on torn meniscus. 41 Linas Kleiza * F/C 6-8 233 So. Kaunas, Lithuania (Montrose Christian HS) Scored 15 points and pulled 14 rebounds against KU. 44 Kalen Grimes F/C 6-8 250 Fr. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood Central HS) Pulled down a career-best 6 re bounds against GU. COACHING STAFF Head Coach — Quin Snyder (Duke, 1989) 115-78 (6th year at MU and overall) Associate Head Coach — Melvin Watkins (UNC-Charlotte, 1977) 1st year at MU PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistants — Jeff Meyer (Taylor, 1976) 1st year at MU Linas (LINN-iss) Kleiza (CLAY-za) Marcus Perez (Army, 1989) 5th year at MU Kalen (KAY-lin) Grimes Quick Hits The Tigers enter the Big 12 Tournament having Tale of the Tape Media Information won five of their last seven games ... The Tigers MU vs. NU Media wishing to cover the Missouri Tigers can are 7-0 in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament Games: 30 27 do so by contacting assistant media relations ... This is their first appearance in the #8/9 contest FGM: 653 639 director Sam Fleury in the University of Mis- and the second time they have played in the FGA: 1597 1497 souri media relations office. All interviews and opening game of the tournament ... Mizzou leads %: .409 .427 credential requests must be forwarded to Fleury the all-time series with Nebraska 119-84 and has 3pt FGM: 199 168 using the following contact information: won 11 of the last 13 meetings with the Huskers ... MU is 2-0 against Nebraska in the Big 12 3pt FGA: 638 531 Tournament and 7-1 in conference tournament %: .312 .316 Office Phone: (573) 884-2437 action vs. NU overall ... The last time Mizzou FTM: 400 392 Cell Phone: (573) 268-8612 met Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference FTA: 601 596 Fax: (573) 882-4720 tournament was in 2003 when they defeated the % .666 .658 e-mail: [email protected] Huskers, 70-61 ... The Tigers would go on to Points: 1905 1838 Height: 6-0 lose to Oklahoma in the championship game of that tournament by two points, 49-47 ..