MBB HOOPS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Columbia, Missouri SEC Network Plus GAME 6 p.m. CT - Wednesday, Nov. 25 Tiger Radio Network 1 Mizzou Arena (15,061) mizzou.statbroadcast.com MEDIA INFORMATION GAME 1 MIZZOU (0-0, 0-0) vs. ORAL ROBERTS (0-0, 0-0) SEC NETWORK PLUS STORYLINES PBP: Ben Arnet Mizzou Men's Basketball opens its 115th season on Wednesday, and its fourth under head coach ANALYST: Jarrett Sutton Cuonzo Martin. The Tigers are 3-0 in the Martin era in season-openers and seeking their sixth consecutive win to open a campaign. TIGER RADIO NETWORK XM: 192 Mizzou is 92-22 (.807) in season-openers with victories in 25 of its last 27 such games. The Tigers have PBP: Mike Kelly SIRIUS: 206 won 12 of their last 13 season-openers. Mizzou has won its season-opening contests by 22.6 points ANALYST: Chris Gervino per game during the Martin era. ENGINEER: Matt Winegardner The Tigers are 8-1 all-time against Oral Roberts, and 22-1 vs. Summit League opponents. Martin's squad beat Oral Roberts two seasons ago, an 80-64 win on Dec. 7, 2018. Sharpshooter Mark Smith TWITTER: @MizzouHoops and juniors Torrence Watson and Xavier Pinson all combined for 37 points in that win. LIVE VIDEO: ESPN App Coach Martin reached 50 wins at Mizzou with the Tigers' 69-50 blowout victory over Alabama to finish the 2019-20 season. Entering his fourth season, he has 23 more wins than the previous coaching 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0) regime had in three full seasons. DATE ! MIZ ! OPP OPPONENT TV TIME-CT Martin brings back one of the most experienced rosters in all of college basketball. Mizzou welcomes N 25 W - / - - / - Oral Roberts SEC+ 6 p.m. back 88.13 percent of its scoring from a season ago, which ranks third among all Power 5 conference teams, trailing only Texas and UCLA. The Tigers returns more scoring than every single SEC, Big Ten, D 6 S - / - - / - at Wichita State TBD TBD Big East and ACC team. D 9 W - / - - / - Liberty SECN 7:15 p.m. The veteran roster features three players with 700+ career points (Dru Smith, Jeremiah Tilmon and D 12 S - / - 8 / 10 Illinois% TBD TBD Drew Buggs) and five with 500+ career points (Smith, Tilmon, Buggs, Xavier Pinson and Mark Smith). D 22 T - / - - / - Bradley SEC+ 6 p.m. All in all, the Tigers' roster has amassed more than 4,800 career points heading into this season. D 30 W - / - 12 / 14 vs. Tennessee* TBD TBD Mizzou's 12-man roster features nine players with at least junior eligibility standing and one of the remaining three players enters his third season on campus in Parker Braun, making Mizzou the SEC's J 2 S - / - - / - at Arkansas* TBD TBD oldest team. J 5 T - / - - / - at Mississippi State* TBD TBD With freshman center 7-foot-3 Jordan Wilmore joining the squad, Mizzou enters the season with an J 9 S - / - RV / RV vs. LSU* TBD TBD average height of 6-foot-6. That makes the Tigers the SEC's tallest team in 2020-21 and the ninth- J 12 T - / - - / - vs. Vanderbilt* TBD TBD tallest team nationally. J 16 S - / - - / - at Texas A&M* TBD TBD The Tigers shot 78 percent at the foul line last season. That ranked ninth nationally, and set an all- J 19 T - / - - / - vs. South Carolina* TBD TBD time team single-season school record at the charity stripe. Mizzou returns seven players who shot 70 J 23 S - / - 12 / 14 at Tennessee * TBD TBD percent or better last season, including Dru Smith's league-leading 89.9 percent clip. J 26 T - / - RV / - at Auburn* TBD TBD J 30 S - / - - / - vs. TCU# TBD TBD MATCHUP MIZZOU (0-0, 0-0 SEC) ______________ KenPom: 59 ORAL ROBERTS (0-0, 0-0 Summit) _______KenPom: 204 F 2 T - / - 10 / 9 vs. Kentucky* TBD TBD F 6 S - / - RV / 25 vs. Alabama* TBD TBD Head Coach __________Cuonzo Martin (13th season) Head Coach ______________ Paul Mills (4th season) F 10 W - / - - / - at Ole Miss* TBD TBD Career Record __________________ 236-167 (.585) Career Record ____________________39-56 (.424) F 13 S - / - - / RV vs. Arkansas* TBD TBD Mizzou Record _______________ 50-46 (4th season) Oral Roberts Record __________ 39-56 (4th season) F 16 T - / - - / - at Georgia* TBD TBD Mizzou All-Time vs. Oral Roberts ___________ 8-1 F 20 S - / - - / - at South Carolina* TBD TBD Coach Martin vs. Oral Roberts _____________ 2-0 F 23 T - / - - / - vs. Ole Miss* TBD TBD 2019-20 Stats 2019-20 Stats F 27 S - / - - / - vs. Texas A&M* TBD TBD Category __________________ Overall ___ Conf. Category __________________ Overall ___ Conf. Points/Game ___________________ 67.1 ____ 67.4 Points/Game ___________________ 80.2 ____ 82.4 M 3 W - / - RV / RV at Florida* TBD TBD Points Allowed/Game _____________ 65.2 ____ 71.0 Points Allowed/Game _____________ 73.1 ____ 78.1 M10-14 SEC Tournament& TBD TBD Field Goal Shooting ______________ .410 ____ .399 Field Goal Shooting ______________ .448 ____ .475 Field Goal Defense _______________ .408 ____ .440 Field Goal Defense _______________ .439 ____ .447 Schedule Key 3-Point Shooting _________________ .297 ____ .298 3-Point Shooting _________________ .334 ____ .366 % Braggin' Rights (Columbia, Mo.) 3-Point Defense _________________ .288 ____ .308 3-Point Defense _________________ .335 ____ .356 # Big 12/SEC Challenge (Columbia, Mo.) Free Throw Shooting _____________ .780 ____ .798 Free Throw Shooting ______________ .749 ____ .770 * SEC Game Rebounds/Game _________________ 35.2 ____ 34.3 Rebounds/Game _________________ 38.0 ____ 33.9 & Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 33.1 ____ 33.2 Opponent Rebounds/Game _________ 35.2 ____ 34.3 Assists/Game __________________ 11.4 ____ 10.9 Assists/Game __________________ 13.1 ____ 13.6 Turnovers/Game _________________ 14.1 ____ 13.6 Turnovers/Game _________________ 10.4 _____ 9.3 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.7 _____ 6.3 Steals/Game ____________________ 6.4 _____ 6.4 Blocks/Game ____________________ 3.2 _____ 3.3 Blocks/Game ____________________ 2.5 _____ 2.6 TOP RETURNERS (2019-20 Stats) # POS TIGERS YR PPG RPG APG MPG # POS GOLDEN EAGLES YR PPG RPG APG MPG 27 1,630 72 45 01 G Xavier Pinson Jr. 11.1 2.8 2.8 24.0 3 G Max Abmas So. 14.5 2.2 1.3 29.4 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES IN 114 FIRST-TEAM NBA DRAFT 23 F Jeremiah Tilmon Sr. 8.2 4.4 0.6 19.9 0 F Kevin Obanor R-Jr. 12.3 6.9 0.7 24.6 APPEARANCES SEASONS ALL-CONF. PLAYERS SELECTIONS 13 G Mark Smith Sr. 10.0 3.9 0.8 26.8 5 G D'Mauria Jones R-Sr. 1.9 1.1 0.2 4.4 12 G Dru Smith R-Sr. 12.7 4.2 3.9 32.9 1 F Elijah Lufile R-Jr. 5.6 5.3 0.2 15.1 23 36 21 8 04 G Javon Pickett Jr. 6.6 3.9 1.4 27.0 22 F Francis Lacis Jr. 3.3 2.5 0.4 14.1 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2020-21 MIZZOU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 1 - ORAL ROBERTS 2 PRONUNCIATIONS MARTIN ALL-TIME HEAD TO HEAD SCHOOL W L SCHOOL W L Pro-nun-SEE-A-shun GUIDE Air Force 1 0 North Florida 1 0 Parker Braun ________________________ BROWN Alabama 4 5 Northern Iowa 1 5 Cuonzo Martin _______________________KHAN-zo Alcorn State 2 0 Northern Kentucky 1 0 Javon Pickett ________________________ JUH-von Arizona 1 6 Oakland 1 1 Xavier Pinson ________________________ EX-avier Arizona State 4 2 Oklahoma 0 1 Arkansas 6 5 Oklahoma State 0 2 Arkansas State 4 0 Ole Miss 3 7 QUICK FACTS Arkansas-Little Rock 3 0 Oral Roberts 2 0 Location _______________________ Columbia, Mo. Auburn 6 4 Oregon 1 5 Founded ______________________________ 1839 Austin Peay 0 1 Oregon State 7 1 Enrollment ____________________________ 30,870 Bradley 3 3 Pacific 2 0 Nickname _____________________________Tigers Butler 0 1 Pepperdine 1 0 Colors ______________________ Old Gold and Black Cal Poly 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 Arena (Capacity) _____________ Mizzou Arena (15,061) Central Arkansas 1 0 Presbyterian 1 0 Conference ______________________ Southeastern THE CUONZO MARTIN FILE Central Michigan 1 0 Princeton 2 0 Starters Returning / Lost ____________________ 4/1 PERSONAL Chaminade 1 0 Rice 1 0 Lettermen Returning / Lost __________________ 9/1 Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1971 Chicago State 1 0 Richmond 0 1 Birthplace: Saint Louis, Mo. College of Charleston 0 1 Sam Houston State 1 0 Hometown: East Saint Louis, Ill. MIZZOU BASKETBALL Charleston Southern 0 1 San Diego State 0 2 Family: Wife, Roberta; Sons, Josh and Chase, Daughter; Addison POSTION NAME (YEAR AT MIZZOU) Chattanooga 1 0 Savannah State 1 0 Head Coach __________________Cuonzo Martin (4th) EDUCATION The Citadel 3 0 Seton Hall 0 1 ________________________________Purdue, 2000 College: Purdue, 2000 Colorado 3 2 Seattle 1 0 Overall Record _________ 236-167 / .586 (13th season) UConn 1 0 South Carolina 7 2 SOCIAL MEDIA Assistant Coaches _____________ Cornell Mann (4tjh) Coppin State 1 0 South Dakota State 1 0 Twitter: @CuonzoMartin Creighton 5 3 Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 __________________________ Chris Hollender (4th) Instagram: @CoachCuonzo ____________________________ Marco Harris (4th) Cal-State Bakersfield 0 2 Southern Illinois 5 3 Athletic Performance ____ Nicodemus Christopher (4th) PLAYING EXPERIENCE Davidson 1 0 Southern Indiana 1 0 Dir. of Basketball Operations ________ Paul Rorvig (7th) 1992-95 Purdue Drake 4 2 Saint Louis 2 0 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies/Grand Rapids Hoops Assistant to the Head Coach _____ John Poettgen (12th) Duke 0 1 St.