https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article3947779.html
But Friday night really was the inauguration, his first game, and it was at Mizzou Arena against a UMKC team that went 10-20 last season.
That’s why they were giving out 5,000 T-shirts bearing Anderson’s name and old jersey number (42) on Friday, and that’s why three busloads of fans came from Anderson’s hometown of Sedalia clad in shirts of their own that touted “Restore The Roar.”
Tigers lost 69-61 to UMKC. It was a monumental and promising victory for the ’Roos, and whatever the exact opposites of that are for MU … which simply isn’t allowed to lose to UMKC.
“I just thought we were a step slow,” Anderson said after the game, “and I don’t know why.”