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The Missouri/kansas rivalry dates back to civil war times and had been played out on the basketball court since 1907 and ongoing through 2012 when MU accepted an invitation to a superior conference and ku had no corresponding suitors and subsequently quit the rivalry.

Starting in civil war times, the citizens of the neighboring states were literally at war with one another and the competition involved actual lives and property, not just bragging rights. Appropriately both schools even selected their mascots from nicknames earned during the period. MU became the Tigers, named for the militia organized in Columbia in the 1850's for the purpose of warding off advancing Confederate troops attempting to invade Missouri and make it part of the Confederacy. Similarly, ku selected the term Jayhawk to represent them after the loosely organized bands of terrorists known to hack innocent civilians to death with broadswords and loot, destroy, and murder the neighboring Missouri townspeople. The two schools began facing off in intercollegiate competition in football 25 years later in 1891 in the neutral cite of Kansas City, making it the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi. The concept of homecoming was born from this rivalry. To this day it remains a fierce rivalry with actual hatred rooted behind the competition.


On the court the series has been able to provide many memorable match ups and notable moments.

1907: MU crushes ku 34-12 in the last game of the season. The game is also James Naismith last career contest, and in completing the sweep leaves the games inventor 0-2 all time versus MU.

1908-1915: ku wins 30 of the next 32 games in an era when the teams play 4 times a season to take a commanding lead in the all time series won/loss.

1916-1919: MU takes a 25-5 halftime lead and rests its starters the entirety of the second half en route to a 42-20 win in 1916. The headline in the Tribune the next day proclaims “Playing the scrubs against Kansas! Fond dream, thou art real at last.” MU proceeds to take 3 of 4 from the jayhawks in each of the next 4 seasons.

1920: In the first games between two eventual Hall of Fame coaches, MU’s Walter Meanwell gets the better of Phog Allen with a season sweep of four wins in four contests. As Phog's biography states,
“Meanwell was who Phog wanted to be and beat.”

1921- MU sweeps four more from ku, sending Allen’s record to 0-8 in the series. The wins lead MU to the #1 end of season ranking in the Premo Porietta Polls with MU now having won 21 of the last 25 contests between the two teams.

1922: MU and ku tie for the conference title and split the series. In an effort to break the tie, MU challenges ku to a playoff at a neutral site. ku declined the challenge using what the KC Star called an ‘alibi’ saying the season was long enough and they wanted to play no more games. MU finished atop the Premo Porietta national polls for the second year in a row, and despite one more loss on the season ku claimed a mythical national championship for which they still hang a banner to this day.

1923-192: ku wins 12 straight contests.

1928 and 1929: MU wins all 5 contests.

1930: Tied atop the standings going into the last matchup of the season, MU plays its first ever game in Hoch Auditorium in front of the largest crowd to see a ku game to date. MU leaves with a 23-18 win that resulted in the Tigers first Big 6 championship.

1933: MU's John Cooper is credited with being the college game's first jump shooter and leads the conference in scoring and MU to a win over the jayhawks in Columbia. Persistent whiner Phog Allen successfully petitions the conference to adopt a 3 second rule in the paint specifically in an attempt to limit Cooper’s effectiveness following the season.

1935: MU would close the year against conference leading ku in a pair of games. ku's Ray Ebling was the league's leading scorer, but was held to a total of 2 total points in the contests and MU swept ku to hand ISU their first league crown.

1936: Phog Allen complains formally to the conference when MU fans chant a modified version ‘Rock Chalk Dead Hawk’ throughout the contest in Columbia.

1939: Needing a win in the season’s final game for a conference title, a then record crowd of 5,000+ crammed into Brewer to witness MU rush out to a 29-11 halftime lead over ku and cruise to a 54-30 win and a Big 6 title. In doing so the Tigers qualified for the 8 team field in the first NCAA tournament, but declined an invitation due to travel costs.

1943: Only the second matchup to go into overtime in series history, by now 108 games long, occurs in Columbia. The Tigers lose 47-44 in the extra period.

1947: In the first matchup between Phog Allen and new Tiger coach Sparky Stalcup, Allen would rush across the court during play and shove Stalcup as he argued with a referee. Stalcup would raise his fist and shout, “Get the hell back on your side of the court” before being restrained. MU would go on to claim their first win in Lawrence in 17 years. The rematch in Columbia featured a singular matchups in series history as a flu outbreak resulted in only reporters and radio announcers allowed inside the gymnasium to watch the teams play in front of an empty house.

1952: In the Big 7 tournament, freshman Win Wilfong would score a team high 17 but after falling to the floor attempting to grab a rebound would be stomped on by ku All American Clyde Lovellette who was ejected. A near brawl erupted with the booing lasting past the end of the game. Unable to get the incited crowd to leave the PA announcer proclaims, “I hope everyone remembers where you are, this is America not Russia.” In the next matchup in Columbia, upset about a supposed timekeeping error Phog Allen erupts shouting ‘unprintable remarks’, leading MU AD Don Faurot to confront him and state, “Now get out of here Doc, you are causing enough trouble” and grab him by the arm and escort him off the court.

1954: In his first game ever in Lawrence and after being heavily recruited by ku, Norm Stewart scores 22 to lead MU to a 76-67 win and knocks ku to second place and out of the NCAA tournament.

1955: In their last matchup at Hoch Auditorium MU claims a 76-65 win to move to #6 in the AP Polls, their highest ranking ever at that point. The Tigers complete the season sweep with a 19 point victory in Columbia.

1956: In Phog Allen's final season, senior Norm Stewart lead MU to a 76-54 win in Columbia and in the only ever meeting between the Tigers and Phog Allen in the arena that bears his name MU completed the season sweep and became the first team to claim a victory in the new building. Norm finished his Tiger career 5-1 against the jayhawks in regular season games.

1961: After pregame introductions had to be halted in Lawrence due to the unruly crowds stemming from ku's forfeit in football for cheating (that cost MU a national football title), the rematch in Columbia was even more volatile. ku had just received probation tied to paying for Wilt to play there, and needed a win to tie KSU for a league title. Charlie Henke for MU and Wayne Hightower for ku were the returning #1 and #2 scorers in the league from the prior year and this contest would determine which of the two would lead the league in scoring that year. Henke had 20 points by halftime and was thoroughly frustrating Hightower and the jayhawks. A technical foul right before intermission resulted in ku free throws to start the second half and incensed the crowd. 5 minutes in to the second half Henke fouled Hightower on a rebound attempt and the ku center started wildly throwing punches. The two stood toe to toe trading haymakers and both benches as well as the bulk of the crowd spilled onto the floor in a full fledged riot on national TV. The fight lasted a full three minutes and both Henke and Hightower were ejected (leading to MU's all time leading scorer and rebounder being ejected on his senior day) in a game MU went on to win 79-76. MU and ku athletic directors met afterwards to discuss discontinuing the series, with Don Faurot stating, “If any bitterness exists it has been brought about by the people of Kansas. The responsibility for the brawl rests with Hightower for throwing the first punch and the ku bench for rushing into the fray.”

1964: In Dick Harp’s last season as a jayhawk coach, MU wins all three matchups with ku.

1968: In his first year after taking over after back to back 3 win Tiger teams, new head coach Norm Stewart goes into Lawrence and collects a 67-66 win.

1969: Trailing 46-45 with three minutes to play, Stewart elects to hold the ball for a last shot. MU literally stands with the ball at midcourt until 15 seconds remain and then sets in motion a play resulting in a made 20 footer that gives MU a 47-46 victory. In the rematch in Lawrence, Stewart would send Captain Don Tomlinson during the pregame warm-ups to meet with ku coach Ted Owens and demand the ku end of the floor with Stewart listening and laughing beneath the bleachers. MU would win again 56-55 for the season sweep.

1972: In the last matchup between the teams in Brewer Field House, MU closes the building out in style with a 64-60 win over ku.

1973: In John Brown's senior season, MU found themselves trailing by 18 in the second half in Lawrence. However, as ku fans pelted the MU bench with paper cups during the comeback MU roared back and claimed a 73-69 win. As he ran off the court an elated Norm Stewart hollered at the hostile crowd, “The worst fans in America!” repeatedly as he returned to the victor's locker room.

1976: In the first matchup in the conference tourney championship game between the two teams since 1951, MU claimed a victory with a 79-69 win. MU would then open conference play against the jayhaw and the game would not be nearly as close, a 99-69 MU rout. In the next meeting Willie Smith would rebound a miss and tip it in at the buzzer to complete a three game sweep in Lawrence.

1977: MU again faces ku in the conference tournament title game, and again wins this time 69-65. It is the Tigers 5th tournament title in 6 years.

1979: Curtis Berry records the last 20 point/20 rebound game in MU history in a 58-55 win over ku that ties Norm Stewart for the all time lead in wins at MU.

1980-83: Steve Stipanovich and Jon Sundvold go 6-2 vs conference also ran ku in the regular season on the way to an unprecedented 4 straight league titles.

1987: In the first year of the 3 point shot in the Big 8, freshman Lee Coward hits a buzzer beater from long range to give MU a 63-60 victory over ku. After going on to win the league title, they again met ku in the conference title game. Coward would again hit a buzzer beater to give MU the conference tourney title as well.

1988: After finishing 3rd and 4th in the Big 8 respectively, both programs receive a 6 seed in the NCAA tourney. MU was ranked as high as 15th until March, whereas ku had been completely unranked since January. ku capitalizes on their bracket falling apart to reach the Final Four and playing in KC, where they win one of the most improbable NCAA titles in history (before immediately going on probation and receiving a postseason ban).

1989: In their first meeting with new head coach Roy Williams, MU hands ku their worst ever loss in Allen Field house in a 91-66 beating. ku is the ineligible for the postseason, still the only defending NCAA champion ever to be.

1990: ku would come to Columbia as the nation’s #1 ranked team and undefeated, while MU was #4 with only one loss. After collecting a 95-87 win, MU supplanted ku and took over the #1 ranking. The rematch in Lawrence pitted at this point #1 ku vs #2 MU, the only time in the history of the matchup the teams met with the top two spots in the polls. MU would win again to reclaim the #1 ranking and send Roy Williams record to 0-4 vs MU.

1992: Against #3 ranked ku, Anthony Peeler puts on a one man show. Leading all scorers with 24 with just less than 8 minutes remaining, Peeler scored 19 more down the stretch to finish with 43. But after cutting the lead to 2 with less than a minute to play a questionable foul on Peeler resulted in the Tigers falling short and losing 97-89.

1994: MU defeats #3 ku in Columbia, and then in the rematch in Lawrence on the strength of 32 from Melvin Booker MU again defeats #4 ku to propel themselves into an undefeated conference season, just the third time in Big 8 history it had been accomplished.

1996: MU defeats #3 ku to give the jayhawks one of their only three losses in the regular season.

1997: ku brings their best team of all time into Columbia with a #1 ranking. They would leave with a double overtime loss after Corey Tate hit a buzzer beater to give MU a 96-94 win. It was the only regular season loss ku would suffer on the year, while MU would fail to qualify for any postseason with a below .500 record on the season.

1998: Norm’s Tigers again knock off a #3 ranked ku team despite fielding a team that only won 15 regular season games. It is the third straight loss in Columbia for Roy Williams.

1999: After classless Ryan Robertson taunted MU fans when he finally won a game in Columbia for the first time, Norm instructs his players after they win in Lawrence to “walk off the court like you’ve been there before.” No small feat since MU was the last conference opponent to win in Lawrence back in 1994 and since the formation of the Big 12 ku had only lost 4 conference games (three of which were to MU). After wrapping up a 71-63 victory in what would be Norm's last season, MU calmly walked off the court in front of a silenced jayhawk crowd and went on to finish second on the year in conference. It would be the final time Norm would face ku.

2000: Against #7 ku Clarence Gilbert explodes for 27 points before they are able to injure him, leading MU to an 81-59 crushing of the jayhawks. "I think we broke their hearts," Missouri forward Johnnie Parker said afterward. "I was talking to a couple of their guys after the game and they were really down, and I've really never seen Kansas that way."

2001: On a day when Norm Stewart had his jersey retired, #3 ku falls 75-66 to unranked MU. "The frustrating thing is I don't think they had their A game, and I think Quin would say the same thing," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "But whatever letter grade you give their game, it was five or six times better than ours." Kareem Rush had 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers.

2002: After trailing by only 1 point at halftime in Lawrence, the Tigers get blown out 105-73. In the rematch in Columbia ku entered the game ranked #1, but with the Tigers leading with less than 2 min to play Nick Collision hit an uncharacteristic 3 pointer and the jayhawks hung on for a 95-92 win.

2003: After losing due to back to back slop baskets on the final possessions in Columbia by Miles and Hienrich, MU faces #4 ku in the conference tournament and dispatches them 68-63 to advance to the conference finals. “We’re going to be disappointed. I'm gonna be ****ed off. If that language bothers you, I apologize. My wife doesn’t like for me to say that, “ said Roy Williams after the game.

2004: In his last home game and the final game played at Hearnes, Arthur Johnson scores 37 points but his effort is spoiled as freshman David Padgent rifles the ball into the front of the rim at the buzzer and was the recipient of a fortunate bounce. ku won 84-82 and sent MU to the NIT.

2005: In the first ever meeting in Mizzou Arena, #7 ku loses to 15-15 overall MU 72-68.

2006: Thomas Gardner erupts for 40 points and Christian Moody miss two free throws with no time remaining to send the game to overtime, a game MU eventually wins 89-86.

2007: In the first matchup with Mike Anderson, MU travels to #5 ranked ku in Lawrence. MU trailed 78-77 with 44 second remaining, but a basket by Sherron Collins put the margin at 3 and a Matt Lawrence 3 point attempt at the buzzer failed to draw iron. Ineligible player Darell Arthur scored 9 in the contest for ku.

2008: ku entered the game in Columbia with a nation’s best 25 point margin of victory, but would lead only by as much as 8 in a game that came down to the final minute. Leo Lyons would foul out in only 13 min of play due to questionable officiating, and ku would hold off the Tigers 76-70 on the strength of 23 combined points from ineligible players Darell Arthur and Brandon Rush and a 45 to 22 disparity in free throw attempts.

2009: Despite only scoring 16 points in the first half and a shooting a season low 36% from the field, MU was able to force 27 turnovers and hold ku to only 1 basket the final 8 minutes. Zaire Taylor converted at the buzzer to give MU a 62-60 win.

2011: #2 ranked ku leverages its home court advantage to foul out both Tiger big men who were shooting 81.3% from the field against ku’s overmatched bigs into a second half victory. The Tigers were unable to rise to the occasion in the rematch, shooting a season worst 29% from the field and 13% behind the arc, and fell by 4 points to #2 ku.

2012: In the final matchup in series history to be played in Columbia, #4 MU squares off against #8 ku with Marcus Denmon putting on a show resulting in 29 points and a 74-71 win. It was the first game of the season the Tigers won by less than 11 points. The rematch in Lawrence pitted the #3 Tigers vs the #4 ranked jayhawks, with MU outclassing ku to a large 19 point second half lead before officiating and attrition allowed the jayhawks to close the margin. As the closing seconds waned, the implausible turned to the absurd regarding officiating and ku was able to send the game into overtime and complete the travesty towards the integrity of the game with an 87-86 victory. Norm’s old adage of needing to be at least 15 points better than ku on a given day to win in Lawrence proved to be untrue, as on this occasion the Tigers were 19 points better and it still was not enough.

And that is where things should have ended. The coach who never got over MU selecting a better candidate instead of him to replace Norm had to watch as the SEC also selected a better candidate than his program to improve their conference and he became bitterly jilted at being left behind in the crumbling remains of the Big 12 with no options. He vowed to never play MU again out of spite, and held steadfast in that emotional immaturity as he continued to schedule and face all of the other members of the Big 12 conference that left for superior options. But despite nothing seeming to bother him more, other than the loss of his hair, as he prepares to make his exit from ku due to his absurdly dirty means of running a program finally catching up to him he announces that the season after he leaves the rivalry will pick back up.
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Call off the series with KU... - miketig MU - 10/27 20:50:34
     MU best served by never, in any manner whatsoever, - 90Tiger STL - 10/29 19:19:55
          RE: MU best served by never, in any manner whatsoever, - pinkman MU - 11/2 22:59:52
          New Mizzou fan I take it? Here’s some info....... - ClassicTiger MU - 10/29 19:51:15
               It’s over. Time to move on. nm - MATO MU - 10/30 19:46:59
               RE: New Mizzou fan I take it? Here’s some info....... - KC rules MU - 10/30 18:35:25
               I agree with 90. Why play a slimy program? - scif MU - 10/29 20:13:40
                    They are chicken(bleep) cheaters and frauds - Cole Thornton MU - 10/30 10:20:58
     When does KU get hammered - cruiser MU - 10/29 13:38:40
          Never....nm - tigertix MU - 10/29 15:06:40
     Would not be a good move - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 10/28 21:18:23
          If we do resume the "rivalry", it should be after we've - zounami MU - 10/28 22:18:06
     We should never play them in anything except war. - alwaysright MU - 10/28 16:13:02
           - zounami MU - 10/28 22:21:33
     I’ve developed so much apathy towards our basketball - XRob MU - 10/28 13:03:54
     No. (nm) - AndyTiger MU - 10/28 11:56:07
     Without the home and home conference vibe is is a poor - alstl MU - 10/28 10:48:10
          Yet when tickets go on sale - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/28 11:40:28
               Kansas is popular in Kansas City(nm) - alstl MU - 10/28 21:36:24
                    Even in Columbia the game will sell out quickly - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/28 21:55:23
                         Not the same as when they were in the same conference - alstl MU - 10/29 07:49:01
                              Maybe not the same as a conference game - wu-tangtiger MU - 10/29 08:13:16
     I'd only consider playing them in basketball if we also - Diamond Dave MU - 10/28 10:29:53
          Playing them in football does nothing for the football - Cosmo MU - 10/28 11:25:52
               They can say the same about playing us in basketball, so - Diamond Dave MU - 10/28 11:55:30
                    That isn't true - FIJItiger MU - 10/28 11:58:16
                         Goddamn dude do you really think anyone will read that sh*t? - Cosmo MU - 10/28 12:31:00
                              I read it. nm - DaEvns MU - 11/2 21:06:09
                              Yes. Some MU fans, that is the target audience(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 10/28 12:40:07
                                   I guess there are some Mizzou fans as retarded as you (nm) - Cosmo MU - 10/28 12:45:42
                                        They would probably visit an MU basketball specific - FIJItiger MU - 10/28 12:47:21
                                             Neat (nm) - Cosmo MU - 10/28 12:55:08
                         They'd own us now, big time(nm) - Diamond Dave MU - 10/28 12:01:39
                              If the NCAA will ever get off their ass, they - FIJItiger MU - 10/28 12:07:05
                                   I agree. I'm happy not to think about them. - scif MU - 10/29 20:34:15
     Hope we never play them again. Time to move on. nm - MATO MU - 10/28 10:08:04
           - zounami MU - 10/28 22:21:21
     Self's looking out for the athletic program - Tigerfish MU - 10/28 09:57:02
     Hopefully we never share a court with them again(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 10/28 09:52:10
           - zounami MU - 10/28 22:21:04
     i wouldnt schedule them in any sport and only play - MU-TULSA MU - 10/28 09:10:15
           - zounami MU - 10/28 22:20:55
     RE: Call off the series with KU... - oldtgr MU - 10/28 07:51:23
     I put the fraudulent institution deep in the rearview(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 10/28 06:28:27
           - zounami MU - 10/28 22:20:46
     Breaking news...MO/Kansas still share a border...... - ClassicTiger MU - 10/27 22:03:16
          Not that it matters but - Merlin KC - 10/28 22:27:52
          RE: Breaking news...MO/Iowa share a border(nm) - MNTIGER MU - 10/28 20:08:21
          RE: Breaking news...MO/Kansas still share a border...... - oldtgr MU - 10/28 09:27:37
          You hit the nail squarely on the head. They will always be - go tigers MU - 10/27 22:13:57
               So, no need to play.(nm) - MNTIGER MU - 10/28 10:43:47
                    Exactly if you are that obsessed with ku - Genco98 MU - 10/28 11:08:17
     We have to stay relevant in the KC area in sports and the - North co-co champs MU - 10/27 21:50:06
          RE: We have to stay relevant in the KC area in sports and the - HSCoach STL - 10/28 06:52:35
               Only power school in the state and SLU doesn't draw KC do - North co-co champs MU - 10/28 12:10:01
     First off, it’s ku. Second, link?(nm) - tiger4real MU - 10/27 21:08:20
          Game was cancelled 10/13 (nm) - Uncle John KC - 10/27 21:47:30
               No **** lol really?? Damn I’ve been out of it - tiger4real MU - 10/27 21:53:22




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