Kansas City Star · Aug 2, 2017
Braggin’ Rights between Mizzou, Illinois will be at stake Christmas weekend
Gifts are commonplace on Christmas weekend, but that will be especially true for Missouri basketball fans this year.
The annual Braggin’ Rights game, a neutral-site men’s basketball battle against Illinois at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, is set for Saturday, Dec. 23.
The schools stoked the rivalry’s flames with a joint announcement on Twitter that included dueling shots across the bow from official school accounts.
Mizzou basketball plastered freshman center Jeremiah Tilmon — an East St. Louis (Ill.) graduate, who signed with the Fighting Illini before John Groce was fired and later signed with the Tigers instead — front and center, dunking on the iconic Gateway Arch in its announcement.