St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 12, 2018
From rock bottom to back on the bracket: Mizzou savors NCAA selection
The Missouri Men's Basketball Team reacts to finding out their NCAA tournament drought has ended during a selection Sunday watch party at Mizzou Arena on March 11, 2018. Eight SEC qualified for the tournament. (Tom Hellauer photo / University of Missouri Athletics)COLUMBIA, MO. • While his players sat still, necks craned, smartphones aimed at the video board hovering from the Mizzou Arena ceiling, Missouri basketball coach Cuonzo Martin calmly watched his team’s name appear on the screen, raised his left arm in victory and cracked a wide smile.
For the first time in five years, the Tigers are in the NCAA Tournament.