COLUMBIA, MO. • When Missouri and Auburn tip off in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament Wednesday, only four days will have passed since their last meeting Saturday. But a lot’s changed in four days.
After Bruce Pearl’s team held off Mizzou 89-78, Kim Anderson told his MU staff what he’d known for more than a week, that these were his final days as head coach. Athletics director Jim Sterk fired Anderson on Feb. 24, effective at the end of the season. Anderson told his players Sunday, shortly before Sterk announced the move publicly.