St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 11, 2021
Mizzou braced for hate as Border War resumes at Kansas
The Kansas Jayhawks crowd was raucous at the start of the game against the Missouri Tigers in Big XII conference action at Allen Field house in Lawrence, Kan. on Saturday Feb. 25, 2012. Kansas won in overtime, 87-86. (AP Photo/David Eulitt, The Kansas City Star)COLUMBIA, Mo. — From the brawl at Brewer to Dooling’s dunk that didn’t count to the T-Rob foul never called, the Missouri-Kansas basketball rivalry — or Kansas-Missouri rivalry if you’re west of the state border — delivered its share of heart-stopping, hate-fueled moments over nearly a century. But over the last decade, moments faded into memories as the rivalry spent time in conference realignment purgatory.