And a new Tigers basketball beat writer to introduce! Matt Antonic joins us this season to give you coverage of the Tigers upcoming hoops season. He’ll join in with our Football beat writers Ryan Herrera and Sean MacKinnon to be there for each and every game and give you all the news and notes! You can follow Matt on twitter: @AntonicMatt

We’re still working on his authorship privileges on the site, so until that’s worked out we’re posting this for him.

Mizzou Basketball Notebook

Tigers Hope to Use Lack of Respect as a Motivator

When the SEC released its preseason media poll, one thing was made very clear regarding Missouri: The national media had incredibly low expectations for the Tigers.