Mizzou men’s basketball presser notes: Memphis

With the start of the 2024-25 season beckoning, Mizzou will be looking to flip the script from a down campaign in 2023-24.

The opportunity to do so starts Monday in a road contest against Memphis, who’s projected to make the NCAA Tournament in its seventh year under Penny Hardaway.

Here’s what Dennis Gates and Tamar Bates had to say leading up to the season-opening road trip to The Volunteer State.

Dennis Gates | Head coach

Excerpt from opening statement: “We’ve accepted an exciting challenge to start our season on the road, something that will give me, as the head coach, a barometer to see where we are, to see where our hard work from the time this group have gotten together in June until now…