Perfection: The 1993-94 Missouri Tigers

the Hearn Center hallowed ground for basketball fans in Missouri the home of Mizzou hoops from 1972 to 2004 the building had seen Championships all-americans heroes legends but it had never seen this [Applause] a mid-90s masterpiece orchestrated by the greatest coach in school history and a mismatched mixture of talent it didn't have a point guard they didn't have a 3-man they didn't have a postman so they all just kind of took turns it's kind of like been in small town that somehow rose to achieve something that no other Mizzou basketball team had accomplished before or has since perfect porky - no they were tough and he goes flying over the press table they were talented [Applause] the speaking book on gypsy ball they were [Applause] you [Applause] most interesting team that we had was 93 94 [Music] seeing the fans sent a lot for me faces from when I was your teenager a young man and it's amazing honey remember a lot of days that was a ball club I think that if you could say that anybody was used the old expression if they were laying in the weeds that group was laying in the weeds [Music] [Applause] roughly the same roster that returned in 93 94 closed the 1992-93 season by cutting down the nets at Kemper Arena in Kansas City but they'd finished next to last in the big eight standings that year so there wasn't much buzz for the Tigers to challenge further eight regular season big eight championship under norm Stewart when the team reassembled seven months later when you're going to organize a team if you get the selector players you're going to have a center a three-man and a point guard that team really did not have a designated Center did not have a designated three-man did not have a designated point guard everything the one thing they do do is they beat their opponents by double figures there are very consistent team the most important thing something that your father have never ever seen a game that HD is a mighty fascinating group of people the market down Missouri the most improved email of college basketball and long before the concept of position less basketball took over the game there were these Tigers small and stature could shoot the basketball we're able to interchange positions that's absolutely true everybody no one was upset when they got substitute out of games you know everybody knew their role and everybody played their role and that was absolutely one of the key factors to our team being as successful as it was probably and maybe currently they maximize their ability as well as anybody and maybe better than anybody else any other team this ballclub was better than the sum of its parts they outdid themselves they outdid what each one of them could do as an individual and they came together as a team and achieve more than anything that anybody else had predicted for them but before that could happen the 93-94 Missouri Tigers still needed something well actually I was watching the game the Arkansas and Missouri game Clemson had reneged on the scholarship so I was looking for another school to go to and I saw was every on TV and I really thought it helped me you know that loss against Arkansas was the one that kind of set the tone for us basically it was the embarrassment to lose like that on ESPN they were defeated so soundly that it could have really taken them out for the entire year anything in particular you remember seeing before me I can really help there [Music] Paulo Lenny made 43 three-pointers in just 24 games but he didn't join the team until second semester the season's true turning point came three weeks after the Arkansas [Music] you for me the spirit of Mizzou is st. Louis Kansas City and through officer II and we've got to unite all those people in the same message the flagship university needs to establish itself with the dominant marshal and head west we have a great brand we're backed up by the best conference in college football we've got to make a in our area to me my job is to mislead the state of Missouri at MU healthcare we're ready ready to care for you ready with additional safety measures Riddick's provide routine checkups sick care and all the services you need ready because care shouldn't be delayed come get the care you need see how we're ready and mu health.org / safe care [Music] [Music] when severe weather knocks you down shelter insurance is there to help pick you up we're your shield we're your shelter our cases have made headlines our approach and tenacity is recognized we understand that our clients only have one shot to get what they deserve and that's what drives us we make a difference in our clients lives and that makes us work harder we have proven results and decades of experience if you've been hurt call our office you don't have to hire us just call us because that call can change everything find us online at law Missouri comm Harper Evans Wade and net Meyer when was the last time you looked at Central Bank we mean really looked and what's possible when you combine leading edge technology with a bank who can make important decisions locally and who can help you turn what's possible into what's real take a new look at the world of possibilities the central bank strong roots endless possibilities [Music] even if we don't meet in person regions is still here for you we make it easier to bank from almost anywhere with mobile and online banking our our tools and tech put you in control so you can deposit checks pay bills check balances and transfer money no matter where you are [Music] learn more at Regions comm slash tools the world is built for view so why isn't it all about you when it comes to your money so what's on your mind we are 97 year old firm built for right now Edward Jones it's time for investing to feel individual okay take a Bud Light sells beer sure thing it's this it's Bud Light seltzer mango mango mango have we tried that before I don't know must be new alright let's drink this Buffy SIF initiated taste buds a proof let's show we like it commencing happy face Oh much better Bud Light Seltzer available for delivery [Music] this would be a classic here tonight we hope [Applause] it may be one of the best athletic events that I've been involved in as a player and coach the Illini heavily favored coming in in 1993 Missouri and Illinois annual showdown for bragging rights was played for the final time in the old st. Louis Arena enormous store seems to be at his best when his team is a true underdog our team probably was not at that point as Lou Henson Illinois team as good as they were going to get but that night they put on quite a show as you know the arena was like half and half like it usually splits down that Illinois side was inside Warren Stewart is still trying to prepare his team for down the road the conference play this is a big ball game to him opening nine Mizzou led for much of the first half in what was a close game between the two rivals are on the board Booker driving he pitch to the Tigers [Music] Booker's he came down to flora seed the past person on his mind the key is from Melvin start early tonight getting donor Tigers with a one [Applause] to dinner for three [Applause] it was one of just three 3-pointers that Marlowe Fenner made all season but that was far from the craziest thing that happened in this game the Illini grabbed control in the second half and led by nine points with just over a minute to play wedeck team by Illinois [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] down by five active [Applause] [Music] miraculously the Tigers had a chance to tie the game it was off my penetration that I kicked it to him I think we were down three [Applause] it was so many moments happen in their gang it's hard to remember them all [Applause] nothing but string music folks we're going overtime tremendous ball game here in st. Louis but thanks to foul trouble Mizzou's weapons were dwindling the Tigers head to overtime without the services of Javon Curtis were you seeing everybody fouled out you thinking you may not have a chance at winning this game because most a lot of top players did fall out [Applause] 81 81 less than four to play in the Clark he draws the foul [Applause] three team left [Applause] his fourth personal buh-bye [Music] well Sigourney long so norm Stewart turned to his unknowns his freshman to stay in the game forty three point two seconds left to play in the overtime and we go another freshman Derrick Rama Illinois will check in the court get the shots off quickly he could make it a three-way it's amazing that the guys that started the game wasn't the guys that determine the outcome of the game because we had the freshman Jason Dara Graham even Reggie who was a senior at the time had to come in because so many guys filed out [Applause] [Applause] [Music] or Stewart still instructing the fact that hey guys stick with a game plan let's do it together we've come on this far we can take this to a victory [Applause] look at effort by Sunderland the head first died effort by Jason Sutherland 97 face seven and a half seconds left double overtime started by Whitfield [Applause] all ki-hwan Garris had to do was make one free throw but he couldn't [Applause] there were people who told me later that they had left the game and they were already back to Jonesboro when the game you know the thought in your mind is the atmosphere was so crazy that you just like yo let's pour this out because you know it sucks to be on the losing end of this game right here for anybody because it was such a great game but Melvin Booker was not long for this game [Applause] another senior the Tigers would try to pull out the win without their leader but they're trying to keep up [Music] [Applause] Grimm tonight that freshman step up you know Kelly you know accepted object you know their grandma's a cell and got in and hit some some key free throws down the stretch [Applause] [Music] walk tears for three No [Applause] regi is [Applause] [Music] with this [Applause] what they've done what he's [Applause] [Music] go into ballgame and they've done just that what a tremendous night [Applause] good measure but that's part of the best game I've been a part of them I ended up planning this those guys what we see is key one beyond Thomas and all the guys that were part of that game and when we did see each other we always mention it again I would fall you know I went home for Christmas right after that so it's like one of the best Christmas gifts [Music] [Applause] when Mizzou began conference play in January they had no expectations of going undefeated only two other teams have done it in the big man's estate and the big gates inaugural year 1959 they went 14 or no 1971 the Kansas Jayhawks did it and the Big Eight Conference of the 80s and 90s was a totally different league than the one that had produced the two previous unbeaten champions this league is tougher top to bottom than it was back in those days big 8 was strong you have to like the aggressiveness think it was easy layups I mean it was just a physical conference get out this game you know you had to go out there which a game to play or you lose k-state has great tradition Tex winter cockpit sevens Jack Harlan [Music] Tigers trying to go to an O in the big Southerland with it don't cut the legs with a follow two engines wide open with for secondary pointers the Tigers won it here in Colorado 82-72 live from the sold-out Hearn Center in Columbia Missouri the Tigers take on big a rival Iowa State's away [Applause] [Music] Jason [Applause] - Plato in the begging many thought Mizzou stripped Oklahoma State would end the run in a hurry look for all the wing will pop it for three college seniors melvin booker Ichiban cruda led the Tigers to a 73-68 come-from-behind win the Bob Devaney Center build the capacity yet again Missouri does a great job at pressuring you all over the floor Booker to prudehoe that's that's just beautiful transition basket [Music] [Applause] range that's 18 porn and it's a 15-point was early [Music] if you have visions of an unbeaten season in Missouri you can wrest another game Kansas is coming in to test you that's weird well the Missouri Kansas rivalry is one of the great news if not the best in matenda country [Applause] the unfortunate thing about it it wasn't created by sports it was created by war simmering in the embers of numerous civil war-era border skirmishes was the Mizzou kayuu rivalry it was not war not in the slightest the Tiger fans who viewed the two annual basketball showdown for the Jayhawks as battles norm Stewart was their four-star general competing neck and neck with the blueblood program from Kansas over the course of three decades we played them 64 times as the coach we were we won 30 and we lost 34 [Applause] it's going to be some physical hits it's gonna be some hard fouls it's gonna be a blue bag the way they're both playing right now and what they want to be defensively we may see a new image of each other in his blog games event at stake the first time that you met in 1994 Zuri's perfect Big Eight record first place in the conference standings and fraud [Music] what inside the crease Pollard the freshmen work pulls up the desert jump book and knocks you down to the food swears it up the poverty [Applause] - tank boxed up as if he were the defensive he gets the offensive stick back well Prince couple K you guys y'all know it we understand its players it's called it's a compete you know you're competing to win and that's what competition is [Applause] on the break [Applause] Southerland fighting for what did I tell you excellent hustle by the Pressman he's giving everything he's got while he's on the court Missouri 34 and kayuu 29 but down by five Roy Williams might even say they're a little bit Portugal host and up for three against number 20 gonna be stolen by Scott whatever look designs gonna hold it up the moon [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] can you get hit in the mouth and get back up so to speak you know that's what it boils down to who's gonna be the top [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Oh John [Applause] with the Missouri was on a game defining Ron and Hearns was ready to explode [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] and after their second game of the year after they were just obliterated in Fayetteville Arkansas [Music] [Applause] many times when things are hopeless or seem hopeless or there is a light at the end of the tunnel [Applause] [Music] [Applause] mark of six and Oh [Applause] [Music] I see that mermen a big just exploded on when test optional come back divert to the back join us at the Hearn Center get your Mizzou volleyball season tickets today at MU healthcare we're ready ready to care for you ready with additional safety measures ready to provide routine checkups sick care and all the services you need ready because care shouldn't be delayed come get the care you need [Music] see how we're ready at mu health.org / safecare [Music] when severe weather knocks you down shelter insurance is there to help pick you up we're your shield we're your shelter our cases have made headlines our approach and tenacity is recognized we understand that our clients only have one shot to get what they deserve and that's what drives us we make a difference in our clients lives and that makes us work harder we have proven results and decades of experience if you've been hurt call our office you don't have to hire us just call us because that call can change everything find us online at law Missouri comm Harper Evans Wade and net Meyer [Music] when was the last time you looked at Central Bank we mean really looked and what's possible when you combine leading edge technology with a bank who can make important decisions locally and who can help you turn what's possible into what's real take a new look at the world of possibilities with central bank strong roots endless possibilities [Music] [Applause] [Music] even if we don't meet in person regions is still here for you we make it easier to bank from almost anywhere with mobile and online banking our our tools and tech put you in control so you can deposit checks pay bills check balances and transfer money no matter where you are [Music] learn more at Regions comm slash tools the world is built for you so why isn't it all about you when it comes to your money so what's on your mind we are 97 year old firm built for right now Edward Jones it's time for investing to feel individual okay take a bow blade Celsius your thing it's this it's Bud Light seltzer mango mango mango have we tried that before I don't know must be new alright let's drink this Bovie tip initiated thanks buds a proof let's show we like it commencing happy face Oh much better Bud Light Seltzer available for delivery [Music] after the Tigers vanquished the Jayhawks they sat alone atop the big a with six wins and six conference games nobody was thinking 14 and oh just yet but a Big Eight championship was certainly a possibility to achieve that they'd have to win several games just like the next one on their schedule norm Stewart saying boy Oklahoma has always given us fits in fact öyou has won three straight over Missouri and for the last five well they're playing against a team that's right now trying to make a run and put this big eight championship just for a train the biggest late room vanish the Tigers started a bit slow in Norman Oklahoma but they exploited their great unexpected strength that non-traditional liner the three going with me Melvin and walk was it a game that I think that was kind of hard you know to go out all of it because all this could she win what would get in that film would call it like a do co-star because no before could you focus Trey Trey Wow which is called like a Jew Costa [Applause] the Tigers are like open for three with Missouri leading by 10 their benches I've scored Oklahoma's bench 20 to 3 we had a group of guys that that I call multi-talented you know you know everybody has skill sets but he had skill sets of different positions if you're going to try to win championships gotta have quality depth and he certainly has it this year Croton jordison his double figure lead Neuer got tired a couple times but we were never worried you know we never felt pressed and and that's to the you know character of the eight seniors nobody had an 11-point lead and the suitors have come all the way back if ever there was an old-fashioned Big Eight battle this was it what's de Parfum right to see yet step and move 13 in the first half now 15 for the game here comes on chess with Louis two-on-one fast break they're going Norman [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Crudup again prove on curb having a big day here comes [Applause] [Applause] Winfield's [Applause] feel pesky for the Tigers defensible [Applause] three from the top of the key [Music] I like Carly right now for Oklahoma he's got a smaller guy [Applause] now summer hits the three clock at two haider hit that one [Applause] napkins with 21 as the Tigers trying to maintain control leading by two we're tied again position critical breakdown the fish you gotta get good shot pointer by Atkins Andy's foul it could be a four-point play by Adkins [Music] hurry eight to two over the last minute of this game and missouri hitting their free-throws when they most is going to 16 into on the year formerly for Noren Stewart 7a no in the big 8 conference Missouri at the halfway mark are leading the big 8 the winds came fast and furious for a while as the Tigers marched through the month of February [Music] they've won 16 straight against Oklahoma State here at the Verne Center in Columbia possession of the bass important to both teams and Booker [Applause] [Music] turns out on the break razor to the bucket didn't get it tip could have gotten inside and who's having trouble handling picks up the double-team that leaves Collins alone and is taken away [Applause] Tigers are just swarming the cowboy Lamont Frazier on the rim and when the crowd here in Columbia on their feet and roaring for the Tigers it feels like the fans are out there playing with us just how loud it got is just just crazy hold on a fir tree the free-throw missed that time by government Missouri [Applause] Tigers are open up team they're just swarming but another stealin Winfield as well I am [Applause] just bowling Oklahoma State Rooker gives it up Park dad goes to war [Applause] a 12-point rate 4228 top choice got burly wide open he got pork inside by Kelly James save set before [Applause] and the Cowboys are fighting back Oklahoma State down sevens inside he goes and the shot is good throwing for three yes and it's a two-point ballgame dairy always being that eventually you're going to get a man open and they are doing a great job of getting it down inside what a comeback here hi after bein down 15 one-point lead Mizzou with 51 seconds to play and a two-point lead 34 seconds to play Oklahoma State down one good and does 15,000 Missouri fans pulling hard for the Tigers about 15 million big offense will they throw up oh man if they've to beat Missouri and get the lace going to the big 8 giving him the pick he lost it in the lane the Balrog by Kelly Thames [Applause] can run the baseline and see where the bass cup they want to throw along and they do caught by Thompson midcourt fires and didn't get it [Applause] the Tigers dynamo Missouri winning 13 straight conference games and four consecutive road games the big 8 conference Missouri has not won a name since 1990 we or to the during short nose is called zoom mic Fred Hoiberg face inside the Piven [Applause] and the biggest lead of the night good night [Applause] pop it up and fight Kelly fans the Tigers crawl back into it [Applause] 731 30 here's a steal by already was a swam and they were going to be down at the half to the 12th ranked Missouri Tigers Jhonny owner was said I'll take it they turn over again to the same Bugaboo namiko really and I was dated something to sense they going to hang around this thing to hear themes tonight or even at 51 inside me colleague wheel John Stuart news coming in tonight his team is going to be in for a battle this will be a true test beat him for truth [Applause] for three and they're your senior Missouri comes back to taking 60-59 Billy Thames has proved to me tonight that he's on the edge of becoming a greatman Fraser the chip to make it 65 62 118 to go and man hyper overtime oh my goodness Missouri trying to win it tonight the big turtle bid side and he doesn't miss this one the jury starts to be over time taking a 67-65 lead to crust and he is filed the basketball couch you're gonna win big basketball games on the [Applause] the pressure of Iowa State and now back to Melvin Booker they backed off and Tucker you can't do that to him [Music] [Applause] Piper what she bought Buddha he says I'm trying to win us a championship I know I've got to get the rebound and Missouri notes at night scene into [Music] you dawn stuard he is the Dean of bigoted coaches look at the winning percentage just an outstanding job long before his Hall of Fame career began norm Stewart learned basketball the non-traditional way in his hometown of Shelbyville Missouri I used to jump down a coal chute to go play at night and the coach knew I was jumping down the poultry but he made sure that I could jump down the coal chute Fogg Alan Henry odd to coach dog this guy you know on the court and you know during practice as well with coach it was strictly business starvin Norman they call him and for good reason if his team doesn't have fire he seems to have plenty of it to share he wasn't about to fill and you know it's this is Missouri basketball this is what it is and he ran a program his way and his style the resounding tone of sit-down North soon as he walks in the building the fans start talking about sit down norm they've been telling him to sit down you know I look at guys that I know couldn't play with coasts where his intensity is sky-high on both ends just the demand that he you know he had upon us it's what really got us there as well I mean he had expectations a great thing about athletics is if you can do it and matter your color doesn't matter your religion doesn't matter your background you can go do it the 12th ranked Tigers are unbeaten in conference play and on the verge of a championship but they're still seeking national respects the stage was perfectly set on February 20th 1994 norm Stuart's tough values would be put to the test in the toughest environment the big eight had to offer the home court of Mizzou's bloodrider we went to Allen Fieldhouse and I always asked by players I said if you can't play well in Allen Fieldhouse then you shouldn't be playing Kansas did a big eight showdown next on ABC Sports you can't play well here you can't play you don't want to compete like you should be able to compete additional incentive could also be found in Mizzou's continued underdog status despite holding a 1000 conference record including a decisive win over Kay you just 21 days earlier pollsters ranked Kansas fourth in the country while Missouri sat at number 12 we go through the outcome today Missouri the top 10 team - time for the big 8 conference crown with a victory this afternoon Hera's in Missouri that's ol inning the junior college kid from Pensacola knocks down the three the inside attack we talked about the Missouri they come to a screeching halt with Olivia both sides will make severe Fraser off the pitch pasta blasted em very under he's a great defender he can hit big time shots three-point Lana it can't just by one beautiful move inside forgot the pass tomorrow the biggest lead engine 34:28 [Applause] with the high off the window experience guard boy right there it was the kind of clutch play melvin booker frequently made during his senior year the few outside of the big eight had noticed booker was having an all-american season with his second half against kansas in a close game watched by a national television audience poker would no longer be a quiet Midwestern secret through the pull up on the baseline it hits it melvin Booker Booker with ten now [Applause] [Music] okay [Applause] for Asia this field [Applause] all the way soon as Kansas got it tonight we got the signal the true mark for college guard is how well he played in a tough environment it was just one of those games where you know I got going and I felt like you know I put the team on my back and try to carry us to a win well you know it's a great story on which day they found him as a sophomore down in Moss Point Mississippi that turned out to be about the book eight minutes left to go here now three [Applause] right this face victory with 12 second half points for Missouri he has kept them in his basketball game put it right back after what mr. cooker you're for real Eldon Booker had scored nine straight points for Missouri and the Tigers were right back in it we just turned the game I was hot in his own at the time it's just everything was falling for me just like you draw it up like pass the moon field insane [Applause] scoring a point in the first half has got mine in the second half in the [Music] it seems the offensive board and puts it in big second half patelliday one quality roy hibbert [Applause] folks that you don't learn by the 69 hooker hooker he's making a claim right now for thinking Player of the Year I really was I was playing with my team you know my team was really the player day yeah we was he was a well balanced team it's just so happen I got the award but so many gods contribute to us winning that year [Applause] [Music] hook it up the physical strength of the Missouri team right now [Applause] starting to wear down kids at okay Missouri we got the rebound kicks it back to hall [Applause] and Missouri is these seniors that they have never and there's a phobia and Kansas in Columbia and beaten warrants welcome 32 points today Melvin Booker and Missouri beaten cancer at war [Music] you join us this fall at the new zoo the six-game home schedule kicks off September 5th and includes SEC matchups with the Georgia Bulldog and a homecoming showdown against the Kentucky Wildcats get your season tickets today call 1-800 cat paws or visit MU Tigers comm and join us at the new zoo at MU healthcare we're ready ready to care for you ready with additional safety measures ready to provide routine checkups sick care and all the services you need ready because care shouldn't be delayed come get the care you need [Music] see how we're ready at MU health org slash safe care [Music] when severe weather knocks you down shelter insurance is there to help pick you up we're your shield we're your shelter our cases have made headlines our approach and tenacity is recognized we understand that our clients only have one shot to get what they deserve and that's what drives us we make a difference in our clients lives and that makes us work harder we have proven results and decades of experience if you've been hurt call our office you don't have to hire us just call us because that call can change everything find us online at law Missouri comm Harper Evans Wade and net Meyer when was the last time you looked at central bank meaning really look and what's possible when you combine leading edge technology with a bank who can make important decisions locally and who can help you turn what's possible into what's real take a new look at the world of possibilities with central bank strong roots endless possibilities [Music] even if we don't meet in person regions is still here for you we make it easier to bank from almost anywhere with mobile and online banking our our tools and tech put you in control so you can deposit checks pay bills check balances and transfer money no matter where you are learn more at Regions comm flash tools the world is built per view so why isn't it all about you when it comes to your money so what's on your mind we are 97 year old firm built for right now Andrew Jones it's time for investing to feel individual ok take a boat late sells beer sure thing it's this it's a Bud Light Seltzer mango mango mango have we tried that before I don't know must be new alright let's drink this Bovie tip initiated thanks buds a proof let's show we like it commencing happy face Oh much better Bud Light Seltzer available for delivery [Music] Missouri had clinched a share of the conference championship but at eleven and oh it wasn't just about the big 8 title anymore three games to play the Tigers wanted perfection once like I like through the mid of the season I think that's when we just you know thought I okay man we could we could run the tables we felt like you know we was at that point now so we should go for it Norm's teams are always hard-nosed yeah they are they play great defense and you know that's always gonna be a physical game [Applause] [Applause] our cat comes quickly in than his royal line up now they spit a shot that cos knocks down the Trey Frasier got it down and that's going to count [Applause] selenium forks one for three [Applause] mark Atkins with his tray [Applause] Oklahoma now back within five now here's Webster with the steal and the layup and now it's just a two-point golf ball game Oh [Applause] and settlements going to shoot the technicals again he made two technical free-throws earlier melvin hooker off his game here today taken out of the first half by found Wolowitz - that's too many weapons on this Missouri team Kelly things in a circle [Applause] he already has one technical call against him two technicals against his players and an intentional foul not much Billy can say right now that's the seventh time that mark Atkins has made seven three-point shots in a game [Applause] Reggie Smith for three [Applause] the undisputed big a championship here and there fit for an unbeaten conference season they have two more obstacle to clear the brand was coliseum it has been tough to win here not only for the Tigers but for any club last year that in play well k-state faded since then what first bucket of the [Applause] he'll step to the line slapped away [Applause] [Music] berries Wildcats need this game to the end back since fifteen Jones [Applause] [Music] their tempo it [Applause] [Music] it was more than just basketball it was like a Brotherhood I think that's what helped us out a lot in close games tough games [Music] [Applause] got it in their eyes there was some time now she didn't even say a word when we got the 1200 antenna no he didn't say anything is some time I was he just called a timeout and just let it cool down for a second and we went back out there and played [Music] [Applause] points [Applause] we knew what we were doing we trusted each other we were brothers off the court we were brothers on the court and we really never had a worry you see a leopard Emily [Applause] this guy [Applause] davus [Applause] the Missouri it's more nebulous [Applause] [Applause] here's our 13 and over the Big Eight [Applause] [Music] Nebraska it's gonna be a big afternoon in the hospital Nebraska standing in the way of Missouri trying to go undefeated the biggest Asia Blackwell's drive to the basket Watson as the buzzer gets it on the floor [Applause] Blackwell puts it up at auction [Applause] request your Mizzou basketball season tickets today and we'll see you at Mizzou Arena in a new healthcare we're ready ready to care for you ready with additional safety measures ready to provide routine checkups sick care and all the services you need ready because care shouldn't be delayed come get the care you need [Music] see how we're ready and mu health org slash safe care [Music] when severe weather knocks you down shelter insurance is there to help pick you up we're your shield we're your shelter our cases have made headlines our approach and tenacity is recognized we understand that our clients only have one shot to get what they deserve and that's what drives us we make a difference in our clients lives and that makes us work harder we have proven results and decades of experience if you've been hurt call our office you don't have to hire us just call us because that call can change everything find us online at law Missouri comm Harper Evans Wade and net Meyer [Music] when was the last time you looked at Central Bank we mean really looked and what's possible when you combine leading edge technology with a bank who can make important decisions locally and who can help you turn what's possible into what's real take a new look at the world of possibilities the central bank strong roots endless possibilities [Music] [Applause] [Music] even if we don't meet in person regions is still here for you we make it easier to bank from almost anywhere with mobile and online banking our our tools and tech put you in control so you can deposit checks pay bills check balances and transfer money no matter where you are learn more at Regions comm slash tools the world is built review so why isn't it all about you when it comes to your money so what's on your mind we are 97 year old firm built for right now Andruw Jones it's time for investing to feel individual Hey take a bow blade seltzer yes your thing it's this it's Bud Light seltzer mango mango mango have we tried that before I don't know must be new alright let's drink this puppy SIF initiated thanks about the proof let's show we like it commencing happy face Bud Light Seltzer available for delivery I can remember like that last game like it was yesterday Mizzou's final test on the path to perfection took place on the afternoon of March 5th 1994 the red-hot Nebraska Cornhuskers arrived at the Hearn Center having won five of their previous seven game 14 that wasn't our goal you know born into the season let's go undefeated in the conference the goal was to win the conference but just so happened we got there and we got to that last game and we lose going for it it's the tiger the ball family pi2 we played just over four minutes with a lucky ball the Tigers would need luck and much more on their side they not only battled the pressure of perfection but also Nebraska's Erik paya Kowski one of the big aids most dangerous scores [Applause] pouchy then I have to hit all big a player [Applause] Lucas out move the ball [Music] by a cupcake rascal didn't come right back at you after school by Kowski stuck inside and Eric Bukowski already has a dozen then the story for Nebraska today 14 of the 18 points [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for the third time this time at [Applause] to start the game it's the three that'll quiet the place [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Mizzou's six-point lead was short-lived the Tigers and Huskers remain tethered all afternoon it's a little while straight to try it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's tied at halftime the Tigers once again relied on their experience and depth they would need everyone to contribute Missouri came out tied to start the game and of interesting to see how they come out here in the second if they've been a second-half team all year [Music] [Applause] [Applause] performer big streak through the big 8 conference one coin hunts curly [Music] the way they built the arena you know it was straight up so everybody was on top of you you know it was one of the toughest places to play in for visiting teams and you know it was the ultimate home court advantage the steep use of the homes building really had an effect [Music] [Applause] it's 14 at all believe it or not I used to watch that noise meter sometimes during the game and just how loud it got is is just crazy [Music] George Stewart let's to stop this run for the Huskers [Applause] there's a landing a disco but go away [Music] [Applause] I watched that game recently just to get you know familiar with the last five minutes and that was like the craziest [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] bankers gotta watch my cows keen eyes [Applause] down three do you need a three here no not desert hooker back [Applause] [Applause] and we were down he missed the two free-throws that could have put us up and we would have had the ball and they're still down one let me tell you something Orange during I've seen him over the years many times in this situation played and gold for the last shot either win or lose watch out for this guy right hooker [Applause] they come back now they're gonna call a double foul I've never seen that call every basketball the basket will not count we understand but on the ultimate possession Missouri will get it back Missouri still trailing by one with 16.6 to go oh man leave it to Melvin [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the basketball guys is what I call a long [Applause] it was hot fate it was our destiny I mean you know we worked hard I may even put away another way you know sometimes you need a ball about your way I still think 3/4 of the ball was in the basket in 410 now and I just remember like celebrating [Applause] they gave of history and we would have been in history blood I mean 1301 I wouldn't gotta say history all work as a tea always to get here feels good slaw telling it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] there's been 27 years I had seen you know some of the guys they had seen me it was good to be back to to see everybody you come back to the school where you spent your youth that it makes you think about so many things we had the seniors on the team and they kind of laid the foundation for us of how the team should act and you know the Brotherhood with all the teammates being blessed and fortunate have accomplished a lot to basketball you know a lot because of my coaches and teammates so I'm just the love that we receive since we've been here is there and I was a small-town kid from Moss Point Mississippi and to come to Columbia in the city and at school you know took me in and I grew up as a man here I came in at the young boy left as it as a man that doesn't matter if you won ten championships or if you've won no games the the idea is to compete and continue to try to a part of the group that be as good part of that group that you can be [Applause] it's very humbling it is absolutely amazing I've been in Columbia Missouri since 1952 it's rich and it's rewarding Columbia is always like special tomorrow [Music] [Applause] he lost it in the lane of LRAD by Kelly Thames [Applause] for free [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good [Applause] what a way [Applause] four-point game Missouri lob pass [Applause] [Music] norm Stewart Stormin Norman they call him and for good reason Reggie Smith for a Papa P free-throw line for third on the left lane layup - he got fouled with twelve point five seconds to go and Missouri becomes the first team is 23 years to complete the Big Eight schedule a perfect 14 and Oh

Channel: Mizzou Athletics

Views: 11,365

Keywords: missouri, mizzou, tigers, mizzou basketball, missouri basketball, mizzou hoops, missouri hoops, 1993, 1994, 93-94, perfection, perfect season, melvin booker, jevon crudup, julian winfield, kelly thames, norm stewart, lamont frazier

Id: iNrFJrTyYr8

Length: 78min 48sec (4728 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 25 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/ard5f9]

It's a good look back at one of the best teams in Mizzou history. The lack of storytelling in this with arc and conflict makes my Mizzou journalism degree ache. It's a glorified highlight mix tape.

[u/shimmyking45]

I would KILL for a seriously competitive Missouri basketball team. Football is a lot of fun and I love the atmosphere here, but college basketball just has that certain spice. Lord knows I am excited for the Missouri vs Kansas games

[u/Zoltrahn]

I still have tiny scar on my face from when I hit it on the corner of a table, trying to imitate Melvin Booker's dunk as a kid on my toy hoop.