The 2009–10 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the

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in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their Head Coach was Mike Anderson, who was in his 4th year at Missouri. The team played its home games at

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in Columbia,

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and they are members of the

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. The Tigers finished the season 23–11, 10–6 in Big 12 play and they lost in the first round of the

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. They received an at–large bid to the

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, earning a 10 seed in the East Region. They upset 7 seed Clemson in the first round before falling to 2 seed and AP #6

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in the second round.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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