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Here are the top 10 Missouri basketball games of the decade

By Thomas Huitt-Johnson

COLUMBIA, MO - FEBRUARY 04: Marcus Denmon #12 of the Missouri Tigers takes a shot over Conner Teahan #2 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the second half at Mizzou Arena on February 4, 2012 in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri won 74-71. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, MO - FEBRUARY 04: Marcus Denmon #12 of the Missouri Tigers takes a shot over Conner Teahan #2 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the second half at Mizzou Arena on February 4, 2012 in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri won 74-71. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBIA, MO – DECEMBER 15: The Missouri basketball team exits the locker room prior to the start of the game against the Kennesaw State Owls on December 15, 2011 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, MO – DECEMBER 15: The Missouri basketball team exits the locker room prior to the start of the game against the Kennesaw State Owls on December 15, 2011 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Missouri basketball was one of the best teams in college basketball at one point in this decade, but the Tigers also had a three-year stint as one of the lowest major teams.

Missouri basketball saw a ton of ups and downs over the past 10 years. Though a couple of the seasons didn’t end the way we had hoped after such a great regular season, those years still delivered several nights of entertaining hoops and exciting memories.

The Tigers had one of the best teams in the country in 2011-12, and those memories will be with us forever. The Tigers program got back on track after years of futility in 2017, and under coach Cuonzo Martin, the Tigers move into the 2020s. Hopefully those years bring CoMo more joy than the past decade has.

For the 2010s, Missouri had four different head coaches and a number of key players. Missouri basketball saw several overtime games and fantastic finishes, against rival schools like Kansas and Illinois and also top programs such as Kentucky.

Of course you remember Marcus Denmon’s huge finish against Kansas in 2012, but what about his finale against Vanderbilt, pre-SEC? We know coach Frank Haith’s team had some of the best games of the 2010s, but what about Kim Anderson? Did that team really give us one of the best games of the decade?

Here’s a look back at the top 10 games for the basketball program over this decade.

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