Why is mizzou going to the sec

Big 12 dysfunction behind Missouri's move to the SEC. Share this. Home Sports Mizzou Sports. Close 1 of 2. You must be logged in to participate in the Show Me the Errors contest. Report an error. Write a letter. Send us feedback. Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. It was Texas who flirted with the Pac , forced uneven cash distribution through the conference, and put other schools in a position where they wanted to get away.

Now Missouri is in the SEC, Nebraska is in the Big 10 with Maryland and Rutgers , and there are eight schools hanging in the balance trying to figure out their futures. This post is about hoops. Part of that is because of Lon Kruger being a bit more consistent, while Texas underwent the change from Rick Barnes to Shaka Smart and has since hired Chris Beard and given him any and every dollar available to improve their hoops program.

Meanwhile, Mizzou had won 6 of their last 7 games against Texas, and the momentum was on their side. The issue is— the program Texas is and has been over the last years is being turned on its head in the financial era.

Chris Beard was given a blank check and has hired a staff which reflects it, getting two sitting head coaches to join his staff as assistants. On the all-time win list, Oklahoma ranks 30th, Texas is 18th, Missouri is 43rd. The preference was to always to add an eastern team to balance the divisions, but options became increasingly limited. Missouri may not be the first choice of many SEC fans to join the conference, but over the past couple of weeks, it became the most likely option.

That could have put the annual Alabama-Tennessee game in jeopardy and would have presumably made the Iron Bowl a permanent inter-division SEC game. More NFL Rumors ». View all NFL Sites. More NBA News ». More NBA Rumors ». View all NBA Sites. More MLB News ». More MLB Rumors ». View all MLB Sites. More NHL News ». More Puck Prose News ». View all NHL Sites. More Soccer News ». More Playing for 90 News ». View all Soccer Sites. More College Football News ». More Saturday Blitz News ».

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