Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 11:40 a.m.

Tigers looking for another KC surprise

By David Briggs

KANSAS CITY — Missouri women’s basketball Coach Cindy Stein remembers her underdog team’s last visit to Kansas City for embodying the reason she loves sports.

Monday, March 8, 2010, 2 p.m.

Tigers send Stein out a winner in home finale

By David Briggs

A small but full-throated Mizzou Arena crowd rose to its feet as the Cindy Stein era of Missouri women’s basketball yielded a final, emotional home celebration. 2 comments

Sunday, March 7, 2010, 8 a.m.

Look to end on high note

By David Briggs

Cindy Stein is comfortably in her “basketball cocoon” as she prepares for a mid-afternoon practice Friday at Mizzou Arena.

Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1 p.m.

Longhorns run away from Tigers in second half

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Brittainey Raven scored 13 points as No. 18 Texas beat Missouri 60-41 last night.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, noon

Blue Springs native could be on radar

By David Briggs

If Missouri calls Texas Christian women’s basketball Coach Jeff Mittie to talk about MU’s coaching vacancy, the Blue Springs native is likely to listen. At least that’s what his father believes.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, noon

Missouri needs to decide if it’s all-in

By Joe Walljasper

In an interview with Missouri Athletic Director Mike Alden in 2001, he used the phrase “the price of poker” when describing Missouri’s place in the arms race of Big 12 football and men’s basketball. The point being: If you want to play with the big boys, you’re going to have to pay like the big boys. 7 comments

Wednesday, March 3, 2010, noon

Stein says she will leave MU with no regrets

By David Briggs

Cindy Stein is bracing for a painful goodbye when a season she called the most difficult of her professional career concludes — most likely at next week’s Big 12 Tournament. 3 comments

Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:44 p.m.

Cindy Stein resigns as MU women's basketball coach

By David Briggs

The doubt about Cindy Stein’s future as the Missouri women’s basketball coach reached the point late this season where road games felt like stops on a farewell tour. 42 comments

Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 2 p.m.

Tigers can’t shake their losing habit

By David Briggs

The Missouri women’s basketball team is no longer sure where the bottom of its free-falling season lies.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 2 p.m.

Torn ACLs hit Tigers, others in Big 12 hard

By David Briggs

Teri Gee prayed the call wouldn’t come. “Can we just hold out for two more years?” she remembers thinking. Her older daughter, Bailey, a sophomore at Missouri, had never endured so much as a bad sprain. But the three most chilling words in women’s basketball seemed to hang over their hoops circle. 1 comment

Sunday, February 14, 2010, 8 a.m.

So close, so far away for MU women

By Joe Walljasper

With 3 minutes left in the game, the improbability of the previous 37 minutes dawned on the Missouri and Nebraska women’s basketball teams. With a six-point lead, the Big 12’s last-place team was on the verge of upsetting the league leader. 2 comments

Thursday, February 11, 2010, 2 p.m.

Tigers fall short in tight game

By THE TRIBUNE'S STAFF

The Missouri women’s basketball lost a defensive struggle against Kansas State 37-33 last night in Manhattan, Kan.

Monday, February 8, 2010, 2 p.m.

Tigers take turn for the worse

By David Briggs

Almost good enough gave way to almost bad enough for the Missouri women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon. The Tigers, who time and again had hung close with tough teams even as they fell deeper into the Big 12’s basement, nearly set the program’s offense back 36 years in a 65-39 loss to Iowa State at Mizzou Arena.

Sunday, February 7, 2010, 8 a.m.

Johnson keeps faith

By David Briggs

Denise Johnson leaves her daughter, Jessra, with the same message every day. “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me,” Johnson, a pastor in Fayette, will remind the Missouri forward during one of their three daily phone conversations.

Sunday, January 31, 2010, 8 a.m.

Missouri women can’t catch a break

By David Briggs

Missouri women’s basketball Coach Cindy Stein gleaned at least one positive from her team’s 61-59 loss to Kansas Saturday night. “Well,” she began afterward, “it was better than the first game.”