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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Missouri basketball season few expected to last this long ended more bitter than sweet on Saturday. A 78-63 loss to Princeton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament denied the Tigers a berth in next week’s Sweet 16 and instead ended a remarkable debut season for coach Dennis Gates and his team. Hoping to reach the Sweet 16 in Louisville to face either Baylor or Creighton, the Tigers (25-10) will have to settle for a season that reached heights beyond anyone’s expectations outside of Gates’ locker room. Picked to finish 11th in the Southeastern Conference’s preseason …
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