Something was different at the Oct. 15 Missouri men’s basketball media session. When you looked over at coach Kim Anderson, the change was clear.
There, past his head, in black and gold letters, was a phrase already spreading on social media: “#RallyForRhyan.”
With the letters behind him, Anderson publically addressed the team tragedy in person for the first time. Rhyan is Rhyan Loos, the daughter of assistant coach Brad Loos. The rally is for her fight against neuroblastoma.
The ‘C’ word.
Just as Loos had been absent from the sidelines, the bubbly five-year-old who senior center Ryan Rosburg knew as “the life of the party” was missing from team gatherings.