COLUMBIA, Mo. — As soon as No. 18 Missouri’s 68-65 win against No. 10 Alabama went final, a tiny Tigers fan, one of the few people in attendance due to COVID-19 protocols at Mizzou Arena, hustled down the stairs and out onto Norm Stewart Court.
The scrambling boy wore a mask on his face and carried a marker in his hand.
No one was going to stop him from getting an autograph from the game's MVP.
“I signed a little poster for him,” Mitchell Smith said.
Tigers coach Cuonzo Martin likes to call Mitchell Smith, “The Credit Card," because he says he, "can't leave home without him.