More than 30 years after Derrick Chievous last played a game for Missouri, the program will officially retire the No. 3 he wore from 1984-88 and hang his jersey in the rafters at Mizzou Arena alongside the team’s other storied numbers.
Chievous, Mizzou’s career scoring leader with 2,580 points, will have his number retired at halftime of Mizzou’s Feb. 19 game against Kentucky.
"Derrick Chievous enjoyed one of the greatest careers ever in a Mizzou basketball uniform, and we look forward to honoring him later this month by permanently hanging his number alongside other Tiger greats in Mizzou Arena," MU athletics director Jim Sterk said.