Iconic Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart liked to pretend he never spent money in Kansas, least of all in Lawrence.
That was fun stuff but absolutely untrue, he has laughingly acknowledged in retirement.
It’s a different dynamic now, of course, since Mizzou defected from the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference and Kansas won’t schedule MU in games that count.
Just the same, current Mizzou coach Cuonzo Martin knows a certain aura yet lingers over the dormant rivalry.
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