Missouri's Laurence Bowers pumps his fist after Keion Bell made a free throw in the final seconds of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won 63-60. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
L.G. PattersonCOLUMBIA, MO. • The concept for Saturday’s Mizzou basketball alumni game was hatched long before the program’s offseason evolution, but the entrepreneurs behind the event will gladly capitalize on the buzz.
For months, former Tigers Laurence Bowers and DeMarre Carroll were tired of the gloomy news coming from their alma mater, both from the school’s two high-profile teams and the campus at-large, and wanted to create an event to shed a more positive light on Mizzou.