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Hochman: Why Mizzou's Tamar Bates was called 'best player in (MU-KU) game' per Bill Self

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — There are just those games, man, those rare ones in which everything absolutely comes together for a team and, in the process, the game spits out a sudden legend.

That’s what was witnessed here on Sunday at Mizzou Arena as the Tigers defeated the hated rivals from Kansas ... who happened to be the No. 1-ranked team in the land. And a young man named Tamar Bates — who hails from, of all places, Kansas City, Kansas — scored a game-high 29 points for unranked Missouri in the historic win.