For a snapshot of what makes this a time like no other in the fused forces of Missouri men’s and women’s basketball, a time of unique synergy, consider this moment Tuesday afternoon in a corridor of Mizzou Arena.
Robin Pingeton, coach of the 11th-ranked MU women’s team, is talking to The Star about what is becoming a phenomenon: Her team on Sunday played before the largest crowd to see a women’s game in school history (11,092) and fans waited an hour or more afterward to get autographs and pictures with her players — including hometown star Sophie Cunningham.