COLUMBIA, MO. • John Brown knew he could have an impact on the Missouri men’s basketball team when his freshman team almost beat the varsity in the Black and Gold Game in 1969.
The game was played in Brewer Fieldhouse – a great home-court advantage with a 5,000-seat capacity. At the time, fans smoked in the building, and the smoke settled into the baskets by halftime.
Brown said he scored 32 points in that game, and the next day’s newspaper read, “Brown steals show.”
Brown didn’t just help Norm Stewart’s program. The 6-7 forward from Dixon, Mo.