It took 86 to reach the magic number 26, but the win was sweet nonetheless for Missouri basketball coach Kim Anderson.
Anderson, who was hired by Missouri in April of 2014, garnered his 300th win overall as a head coach when the Tigers beat Vanderbilt 72-52 on Saturday. It took 86 games at the helm of the black and gold for Anderson to get his 26th victory as coach of Missouri, but it still was a milestone win for him.
“It took a long time to get it,” Anderson said. “From the time I got here to the time I got to 300, it took a long time to get it and that’s disappointing.