I knew this week had already been set in stone as a great one for Missouri athletics when I hopped on the 401 bus that ferries me to Hearnes/Mizzou Arena every few days, and found the usually-empty shuttle packed to the brim with students.
Not even on Mizzou men’s basketball game days is that bus so full– I counted upwards of thirty students riding alongside me They were all headed to the Hearnes Center to see the most entertaining thing in Missouri (since the Chiefs were on the road), ninth-ranked Missouri gymnastics taking on third-ranked LSU.
All who went– a record crowd of 7,336– were rewarded with an incredible win that came down to the very last competitor.