The Puryear family sits in Section 111, on the eastern side of Mizzou Arena, and if you weren’t asking to use their tickets a season ago, then you cannot ask now.
“That’s the rule,” said Vicki Puryear, whose son Kevin, a junior forward for the Missouri Tigers, has begun smiling again when he greets his family after basketball games. For the first time in his college career, his team is winning.
This is the sort of change that happens when a team goes from being one of the worst Power Five squads in the country to standing on the precipice of its first NCAA tournament in five seasons.