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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sport
Dave Matter

Oklahoma holds off Missouri, extends Tigers' winless stretch in NCAA Tournament

INDIANAPOLIS — Four years to the day that Missouri introduced Cuonzo Martin as the school’s men’s basketball coach, the Tigers hoped to take a significant step Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium and snap a winless streak in the NCAA Tournament that stretched back more than a decade.

The wait continues.

With their 72-68 loss to Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers experienced more agony on the sport’s biggest stage. Mizzou (16-10) has now lost six consecutive games in the national tournament with the last victory coming in 2010.

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