1916–17 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
The 1916–17 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1916–17 college basketball season. The team was led by first year head coach John Miller. The captain of the team was Fred Williams.
Missouri finished with a 12–4 record overall and a 10–4 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. This was good enough for a 2nd place finish in the regular season conference standings.
Schedule and results
| Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Record |
| January 6* |
|
Central Methodist |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 47–21 |
1–0 |
| January 12 |
|
Iowa State |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 28–25 |
2–0 (1–0) |
| January 13 |
|
Iowa State |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
L 21–24 |
2–1 (1–1) |
| January 19 |
|
Washington University |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 36–22 |
3–1 (2–1) |
| January 20 |
|
Washington University |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 30–20 |
4–1 (3–1) |
| February 2* |
|
Kansas City Poly |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 52–20 |
5–1 (3–1) |
| February 6 |
|
at Kansas |
|
Lawrence, Kansas |
|
L 23–24 |
5–2 (3–2) |
| February 7 |
|
at Kansas |
|
Lawrence, Kansas |
|
W 26–17 |
6–2 (4–2) |
| February 9 |
|
at Nebraska |
|
Lincoln, Nebraska |
|
W 18–16 |
7–2 (5–2) |
| February 10 |
|
at Nebraska |
|
Lincoln, Nebraska |
|
W 18–7 |
8–2 (6–2) |
| February 21 |
|
Kansas |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 24–20 |
9–2 (7–2) |
| February 22 |
|
Kansas |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 38–15 |
10–2 (8–2) |
| March 5 |
|
Kansas State |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
L 22–26 |
10–3 (8–3) |
| March 6 |
|
Kansas State |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
L 27–32 |
10–4 (8–4) |
| March 8 |
|
at Washington University |
|
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
W 23–19 |
11–4 (9–4) |
| March 9 |
|
at Washington University |
|
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
W 31–22 |
12–4 (10–4) |
| *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time. |
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