The momentum of MU 's surprising 11-2 start faded immediately , as the Tigers began Big 12 play with four straight losses . In Anderson 's Big 12 debut , Iowa State overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to win on a last-second tip-in by Wesley Johnson . Keeping with the trend of undiscovered stars , Johnson is yet another Missouri opponent during the 2006-07 season that eventually reached stardom — Johnson transferred to Syracuse and won Big East Player of the Year honors in 2010 and was drafted fourth in the 2010 NBA Draft . Four days later , a heavily favored Texas Longhorns team dominated Missouri in Austin , thanks to 34 points from Kevin Durant . Then , in the midst of another ice storm , Missouri dropped a home game to Kansas State . The Tigers nearly recovered from a 16-point hole in the second half , and trailed by just five points with less than a minute to play . However , with a chance to throw down a monstrous dunk in the open court , junior forward Marshall Brown missed the jam and killed any hope of a comeback . Two days after that loss , Missouri faced the rival Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence in an ESPN " Big Monday " game on Martin Luther King Day . The underdog Tigers battled the 6th-ranked Jayhawks wire-to-wire , but sophomore Matt Lawrence 's tying three-point attempt as time expired did not even catch the rim
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2006–07 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team