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Originally Posted by JeeberD
So Mizzou has a basketball rivalry with Illinois but a football rivalry with Kansas? Seems a bit odd to me...
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The Mizzou/Kansas rivalry in basketball is much bigger. Mizzou has the best record of any school in the conference against Kansas overall. Also, Norm Stewart was the only conference coach to have a winning record against Roy Williams, which is obviously saying something given the strength of the program under Roy.
The Illinois rivalry is much more recent in its origins.
When you're the only flagship school in a state, you pretty much have to make your rivalries with your out-of-state neighbors.