Missouri Tigers men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates has made his second appearance on the annual Naismith Award watch list. Gates is on the 15-coach watch list for the nationwide award bestowed annually to the top coach in Division I college basketball. The list of 15 was released Friday.

Missouri basketball coach Dennis Gates called a late timeout and grabbed the arena microphone to ask fans not to rush the court vs Alabama. Here’s why:

Alabama's loss to Missouri comes days after the NCAA Tournament selection committee unveiled the Tide as the No. 2 overall seed.

After Missouri basketball fans stormed the court following a victory over then-No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 8, Tigers coach Dennis Gates made sure there wouldn’t be an encore after No. 15 Missouri beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98 on Wednesday night.

Mizzou coach Dennis Gates called timeout with 1.5 seconds left in a win over No. 4 Alabama. A court storm was on his mind.

Instead of stripping the program down to its studs after a winless conference season, Gates held on to his core and is thriving in Year 3.

Dennis Gates and the No. 15-ranked Missouri Tigers continued to roll through the Southeastern Conference Wednesday night, taking down No. 4-rated Alabama Crimso

With just 1.5 seconds remaining and No. 15 Missouri on the cusp a momentous win over No. 4 Alabama on Wednesday night, Dennis Gates made a quick move to the scorers table and grabbed a microphone. The Tigers' third-year coach had a message to share with a crowd of 15,

The Missouri basketball team picked up one of their best wins of the season on Wednesday night as they handily took down #4 Alabama at home. The Tigers started the game on a 12-0 run, and they never looked back as they ended up winning the game 110-98.