Cuonzo Martin was reintroduced as Missouri State's men's basketball coach on Monday, April 1, 2024, at Great Southern Bank Arena. Here is the entirety of his introductory press conference and Q&A portion with the media afterward.  ..read more

Missouri State is reportedly working on a deal to bring Cuonzo Martin back as men's basketball coach. Martin was the Bears' head coach from 2008-11, winning a Missouri Valley Conference regular season title in 2011. Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains and News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler react to the news and what it means for the Bears moving forward ..read more

Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains and Springfield News-Leader reporter Wyatt Wheeler react to the firing of MSU men's basketball coach Dana Ford. The two discuss what led to Ford's firing, candidates to replace him and what they're hearing about the process that could reshape Missouri State athletics for years to come ..read more

Missouri State basketball season is around the corner. This week's Wyatt's World Podcast features News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler and legendary Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains previewing the season ahead for the men's basketball team. The two go over what they learned from the Bears' media day appearances, the expectations for the team and some phrases that have tripped them up on the radio. You also hear Missouri State head coach Dana Ford's entire press conference from his availability during the Bears' media day at Great Southern Bank Arena ..read more

News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler is back with a Wyatt's World Podcast episode after feeling under the weather for the last few weeks. In this week's episode, Wheeler reports from Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball media day in St. Louis. In the episode, Wheeler attempts to hunt down the one person who voted Missouri State as the league's preseason favorite (it wasn't him). He talks to fellow Valley beat writers including Paul Oren (Valparaiso, The Victory Bell), Jeff Bidwell (Murray State play-by-play), Anthony Kristensen (Evansville, Courier Press) and Randy Reinhardt (Illin ..read more

News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler visits with Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains following his return to the booth. The two talk about Hains' first game back along with their takeaways from Missouri State's first win of the season ..read more

Wyatt quickly goes through the biggest games going on around the Ozarks this week while saying who needs to step up and put on big performances. He also goes through a few predictions in his first high school football preview show.  ..read more

Wyatt wasn't feeling his best but he accidentally turned on the replay of the Missouri State and UT Martin game and decided he needed somewhere to talk about it. How much trouble is Missouri State football in after losing to UT Martin? It might be a long year ..read more

We're still reacting to Missouri State football's loss to Kansas to kick off the 2023 season. Wyatt Wheeler is joined by well-known area broadcaster Corey Riggs who was the color analyst during the Bears' 48-17 loss to the Jayhawks. The two talk about what surprised them during the game, what they still want to see heading into future weeks and the major storylines heading into Saturday's trip to UT Martin. You also hear from Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard, linebacker Tahj Chambers and tight end Lance Mason ..read more

Art and Wyatt sit down to talk about expectations for the upcoming Missouri State football season and its game on Friday night at Kansas. Wyatt also sits down with JayhawkSlant.com football beat reporter Jon Kirby to talk about Kansas football. You also hear Missouri State's Monday press conference with Ryan Beard and players ..read more