Norm Stewart is in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The former Missouri basketball coach led the Tigers to more than 600 victories from 1967 to 1999. He was also successful as a player for the Tigers, both on the basketball court and on the baseball field.

Now, he can add songwriter to his list of accomplishments according to the above report from NBC Action News/KSHB-TV in Kansas City.

It isn’t the first time Stewart has been involved in music making, though. Look for him at about the 3:30 mark of the below video.

It appears MU students are taking notice of the Missouri men’s basketball team’s success — the Tigers are ranked No. 2 in the latest polls. The 4,000 student tickets available for Missouri’s final four home games (Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Iowa State) sold out in under eight hours on Tuesday. Student tickets for games other than the Kansas game typically take more than one day to sell out.

Throughout his third season in the NFL, former Missouri receiver Jeremy Maclin wrote weekly blog posts for GQ. His posts were reflective and thoughtful, including his final one, in which he writes about his offseason plans:

During that time, I’ll go down to Mizzou and work out with the team there. That’s a nice way to transition, because of the nostalgia factor and also because I’ll be working out with guys who want nothing more than to be in the NFL, where I am blessed to be. It keeps me hungry, keeps in the forefront of my mind all the reasons I have for wanting to be a professional football player, all the work I did to get here, and all the work I have ahead to stay here. It’s important never to lose sight of those things.

Missouri coach Frank Haith said that transfer Danny Feldmann is making an impact in practice and, if he were eligible this season, would be getting playing time for the Tigers.

This is great news for Missouri fans because Feldmann, a Helias graduate who played one year at Columbia University, is a walk-on. Feldmann is one of four transfers who are practicing with the team and will be eligible to play next season — Keion Bell (Pepperdine), Earnest Ross (Auburn) and Jabari Brown (Oregon) are all on scholarship.

With Laurence Bowers also returning from injury and several high school recruits coming in to join the transfers, it looks as though Frank Haith will not have to deal with the same depth issues next season that he’s been dealing with this season.

Mike Alden met with Kansas City leaders on Wednesday to re-emphasize Missouri’s interest in continuing to hold athletic events in the city.

The Kansas City Star reported that though no definite plans were made, the group left convinced Alden was genuine.

Jim Heeter, president of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and other members met with Alden at the chamber’s Union Station headquarters for 90 minutes, Chamber vice president of communications Pamela Whiting confirmed.

The group discussed future, annual Missouri football games at Arrowhead Stadium, possibly as soon as next season — though the opponent would not be the University of Kansas.

It also discussed a holiday basketball tournament held at the Sprint Center, and Alden expressed interest in bringing the SEC basketball tournament to the city in the future. Heeter said he expects the Big 12 basketball tournament to continue in the Kansas City despite Missouri’s departure.

Included in the meeting were Kansas City Mayor Pro-Tem Cindy Circo, Kansas City Chiefs president Mark Donovan, Jackson County executive Mike Sanders and Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association president Rick Hughes, among others.

Whiting confirmed that the group will meet again in late February or early March.

The four remaining undefeated men’s basketball teams – Missouri, Baylor, Syracuse, and Murray State – all play on Saturday Jan. 7. Here’s the details and where you can watch. All times are central-standard.

No. 7 Missouri (14-0) @ No. 23 Kansas State (11-2)

Where: Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kan.

When: 12:30 p.m.

TV:  ABC channel 17

No. 4 Baylor (16-0) @ Texas Tech (7-6)

Where: United Sprint Center, Lubbock, Texas

When: 12:45 p.m.

TV: KQFX Fox 38

No. 20 Marquette (12-3) @ No. 1 Syracuse (16-0)

Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.

When: 3 p.m.

TV: ESPN 3

No. 19 Murray State (15-0) @ Austin Peay (3-12)

Where: Dunn Center, Clarksville, Tenn.

When: 7 p.m.

TV: ESPNU

Don’t have cable that carries all the ESPN channels? No worries! All these games are available through ESPN – by pay-per-view at ESPN Full Court or online for free.

CBSSports.com reported a list of schools Pittsburg-transfer Khem Birch expressed interest in, and Missouri is not one of them.

Jeff Goodman reported that Birch’s early list includes Florida, UNLV, Gonzaga, Washington, Xavier and New Mexico State.

Seth Davis, college basketball reporter for Sports Illustrated, tweeted Dec. 29, “I was just told by reliable source that Khem Birch’s family has requested his release to a few schools but Missouri is not one of them.”