COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Moments after notching one of the school's biggest wins in recent memory, Missouri coach Frank Haith walked into his team's locker room and delivered some sobering news.

Instead of hitting the popular clubs and nightspots with their fellow students, the Tigers would be celebrating Saturday's 74-71 victory over No. 8 Kansas in their rooms at a local hotel.

Haith said he wanted his players to be rested for Sunday's trip to Norman, Okla., where they'll take on the Sooners on Monday night. But that's not to say the coach didn't have other motives for sequestering the Tigers after beating their arch-rival.

"I can imagine," Haith said, "what Columbia is going to be like tonight."

From the stands at Mizzou Arena to the house gatherings on campus to the bars such as Shiloh's and Harpo's downtown, there may not have been a crazier party in any college town Saturday night than the shindig that took place throughout Columbia.

It was a moment for all Tigers fans to savor.

Especially since they may never experience it again.

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