SEC Basketball: Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia top uniforms in league
By Erik Mauro
13. Missouri Tigers
Sure, this is a classic look, but that doesn’t mean it looks good.
First, yellow, or “gold” as teams call it these days, should never be the base color of a basketball uniform. It’s tacky and just doesn’t look good. The home whites and road blacks are a bit of a throwback look, with stripes around the waistband and not much else on the top of the jersey aside from “MIZZOU” and the player’s number.
The road blacks actually aren’t all bad. Simple is often boring, but these colors mesh well together and they don’t have to do much more than that. This doesn’t draw attention to the uniforms in any way negatively, which should be the goal of most uniforms.
Where Mizzou loses me is the gold alternates (see above photo.) Come on, this is just trying too hard. The logo on the front isn’t my problem. That’s different, and it’s fine.
The jersey would be better without the number on the front. Every team does that, and that would be such a cool idea to just have it on the back from one team.
Where they REALLY lose me is the striping on the side. What are you trying to do? Is that supposed to be a Tiger claw? Come on. Just because you are called the Tigers doesn’t need you need to LOOK like a Tiger. That’s the biggest problem with Oregon, really, they try TOO hard to be innovative. Just, even removing the claw there would make this uni not so hard on the eyes.
Overall, this whole combo a 3 of 10. The yellow alternate is just so bad it brings it down.