Anything can happen in March. The Tigers, fresh off their third top-5 win of the season against No. 4 Alabama, took a trip to Fayetteville and were on the losing end of a 92-85 upset to head coach John Calipari’s Razorbacks.

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,

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:

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.

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

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

Led by a career-high 31 points from Mark Mitchell, Mizzou put forth a dizzying offensive performance and beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98. As the clock wound down, Gates called a timeout with 1.5 seconds left and grabbed the public address mic to ask fans to stay off the court. “Please do not rush the court,” he said.

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.