Missouri has not left the Big 12. Not yet, at least. The conference's board of directors met Monday at an undisclosed location in the Dallas area, and it was anticipated that Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton, having been given the power last week to make decisions on the future of the university's athletic program, might use the opportunity to inform the rest of the conference of its planned departure. But Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas told the Kansas City Star that Missouri did not submit a letter of conditional withdrawal or notify the Big 12 that it planned to leave. "The conference encouraged Missouri to stay in the Big 12," Neinas said, according to the report. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7145629/no-departure-missouri-tigers-big-12-meeting
