Cuonzo Martin directs his University of Missouri Tigers basketball team during the first half of a March 10 game in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Tampa, Fla. Desiree Reed-Francois, the university’s director of athletics, announced in a statement last Friday night that Martin had been dismissed after five seasons. (CHRIS O’MEARA/AP PHOTO)
BY DAVE SKRETTA AP BASKETBALL WRITER KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri fired basketball coach Cuonzo Martin on Friday night, one day after the Tigers…