(AP) -- New Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith is on the road, not just recruiting a fresh crop of players but also trying to win over skeptical fans.
The former Miami coach was hired in early April after Missouri was unable to land Purdue's Matt Painter, a more successful coach who stayed at the Big Ten school and earned a healthy pay raise.
Haith took Miami to the NCAA tournament just once in seven seasons and never had a winning league record in the Atlantic CoastConference.
This week, Haith joined other Missouri coaches and athletic director Mike Alden at several stops on the annual Mizzou Caravan, from Springfield in southwest Missouri to Chicago, home of many Missouri alumni.
He spent Thursday night in the northern Missouri town of Mendon, population 208.
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