Columbia, Mo. ? Julian Wright looked up in disbelief at the center video board prior to pregame introductions of Missouri’s starters on Saturday afternoon in Mizzou Arena.

Instead of a montage of Tigers in the NBA, or highlights of the Norm Stewart era, the big-screen TV showed key moments in Kansas University’s overtime meltdown at Mizzou last season.

“I feel they were trying to get us rattled, make us think too much. That was last year. We have more experience now. It takes a lot more than that to get us rattled,” a motivated Wright said after erupting for 33 points and 12 rebounds in the Jayhawks’ 92-74 rout of the Tigers.

Wright had nine points in a 24-2 run that gave KU a 14-point lead 15 minutes into the game.

He acknowledged the video as providing the Jayhawks with extra energy early in Saturday’s contest.

“It should fire you up if they show something like that before the game,” Wright said after scoring the most points by a Jayhawk since Nick Collison’s 33 versus Duke in 2003. Paul Pierce had 34 versus Vanderbilt back in 1997.

“It made me real mad. It got us angry inside,” Brandon Rush said after burning the Tigers for 21 points and seven rebounds after the video was shown. “That was last year. They didn’t show the game we won at the fieldhouse (on Jan. 15). It made me really want to win.”

KU coach Bill Self could be seen nudging some players to look at the board during the intros.

“I told the guys, ‘Isn’t it unbelievable the whole pregame is about Kansas?’ I said, ‘That should get you guys all fired up,”’ Self said. “I said, ‘That should make you guys feel good.’ I wanted them to watch that.”

Self isn’t surprised Wright and Rush combined for 54 of KU’s 92 points in helping KU’s coach notch the 300th victory of his career.

The Big 12 co-preseason players of the year led the way during what Self called the best practice of the season Friday night at Mizzou Arena.

“Everybody was good last night. They were really good. I actually told Brandon, ‘Save something for the game,”’ Self cracked of Rush, who hit eight of 10 shots.

“Julian : today was just his day. He was so focused, in slow motion, not sped up. He has been so focused like at practice last night,” Self added of Wright, who made a career-best 14 baskets in a career-high 21 attempts, shattering his old scoring mark of 23 points set against Rhode Island this season.

He said his high in a high school game back at Homewood-Flossmoor in Chicago was 24 points.

“It helps that they were pressing. I like when teams press,” said Wright, who likes to run the open court. He hit the glass hard for eight offensive rebounds, several that resulted in stickback points.

He was under control with four turnovers in 36 minutes. Not bad on a day the 6-foot-8, 225-pounder handled the ball numerous times all over the court.

“He was making the simple plays today. That’s what we try to tell him every game when we come out of the game. Make the simple plays. When he does that, he’s the best player in the game,” said freshman guard Sherron Collins who had 14 points and seven assists.

Wright said there’s a good reason he was under control. And not just the pregame video.

“When I make a turnover, coach will put me at the end of the bench. I was tired of it. I had to play better so I can stay in the game,” Wright said.

Wright also had seven points in a key 13-1 run that turned a 60-47 lead into a 73-48 advantage. He also had a basket and foul shot immediately following a 13-1 MU run that cut KU’s biggest lead of 25 points to 75-63 with 7:21 left.

Wright made sure the Tigers (14-9 overall, 3-7 Big 12 Conference), who hung within striking distance of the Jayhawks (21-4, 8-2) all day, never could crack the deficit to single digits the second half.

“Julian was MVP today,” Rush said. “He was walking around last night saying he was going to go in ‘Beast Mode’ again. That’s where he’s doing everything, rebounding, blocking shots, running the court.

“He’s the only person I know who can score 30 on this team.”

Sherron Collins (14) and Darnell Jackson (10) also scored in double digits for the Jayhawks, who hit 54.7 percent of their shots to MU’s 42.2 percent. MU made eight of 30 threes to KU’s three of nine. The Jayhawks won the battle of the boards, 40-33.

KU did have 16 turnovers, not bad against the Tigers, who implemented their ’40 minutes of hell’ pressing attack.

“They hurt us with the press, we also got the ball to the middle. When we did that, good things happened,” Self said. “Our team : we are good in the open court.”

The Jayhawks next will travel to Colorado on Wednesday for an 8 p.m. tipoff.