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Missouri received the commitment of UCLA transfer Sebastian Mack, Rivals.com confirmed. The Tigers now have two open roster spots for next season.

Even after doing the unimaginable, Missouri finished this season with a sour taste in its mouth.

The Tigers went from a winless conference campaign in Dennis Gates' second year as head coach to winning a conference tournament game and receiving the sixth seed in the NCAA Tournament a season later.

But losing three out of their final four regular-season games, the Tigers stumbled into postseason play before being handled by Drake on March 20. Missouri will now turn fully to the NCAA transfer portal, which opened March 24 and runs through April 22.

With the coming implementation of revenue sharing and NIL changes, basketball will receive a cutdown to a 15-player roster limit, with all 15 eligible to receive scholarships. The Tigers had 18 players on roster this season with three walk-ons. So essentially, the walk-on spots are being removed.

Remaining eligibility​

Missouri has 10 scholarship players retaining eligibility from this past season. After missing most of the year with a lower-leg injury and not playing in a single game, freshman center Trent Burns became eligible for a redshirt.

In accordance with a new NCAA ruling, Tennessee-Martin transfer guard Jacob Crews received a waiver for an extra year of eligibility after spending a season at junior college Daytona State. Crews said he will return to Missouri for his final year of eligibility.


Missouri signed Randall and Rowe in the 2025 class. Bolded names are transfer additions.

March 25: Aidan Shaw announced he entered the transfer portal. The forward spent three seasons with Missouri, looking to use his final year of eligibility elsewhere. Shaw verbally committed to Boston College on March 31.

March 27: The Tigers received the commitment of Jevon Porter, a source confirmed to MizzouToday.

April 4: Freshman forward Marcus Allen entered the transfer portal, a source confirmed.

April 6: The Tigers received the commitment of Oklahoma transfer and Jefferson City product Luke Northweather, a source confirmed to MizzouToday.

April 7: The Tigers received the commitment of UCLA transfer Sebastian Mack, sources told Rivals.com.

Out of eligibility​

Missouri said goodbye to Tamar Bates, Josh Gray, Caleb Grill, Tony Perkins and Marques Warrick. All six Tigers transferred into the program. Bates and Grill played two seasons while Gray, Perkins and Warrick all spent one year in Columbia.

Biggest needs​

Shooters

Losing Grill, Bates and Warrick takes a significant amount of the 3-point shooting ability off the roster.

The Tigers still have Crews, plus Robinson and Pierce made some strides as deep shooters this season, but adding an extra 3-and-D wing or two would be very helpful.

Depth guards

That's also a whole lot of guards leaving the roster.

With Robinson, Barrett and Boateng returning, that's a good base to start off with, but Gates likes to run a lot of guards out there throughout the game. There will need to be a few coming in, and probably more than one with a significant amount of experience to help guide the young guys.

A scoring 5

Gray was a solid addition to the Tigers this season, his rebounding came in very handy at times. But it's no secret the Tigers lacked a scoring presence in the interior at times.

Adding a center who can score and help guide Marshall and Burns into their college careers would be very helpful. If he could also serve as a rim protector on defense, that would be huge.

MizzouToday is working to confirm reports the Tigers have added UCLA guard Sebastian Mack on Monday

A source confirmed Oklahoma transfer and Jefferson City product Luke Northweather committed to Missouri.

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Who are you picking to become the National Champion?

It’s Monday morning so it’s time I let you all know what’s been on my mind the past week.

And since today is the day of a House vs. NCAA hearing in front of Judge Claudia Wilken, that’s going to be what I talk about the whole way.

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For the fourth time in program history, Mizzou gymnastics is in the Elite 8. And the Tigers got their by about as slim a margin as possible.

Rivals250 athlete O'Mari Johnson announced his verbal commitment to North Carolina after his official visit this weekend. Missouri was in line for an official visit, and although never setting one, Johnson doesn't plan on looking elsewhere, saying his recruitment closed after his pledge to the Tar Heels.

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Guard JJ Andrews announced a Top 5 Arkansas, LSU, Marquette, Missouri and Oklahoma on Saturday. He'll make his commitment public May 15.

Andrews officially visited Missouri in Septembers. He's a top four target, one with home-state connections to rising sophomore Annor Boateng.

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Both baseball and softball had their Friday game postponed. Are they playing double headers today or tomorrow? Yes, I checked the two most obvious places neither are updated. Both have one game listed later this afternoon. Any body know? Thanks!

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Omaha transfer Marquel Sutton committed to LSU, a program taking a more aggressive approach to retooling this offseason. Missouri previously expressed interest.

I opened up the mailbag to answer questions about
- The House settlement
- Mizzou baseball's pitching woes
- GMs
- The basketball portal
- and NIL rules

Thanks to those who submitted questions this week.

Like I did yesterday with players we know the Tigers have talked to, I made a wishlist from all players in the portal.

As some schools recruit Brayden Reilly to play linebacker at the next level, Missouri gave him an opportunity to play safety.

The Tigers offered the Class of 2026 defensive back Thursday after a pair of phone calls with safeties coach Jacob Yoro and offensive assistant Brendan Boylan, the area recruiter for Reilly's home state of Ohio, this past week.

"They seem like really good people," Reilly said, "and they seem like their team has really good culture within it."

Reilly named Missouri to his Top 5 after receiving his offer, putting the program on a list with Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern and Wake Forest.

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While Reilly admitted he intends to play whatever position a school asks him to, the trust to stay in the secondary stuck with him. Yoro, the first SEC staffer to offer Reilly, admired the athleticism of the 6-foot-3, 205-pound safety and how he was able to fill run fits his junior year.

"He told me he would see me as a rover, which is their backside safety," the Cincinnati (Ohio) St. Xavier defensive back said. "But (Cincinnati) told me I was their STAR position. I can see myself as that."

Reilly totaled 54 tackles, two interceptions and seven pass deflections this past year.

Reilly plans to visit Missouri in May or early summer for the first time. He already scheduled an official visit with Wake Forest for June 6-8.

Looks like the odds of Cantwell to Mizzou are slim. Michigan appears to be the favorite.

Missouri expressed interest in Corey Washington, but the Wichita State transfer named a Top 6 of Creighton, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Methodist, Texas A&M and USC, per his agency.

There’s a new roster spot to fill, so what does Marcus Allen leaving mean for the Tiger’s plans going forward?

After a two-day delay due to an unfinished graphic, D'Montae Tims officially announced his commitment to Missouri on Friday.

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I'm not, but SLU, and schools like it .. think Big East, will soon have $21 million to throw at athletes...BUT they have no football team to take care of. There war chest for basketball, before NIL, could be 12-15 million a season. Schools like MU are thought to be designating 75-85% of their 21 mil towards football. Seems a little unbalanced to me.

I haven’t gotten a chance to watch it yet, but I figure you guys will like what the team has done here.

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Jamarcus Whyce admired the straight forwardness of the Tigers coaches during his June visit.

The Class of 2026 defensive tackle put Missouri in his Top 12 on March 17 along with Auburn, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

"I think that the coaches love the way that I play with force and strike at the line," the three-star said, "and how I can be able to play any position on the defensive line."

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Whyce visited with Trotwood (Ohio) Trotwood-Madison teammate Darius Dennis, a Class of 2027 three-star athlete. Missouri hopes to host Whyce again in the coming months.

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Oklahoma hosted Noah Best once again this past Saturday, and according to OUInsider co-publisher Parker Thune, the Sooners felt even more comfortable about landing the Class of 2026 four-star, one with four FutureCasts set to Oklahoma.

Best will officially visit Missouri the final weekend of May, but likely the biggest adversary to Oklahoma for the Midlothian (Tex.) High interior offensive lineman will be in-state Southern Methodist.

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After his most recent trip to Missouri, Tigers pledge Anthony Kennedy Jr. mentioned Tennessee as a school on his list of officially visit. He got to Knoxville this past weekend with his younger brother, Class of 2028 quarterback Bryson Kennedy. Along with Missouri, Anthony scheduled official visits to Georgia, LSU and Arkansas.

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When running backs coach Ja'Juan Seider departed for Notre Dame, Missouri and other programs pushed harder for Penn State commit Messiah Mickens. But after a Saturday visit to Happy Valley, the four-star shut down his recruitment. Mickens, a Pennsylvania product, did not answer a prior message on his Missouri interest to Rivals.com.

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Previously planning to visit Missouri for the first time March 20, Nalin Scott ended up not making the trip. Tigers wide receivers coach Jacob Peeler recruited Scott's wide receiver coach, T.J. Rahming, while a graduate assistant at California. Years later, that connection helped Peeler recruit Scott, a four-star in the 2026 class.

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Seeing Missouri as a possible official visit location after receiving his offer, Tony Williams has kept in contact with linebacker coach Derek Nicholson, who recruited the four-star at Miami (FL). Williams still hopes to visit Columbia soon, although not having any trips in the works.

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Assistant wide receivers coach Keyan Williams offered his first recruit in Class of 2027 safety Ta'Shawn Poole on March 21. Williams' relationship with Macon (Ga.) Howard coach Trey Porter sparked the interest between the two, and Poole recognized an unmatched passion from Williams.

"I know they want to see me at DB, free safety, because that's what I play," Poole said. "But I can also show my skills at wide receiver, and I know Coach Key would love to see it."

Pushing 30 offers, Landry Brede saw his scholarship from Missouri differently than the other schools interested in him.

"I don't know too much about Mizzou," Brede said, "but what made this offer stand out to me is that they are a very competitive team that I believe has a chance to compete for a national championship. That is something that I can't say for many of the other offers I have and really makes Mizzou stand out to me."

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Offensive assistant Brendan Boylan extended a scholarship to Brede on Thursday. The two bonded over their home state of Ohio, and Boylan gave a breakdown to Brede of what he, offensive line coach Brandon Jones and assistant offensive line coach Jack Abercrombie liked from his junior season at Mentor (Ohio) High.

"It's good to have someone in the program that's from near my home," the Class of 2026 offensive tackle said. "I am working out a date to get there as soon as possible, so I can meet all the coaches and check out the place and see if it is somewhere I can see myself."

Updated this thread from Friday's new offers to a notebook.

Here’s a few players we know the Tigers have talked to in the portal who I think would be good additions.

It’s been a slow first week and a half of transfer portal action for Mizzou.

So let’s recap what I think should be next for the Tigers.

Feels like hockey just ended a couple months ago.


Probably because it did.