On the throwbacks ? We know all the fans loved it, but i was curious if the team liked em and the nostalgia involved or were like another day another uni.

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For those that don't know, TBT (literally The Basketball Tournament) is a yearly summer basketball tournament where teams, largely made up of former pros, former college players, and overseas players play for a winner-take-all prize of $1,000,000. I think it usually airs on ESPN. There are quite a few college alumni teams that participate. Would be pretty interesting to see who they could get to play.

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BASKETBALL RECRUITING

Told you guys last week we'd run down a few of the top 2024 targets. We expect the 2023 class to be mostly transfers with the possible exception of Kris Parker (no new info on him since the December visit didn't materialize). Going into 2024, we're expecting somewhere around four scholarships. That can always increase based on roster attrition, but that's the baseline. This is basically a "hot board" with the targets we believe there is some traction on both sides. We're also narrowing this down to what we believe to be "realistic" targets (for example, we're not including Jarin Stevenson, who may visit, but he's a North Carolina 5-star with Duke and Carolina offers, so realistically, he's not landing at Mizzou). Anyway, if Missouri fills its class with some combination of names from this list, the Tigers have been very successful in 2024.

Naasir Cunningham -- has visited unofficially
Carter Bryant -- Travon Bryant's nephew. Hasn't yet visited
Annor Boateng -- Has visited. Nationally, the expectation is he'll stay in Arkansas, but Mizzou has a solid shot
Dallas Thomas -- Has visited officially.
Marcus Allen -- Has visited officially. Playing with 2023 signee Trent Pierce this year
Travis Perry -- Hasn't visited, but Mizzou has gone to see him and really likes him
Ryan Jones Jr -- Hasn't been a lot of news lately, but has been mentioned quite a bit in the past
John Bol -- Perhaps the top target on the board, especially with James Brown to North Carolina
Jordan McCullum -- Has visited officially
Jordyn Kee -- Talked this week about setting up a visit
Jesse McCulloch -- Believe he has visited unofficially. Missouri has been in regular contact
Antonio Barrett -- Hasn't gotten a ton of national buzz, but has visited officially and Mizzou really likes him
Qin Pang -- Starting to get more national buzz. Visited unofficially. Missouri really likes him.

That's 13 prospects. Again, if Mizzou gets any four off this list, the Tigers have hit on Plan A, or at worst, a couple of Plan B targets. Any combination of these 13 names would be an excellent class.

FOOTBALL RECRUITING

The late signing period starts on Wednesday. This used to be the biggest day of the year. This time around, we don't expect Missouri to sign anyone. The rest of the class will likely be transfers (you never know when a late under the radar kid gets a shot, but with Mizzou already over the scholarship limit by a handful of players, it seems unlikely to us they're going to be handing out "why not, we have an extra scholarship available" offers).

So, in that light, we are not at this time expecting any 2023 visitors this weekend. However, it is junior day for Missouri on Saturday. Here are some players we expect to be in town. We're still waiting to hear back on a few other guys and may have a follow up post or two on them later, but needed to get this out to you guys this morning.

Darrion Dupree, RB, Mt. Carmel (Ill.) - Dupree has held an offer from Missouri for nearly a year now and is a prospect that continues to rise up the ranks. He's currently in the Rivals250 rankings and has nearly 30 offers highlighted by Michigan, Notre Dame, and others.

Carson Bruhn, TE, Sioux Center (Ia.) - Bruhn has held an offer from Missouri since November. This will be his first time visiting Columbia. He recently took a trip to Minnesota and has previously visited Kansas and K-State

Ryan Jostes, OL, Washington (Mo.) - Just picked up a Missouri offer last week. He visited Vanderbilt last weekend and picked up an offer from the Commodores. Also holds notable offers from Iowa State, Illinois, Louisville, and others.

Keelan Smith, ATH, Liberty North (Mo.) - Smith will return to Missouri after visiting for the Vandy game during the season and visiting in December to watch the Tigers' practice for their bowl game. He's already established a good connection with WR coach Jacob Peeler. Smith said he also plans to visit Iowa, Nebraska, K-State, and Kentucky during the spring as well.

Brian Huff, OLB, Valley View (Ark.) - Huff attended a Missouri game back in September and the interest appears to be very mutual with a return visit planned. Huff visited Arkansas last weekend for their Jr. Day. LSU and Oklahoma State also extended offers during the fall.

LeonTre Bradford, S, East St. Louis (Ill.) - Bradford was another summer offer for the Tigers and has been to a game this season. Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue, and Louisville are his latest offers.

Tionne Gray, DL, Hazelwood Central (Mo.) - Gray has already been to Missouri a lot since picking up an offer during the summer. He just added offers from K-State and Washington as well.

Oh wait we're in the SEC

The Rivals250 RB target reacts to his visit with Missouri on Saturday. He also visited Purdue on Sunday.

Chiefs fans plug your ears…

I predicted MU over ISU 75-65

….and Chiefs over Bengals 23-20

Hope I’m 2-0 by this time tomorrow…

Is nice in April.

Already getting rolled.

Sad

Good:

That's the best I've seen a Missouri team play this season, which is fun to think about, given the wilderness through which we've wondered over the better part of the past 8 years or so.

I believe I'm now going to allow myself to believe this team can and will make the Tournament. Short of filling their own pants down the stretch, it's becoming more of a statistical certainty than not, actually...and I did not expect this coming into this season. Heck, how could anyone? But here we are.

The Uniforms. They must stay, particularly with the knowledge that the yellow practice jerseys are things that exist. I mean...c'mon.



This team is just different with Isaiah Mosely playing significant minutes. He's really the one guy on the squad who can reliably get his own shot, and he's a willing and adept passer.

Beating an old Big 8 foe is always delicious. Not that anyone asked, but I'd be very much in favor of continuing a series with the 'Clones.

Bad:

Missouri simply cannot defend the 3-point line. Given their ever-present effort elsewhere, I don't believe this to be a "want-to" issue. And yes, I know they tend to trap to ball rotations, and also tend to overcommit by design to force pace of play...and I'm glad for that; it's a worthwhile tradeoff. But I'm not sure if an opponent could shoot as effectively if literally no one defended them as Missouri's opponents seem to. ISU shot 40% (6-15)...and I was surprised that it was that low.

Similarly, this team as currently constructed is always going to struggle rebounding. They're not very big, but they also seem to lack the innate ability to find the ball on short AND deep rebound opportunities. Something is going to be the downfall of literally every team in the game, save one, in any season. But this feels like the factor that will eventually end Mizzou's season. But until then, I'm totally down with enjoying the ride.

*For reasons for which I won't completely bore you, I listened to Mike Kelly & Chris Gervino today for part of the game. Over the past few years, this has been relatively uncommon for me, but today, I did. Takeaway question: did Mike recently adopt former UCLA and St. John's head coach Steve Lavin's propensity to utter the word "probed/probing" dozens of time per game since I've tuned in? I bet he uttered that phrase 7-10 times while I was listening; this probably shouldn't be listed as "Bad", per se, just odd. Having worked with Lavin a million years ago, it just stuck out to me. Mike's still very good, and Gervino does a solid job, too, IMO. But still...Shrug.

The Ugly:

The "gold" practice jerseys. I mean...again...c'mon. Compare and contrast.

I don't care where since I have small kids who will be thrilled to sit anywhere.

Thanks!

Picked them up elsewhere.

Moved from 53 to 45 in the NET
Moved from 56 to 49 at KenPom

Nobody looked better in the old uniforms than Hodge. I've always thought he has an early 90s look with the fade haircut and facial hair. He could have fit right in with Booker.

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I wonder what Drink has been feeling as he has watched these basketball games. Full arena, engaged crowd, great atmosphere, lots of love for the coach and the team even when they lose... I wonder if this energizes him.... I think it should.

When Gates came in he brought in some of the best mid-major talent he knew from his stint at Cleveland State. As another thread stated last April, this team Gates was building could win the Horizon league! But Gates knew what he was doing, and in one season he has us beating ranked opponents, he has us playing excited ball, he has us on the radar of even better recruits, and he has reenergized the fanbase in a way we have not seen since Porter stepped on the court.

It takes longer to build a football program, it takes more recruits, it takes better players, it takes more development and coordination. That is just the game. And while Drink has been building, he has been begging for fan support. He has been demanding more energy. He has been trying to develop what Gates has reignited... one could get down about it. But if I was Coach Drink I would be at every game. Soaking in the atmosphere. Dreaming of what could be. Showing my face so people know the football program supports what Gates is doing. And planning how to capture this magic next year, a critical year for the football program. How do you get people to buy in and believe.. Maybe there is something there for Drink to learn from Gates' playbook... cold be...

I hope Drink and DRF have a playbook for football like Gates has for Baskeball... and I hope this coming year is HIS coming out party. How special would it be to have both programs firing on all cylinders? It certainly would be a great time to be a Tiger!

Missouri will finish with three signees in the Rivals250 Rankings. Also, highlighting some notable ratings bumps for four other signees.

Brown shares meaning of Mizzou beating Iowa State


While discussing the 78-61 win over the No. 12 Hawkeyes in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, Kobe Brown says his love and appreciation for the Tigers is why he stayed.

Didn't know the Hawkeyes left the Big to go to the Little.

@Gabe, If this is posted somewhere I have not seen it. Is there a list of the Alumni players that were there yesterday? Thanks

that is all

Did Diarra ever play again after the missed dunk?
Mizzou did look better with a smaller quicker lineup against Iowa St. Cudo's to Gates for figuring that out.

Seem to be really tight, they also look for each other. Really seem to compliment each other, which is stellar for two accomplished players.

Also Hodges re emergence coincides with mosely’s return. That can’t be a coincidence, either way it bodes well

Currently watching this game. Feels like I'm watching an updated version of the Hoosiers. I can't recall the last time I saw 5 white dudes on the court at the same time. They hooping like a mofo, too...