And the Tigers are accomplishing these feats without Porter Jr., the injured prodigy who was supposed to spearhead the renaissance but is now watching it take place without him. Even with him, beating Kentucky would’ve been a box checked. Without him, it shows the power wielded by Cuonzo Martin. Of the coach, Missouri junior Kevin Puryear put it best: “To be honest with you, he’s brought things out of us all that we didn’t even know we had in ourselves.
