What a huge get he would be

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@kevin_knox23: Final Visit to the University of Missouri on April 8th and 9th 🐯📍 #GoTigers

Sweet!

Would be nice to add him & Tilmon.



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Roberts has confirmed his commitment.

That was a strange deal.


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Seemed foregone for a bit. He wasn't taking visits, hadn't asked to be release from his LOI and was ready to make a decision.

Nobody calls a presser to say they're asking to be let out of their LOI.

It's a big save; Roberts is a damn nice fit.

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Who's next? Knox, Harris, both?

Roberts is already tweeting at Harris and Mizzou fans trying to do a little recruiting on his own.

What is happening here? Could Mizzou basketball be a fun thing again in the near future?

Hell its already fun and they haven't even tipped off yet. lol

Knox is a legitimate possibility, which is crazy.

Just got this excerpt from a news story sent to me. Sounds good.



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With Porter and Roberts in the fold, if they got Knox they're going to be ridiculous. I'd honestly be shocked if they make the tourney next year. The only issue is how long will it take for the team to gel.

Cuonzo is going to have to be at his best to get Knox away from those schools. He is coming for a visit though so you never know.

I think it may be possible, especially if Porter recruits him too.

The good thing is, Mizzou has nice facilities. Knox likely knew nothing about Mizzou prior to Martin and Porter. Getting him on campus is huge.

Any word on the staff besides Porter Sr.? I haven't really heard.

@MizzouSports: 2017 5* center, Jeremiah Tilmon, just Retweeted his Illinois commitment post from July. You can probably scratch him off your wish list. https://twitter.com/MizzouSports/sta...983749/photo/1

Too bad, they need a big

If they don't get a big that might be when Jontay reclassifies.??

Imma just drop this here:

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/col...142510129.html

Wow.

Sounds like dad is impressed with Martin.


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This is by all accounts an awesome start for the turnaround of Mizzou basketball so far, but does it concern anyone else that most of this top tier talent is coming here because we hired someones dad?

"A journey of a 1000 miles..."

If Michael Porter Sr. is the hire that makes us even remotely relevant again and gets 4-star+ kids to use visits to come see us (and seriously, we have some elite facilities), it won't bother me one bit.

They have to get something to get back off the mat and if this is that thing, so be it. None of this happens with out MPJ and with him in the fold, we could've easily accelerated the rebuild by 3-4 years. That's nothing but a good thing.

It's not a finish line - Cuonzo has to capitalize on that momentum. But it's a hell of a good start.

Not at all, if that's what gets the ball rolling that's fine. If this years talent puts 2 kids into the NBA, Mizzou will have a much easier recruiting path next year and in years to follow. If they make some noise in the tournament and get some 1 and dones, it's lights out from there. Kids want to go somewhere that feeds easily into the NBA. If they get that chance at Mizzou, they'll be more than happy to go there.

Not to mention if MPS gets all of his sons to go to Mizzou, shit that's 4 years of 4 star recruits in the bag.

The only caveat being "unless said recruits father is La'var Ball, who is a monumental prick."

Because as big a fan of Lonzo as I am (kid sees the floor like Nash), his dad simply ensures that he's not worth the effort for a college program. You're just tools in his scheme and you're not going to get the return that you think you will.

I am honestly shocked that La'var Bell gets any run whatsoever. He's just such an asshole, what he's doing to his kids career is unreal.

If we can pull Knox as well that would ease my worries quite a bit. Porter Jr is straight up nepotism, but Knox would mean there was something else, whether it be Martin himself, the facilities, whatever else.

You read any of the stuff about his shenanigans with the high school coaches? He's just a complete mother****er.

I saw that video of the one son who scored 100 earlier this year. Mother****er didn't cross half court the entire game.

You can go to a Final 4 with nothing but CJ Roberts level recruits.

It's not the easiest, most direct path, but those kids with just enough rough edges to their games to need 3-4 years in college are going to be better than any 1 and done by their SR years. That's why NC just won the title - they brought back most of last year's squad and it showed in all those pressure situations in the tourney.

Roberts re-upping is a great sign. That's a guy that had very few ties to this team and had every reason to re-open yet didn't. He and his family loved what they saw here and stayed. If Cuonzo can get a handful of good 4-star recruits every year, he can have this program as a perennial Sweet 16 threat and at that point you're just a few lucky bounces from getting where you want to be (which is all you can ask in college basketball, with its midget 3 point line and whistle-happy officials).

I'll take your word for it. I'll be the first to admit I know jack and shit about the intricacies of college basketball and what it would take to become contenders year in and year out. If anything else, it's at least not a complete embarrassment to be a Mizzou basketball fan anymore.

No, I haven't which makes his bullshit even more ridiculous. Asking for a billion dollars from Nike for a shoe deal was the icing on the one who sucks the penis cake for me.

He was overiding the HS coach from the stands and telling the players not to listen to the calls, etc... After the game (a WIN no less, a comeback after the coach changed up defensive schemes over Ball's bitching), he storms into the locker room and bawls the coach out.

Later, he goes on television and tells one of the national guys (maybe Steven A Smith?) that the HS coach is bi-polar and an addict and he's going to have him fired.

Like I said, the guy is just a complete one who sucks the penis.

Good Lord, that sounds wonderful. I bet ole Stephen A just lapped that shit up like it was cream too.

Holy shit. Did a bit of reading out of curiosity and **** this guy. Has 2 more sons just waiting for their careers to be ruined as well.

To be fair, Stephen A. called him out pretty heavily.

Really, that's surprising to me. Stephen A always seemed to me to take the absolute most contrarian stance he possibly could just for the sake of hot takes.

Mizzou hiring an assistant coach with Detroit ties.

And was on Fred Hoibergs Iowa State staff.

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@JonRothstein: Missouri's Cuonzo Martin will hire Oakland's Cornell Mann as an assistant coach, per a source. Joins Michael Porter Sr. on Tigers' staff.

Who is this fella bringing with him?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mizzou&#39;s Hughes, Walton plan to transfer <a href="https://t.co/aOanGflVk7">https://t.co/aOanGflVk7</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/stltoday">@stltoday</a></p>&mdash; Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/849417106684882944">April 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Bye Felicia

@JonRothstein: Missouri's Cuonzo Martin will hire UMKC's Chris Hollender as an assistant coach, per a source. Tigers' staff is officially set.

@GabeDeArmond: While Cornell Mann and Chris Hollender are currently at Oakland and UMKC, they bring Big 12 and SEC experience to Martin’s staff.

Those were not two players I wanted to transfer. Oh well. Get your player C Martin!

Well with Hughes and Walton goes that opens up two scholarships correct? Possibly for Knox and Jontay? Or that other big that had a game in the McDonalds game that was undecided?

A UMKC & Oakland asst coaches?

Not overwhelmed.


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UMKC and Oakland both have excellent programs over the last few years. Who did you expect, Bob Knight?

I expected a Cal assistant. Hopefully someone that could get Blake Harris.

Has Cal named a head coach yet?

Wyking Jones Cal assistant so theres that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeremiah Tilmon has asked for his release from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Illinois?src=hash">#Illinois</a>. Assuming the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Illini?src=hash">#Illini</a> give it to him, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> likely to be considered favorite</p>&mdash; Eric Bossi (@ebosshoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/ebosshoops/status/849679125426180096">April 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Here's our big. Let's hope.

Interesting turn of events.
.Few days ago he RT him with Illinois hat on. Hope he gets to Mizzou.

Is this really happening??? Cmon Cuonzo! Do your thing.

A starting lineup of

Harris
Barnett
Porter Jr
Knox
Tillman

I know that would have Barnett out of position I believe or you could switch him and porter but man this would be insane.

If only we'd have given Kim Anderson more time...

That would definitely be a super group. Those kids would give anybody in the NCAA a run for their money.

Assembling the new Fab 5?

If he gets his release within the next few days, he could be at Mizzou with MPJ, Knox, et al.

Who is Kim Anderson? Never heard of him. lol

The tweet has now been deleted so I snipped it...

The big question would be whether they could gel in time to get a top 5 seed.

It's just impossible to overstate how important seeding is. Getting a team through clean to the Sweet 16, especially a young one that needs to see some live fire, is enormous.

If that team comes out and goes .500 through non-con play, they're setting themselves up to have to scramble to get into the tournament at all. If they enter the conference slate at 6-6, they'd likely need to go 16-6 over the last 22 to get in and even that may not be enough.

That's the thing with these rebuilds when they get down to the studs; if you completely gut a team, you need them to get together in a HURRY or your margin for error has pretty well vanished. 16-6 is tough sledding even for a solid, veteran team. When you're looking at an extremely talented but extremely young team in a conference that has Kentucky and Florida, not to mention a hell of a lot of genuinely good coaches on lesser programs that could jump up and bite you at any time.

But man, get out at 10-2 and you're off to the races with a shot at a genuinely good seed.

Damn - the reasonably cheap seats are gone, leaving pretty much nosebleeds or the $850/st or better season tickets.

****ed off and didn't make up my mind for too long. Idiot.

His tweet is still there.

Me trying to concentrate on work today:

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Huh. Maybe KCTV one was deleted

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Our group just bought 50 season tickets. I wanted a suite but they are sold out.



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Where?

We ended up in 207 and were advised to C/B in May to see if we can move up when they release more.

Tilmon will be a Tiger....no doubt in my mind.

Add Knox as well and who knows what the ceiling for this team is.

Prettay, Prettay, Prettay good.

Just sitting here jackin' it.

Don't mind me.

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One of our group knows Sterk & we ended up in 106 near the top. I'd rather have a suite.



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So YOU'RE the assholes....

That was a spot in section 7; sold out literally minutes before we called in.

Illini media already trying to throw Tilmon under the bus lol....just like Washington did.