Maybe Dennis Gates had a sense, when he came to St. Louis last month, that his Missouri basketball team’s transfer-portal additions this offseason could lack what outsiders would describe as a seismic-sized splash.
During a conversation at Ballpark Village before Mizzou’s St. Louis caravan stop here, Gates made a point to stress the importance of prioritizing fit in a transfer-portal scene driven by name, image and likeness dollars and whipped up by breathless, anonymously sourced reporting.
By then, the Tigers had secured veteran Colorado State guard John Tonje, Iowa State guard Caleb Grill and Indiana guard Tamar Bates.