COLUMBIA, MO. • Michael Porter Jr. is coming home.
Home is Columbia, Mo.
Home will be the University of Missouri, at least for a year.
Home will soon be Mizzou Arena, the place where as a child Porter endlessly dribbled a basketball and took countless shots as his legend grew in Boone County, from a 6-foot-4 junior high wunderkind to a 6-9 NBA lottery pick-in-waiting.
After the worst three-year stretch in the history of Missouri’s basketball program, the No. 1 high school player in the country committed to join a team in desperate need of impact players to reignite the fan base.