Missouri fans aren’t the only ones thrilled by the men’s basketball team’s remarkable offseason turnaround.
The Tigers’ SEC brethren also are pumped about recent developments, including the hiring of coach Cuonzo Martin and the addition of a top-notch recruiting class.
“It’s certainly exciting when you make the splash that they’ve been able to make in a short period of time since Cuonzo’s gotten the job, bringing in Michael Porter (Jr.) coupled with a number of those other kids that they’re bringing into the program,” Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy said.
The SEC’s national reputation in basketball circles has taken a beating in recent years, prompting wholesale changes to scheduling procedures among other tweaks aimed at returning to relevance, if not, prominence.