The topic of the day should be the game, but yesterday Mizzou announced a pretty big gift. Literally:
A seven-figure endowment commitment for @MizzouHoops.
In recognition of the Whitten's family generous contribution to the program, Mizzou's men's basketball head coaching position will be named the Whitten Family Men's Basketball Head Coach.
https://t.co/P7IdehAExC pic.twitter.com/1xDFSR4B1s— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) January 7, 2022The five figures ended up being about $5.2 million. And immediately speculation started because of Cuonzo Martin’s well known and rather pricey buyout at this stage of the game, that number is awfully close to what the buyout becomes on May 1st.