When Mizzou signed its top ranked recruiting class in November of 2023, the lowest ranked player was a tough nosed point guard from Oklahoma. T.O. Barrett was the first commitment of the class, however, signaling how much the coaching staff wanted what Barrett had to offer.
However when he hit campus last summer, expectations for Barrett to make an early impression were tepid. When we did our annual Top Eight in the rotation poll, Barrett didn’t register a single vote. Those votes turned out to be very right as Barrett was 13th out of 15 players for percentages of minutes played.