Last spring when Dennis Gates secured the commitment of Iowa transfer Tony Perkins, it seems like the perfect fit. Missouri needed to strengthen its ballhandling and perimeter scoring. The Tigers also needed a plus defender at the point of attack, and Perkins solved all of those issues.
He was a 2nd team all Big 10 selection, meaning you knew what sort of production he would provide. The only real problem arose when in house development threw a small wrench in the plans to ramp up Perkins during his one season in Columbia.
Perkins began the season suffering a bit from a lingering hamstring issue.