Mizzou lands Indiana transfer Tamar Bates

This spring, old recruits are new again.

Only this time, a former headliner is seeking a reboot in Columbia.

On Friday night, Tamar Bates committed to Missouri on the heels of an official visit to a place he already knows plenty well. He was the prime target on former coach Cuonzo Martin’s board two years ago. But that staff missed out on Bates twice — once when he committed to Texas during his initial recruitment and again when the wing picked Indiana after coach Shaka Smart decamped for Marquette.

Ultimately, the third time was a charm.

It isn’t the victory after all

But the fight that a Brother makes

A man when driven against the wall

Still stands erect and takes the blows of fate.

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