Kevin Puryear has played in 63 college basketball games. In 2016, he was named to the SEC’s All-Freshman team. A year later, he capped a 30-point performance at the SEC tournament with a buzzer-beating 3 to beat Auburn.
But on Wednesday at SEC media day in Nashville, Puryear was, by far, the less popular Missouri Tiger.
His assigned high-top table drew just a handful of reporters while Michael Porter Jr., a 19-year-old who’s spent four months on Mizzou’s campus, was crowded by nearly every recorder and camera in the room.
In the middle of football season, SEC basketball generated some buzz this week.