Here’s your back-to-back SEC East Champions, the Missouri Tigers. Who would have ever imagined? Head Coach Gary Pinkel built his program by specifically recruiting players that fit his schemes and program. Missouri develops players as good as or better than any other team in the nation. This can be attributed to the Missouri administration’s patience in giving Pinkel time and very little assistant coach turnover. Here are Pinkel’s comments:
Paraphrased Media Days opening remarks:
We do what we do. We try to get better 5% per year. We focus on Mizzou made which is player development.