And we were just talking about how Dennis Gates has changed the dynamics of Mizzou Basketball recruiting...
While much of the focus following the commitment from Peyton Marshall has been on Arkansas guard Annor Boateng, there was this mystique of Jayden Quaintance hanging out in the ethos after the 5-star forward reclassified to the 2024 recruiting class and named Missouri has a school he’d like to visit.
Since that time we’ve treaded lightly when it comes to the seriousness of the courtship of Quaintance. Players can say they want to visit a school, but listing a school as a place you’d like to see and hitting campus are sometimes two different things.