If you missed the news yesterday, Dennis Gates secured his first commitment as Missouri’s head coach when Garden City Community College big man Mohamed Diarra announced on twitter for the Tigers. Cuonzo Martin only dipped into the Junior College ranks once when he took the commitment of Axel Okongo in 2019. But in previous stops, Gates has utilized the Junior College ranks to fill out rosters at Cleveland State and as an assistant at Florida State. So it should surprise no one that he’s already unearthing JUCO prospects to help fill out his roster at Missouri.
And while we’re going to be keeping a keen eye on some other JUCO players and their connection to Gates, Missouri’s new coach has been dipping into the transfer portal as well.