Throughout Missouri’s practices this past season, Cuonzo Martin posed a challenge to his young basketball team that it constantly failed to achieve: stop Dru Smith.
Smith, an Evansville transfer, spent the year running Martin’s scout team as he sat out under NCAA transfer rules and made a big impression on the Tigers’ staff and players. But he couldn’t take the court as MU finished the season 15-17 after losing Jontay Porter to injury.
“It’s been tough,” Smith told The Star. “It was tough to sit and watch at the same time it’s been good for me. It’s given me time to work on my game.