We’re about 100 hours away from the tip off for Missouri basketball’s 2018-2019 season. It’s been one of the more intriguing off season’s Tiger fans have endured in at least half a decade - maybe more.
To recap: Missouri makes first tournament in five years; Michael Porter Jr. declares for the NBA; despite draft reports, Jontay Porter decides to return for his sophomore year; Mark and Dru Smith transfer to the Tigers from Illinois and Evansville, respectively; summer recruiting yields the commitments of Mario McKinney and (after a brief scare) Tray Jackson, while losing E.J. Liddell to Ohio State; 2020 recruiting sees 5-star Josh Christopher express serious interest in Missouri; weeks before the season, Jontay Porter tears several ligaments in his knee during a secret scrimmage.