Friday night is when good news happens for Missouri Basketball, I guess.
Following last week’s flip of Tray Jackson, sources told Rock M Nation that Illinois transfer Mark Jackson received an NCAA waiver bestowing the guard with immediate eligibility. Missouri athletics confirmed the news with a release a short time later.
Smith, a former top-60 recruit from Edwardsville, Ill., transferred from Illinois last spring after having a rough second half of his freshman campaign, and reportedly not getting along very well with the coaching staff.
His transfer, on its surface, would seem the more straightforward of the two transfers Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin took last spring.