COLUMBIA, MO. • Don’t call it the offseason for Mizzou’s two biggest teams. Yes, it’s April, but for Barry Odom’s football Tigers, the Black and Gold Paint Drying Contest errr, spring game is Saturday. (More on that in a bit.) For Cuonzo Martin’s basketball Tigers, it’s recruiting season. The spring signing period began Wednesday and lasts through May 16. Today we dig up an oldie but goodie and bring you the Mizzou Five for Friday.
The early entrant deadline for the NBA draft is April 22. As of the latest count, 76 underclassmen have entered the draft pool, including 31 who have signed with agents or plan to sign with an agent, according to USA Today’s latest count.