Since Marcus Allen earned an offer last April, there was a sense that the forward’s recruitment ultimately boils down to Missouri and hometown Miami.
You won’t be surprised to learn that his connection with associate head coach Charlton Young, who grew up in Miami’s Carol City neighborhood, stretches way back. Allen was only a freshman at Norland High School when Young began recruiting him to Florida State. That relationship endured after Young decamped to coach Dennis Gates’ staff.
The more apt question was whether Allen, rated 31st in 247Sports’ composite when MU offered, would see his stock boom.