Signing day was sedate around the basketball offices at Mizzou Arena.
Across the country, prospects scribbled signatures and shipped paperwork to eager coaches looking to make word formal bond. In Columbia, coach Cuonzo and the Tigers were waiting for a lone pledge, post Jordan Wilmore, to ink his letter of intent for a muted end to what many fans envisioned as a transformative 2020 class.
When the recruiting cycle kicked off 18 months ago, MU looked poised to be a prime suitor for a trio of top-50 players: Cam’Ron Fletcher, Caleb Love and Josh Christopher.