Cuonzo Martin’s second season as Missouri’s basketball coach is going to start a lot like his first — without a Porter brother leading the way.
Martin met with reporters for the first time since he lost star sophomore Jontay Porter to a torn ACL and MCL last Sunday and said it’s not the exact same situation that he dealt with a year ago. Missouri opens the season on Tuesday against Central Arkansas at 7 p.m. in Mizzou Arena.
“The part with Mike, there were so many things,” Martin said. “The fan fest surrounding him, the unknowns, the surgery wasn’t a season-ending surgery.