I would be stunned if he did. We're extremely deep and have no need for him.

Disagree. If Earnest Ross (or Jabari Brown) outplay him in practice, they would start at the 3 before Pollard. Based on reports re: Ross I have heard, I would be shocked if he didn't start, even with Pollard. He has been that good in practice. Best guy is going to play, regardless of what type of recruit they were.

I don't think Haith will promise Pollard a starting spot just to land him. John Thompson won't at Georgetown, either.

I've been hearing nothing but glowing reviews of Ross. Does he have two years left?

Yes, he has two seasons of eligibility left.

Really interested to learn about these guys and see how it all comes together.

Haith inherited a horribly-constructed roster and has done a brilliant job of evening out the classes with quality transfers. If he begins landing solid HS players, we should be in for a fun ride.

He's been amazing, but it remains to be seen if he can recruit non-transfers.

Or if he just has a better eye for talent than Rivals.

A lot of folks think Jankovic was wildly underrated, same with Jorgenson and NWC. If that's the case, then he's proven to be just fine as a recruiter even if he isn't landing 4 and 5 star guys.

I'm not inclined to believe that Haith has reinvented the wheel, however. I think he needs to step his game up a little on the HS recruiting trails.

Haith really needs to lock down MU the way Pinkel has.


The state of Missouri is underrated in the bbal talent it produces. There have been top 5 classes fall into Andersons lap and he couldn't lock it up.

Getting Beal, McLemore, and Porter would have been the number two class last year.

There has been a shit ton of top notch talent in MO.


Beal, Porter, McLemore is just scratching the surface.


The all time leading scorer in the ACC was just a four hour drive from Columbia.

Both Hansbroughs, Marcus Denmon, Michael Dixon, and Alec Burks are all from Missouri.

Wasn't there a kid from STL this year that went to ARK?

Yeah. Good player, but not on par with the three I listed earlier.

Short of landing a coach that can recruit like Calipari I doubt you're ever going to see Mizzou truly locking down the local talent. The environment is just too competitive with all the elite programs recruiting nationally, Mizzou doesn't have a much of a name brand in basketball right now and you've got an elite program in your backyard. Those factors can change but I dunno about if they can change enough for you to ever really lock down the local talent.