Mizzou Basketball’s Biggest Improvement in the Transfer Portal

The transfer portal can often be what makes or breaks a season in the modern landscape of college basketball. For Missouri, it’s seen both the highs and the lows.

There’s been home-run additions under head coach Dennis Gates, like landing former five-star recruit Mark Mitchell ahead of the 2024-25 season, who would go on to lead the Tigers in scoring for the following two seasons and assert himself on program record boards. Other names like Jayden Stone – Missouri’s second-leading scorer the past season – and Caleb Grill – the 2024-25 SEC Sixth Man of the Year – come to mind as successful portal additions.

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However, it’s bitten Missouri back, too. There’s John Tonje, who transferred to Missouri and averaged 2.6 points per game across 8 contests before transferring again to Wisconsin and becoming an All-American. Even the past season, transfers like Sebastian Mack and Luke Northweather didn’t quite pan out planned, with neither playing meaningful minutes in conference play.

It’s hard to tell until the 2026-27 season actually begins, but from a statistical outlook, it seems as if Missouri has bounced back with a strong 2026 transfer portal class.

Incoming Transfers

Outgoing transfers

Bryson Tiller (from Kansas)

Anthony Robinson II -> Florida State

Jamier Jones (from Providence)

T.O. Barrett -> Vanderbilt

Kennard Davis (from BYU)

Sebastian Mack -> Unsigned

Jaylen Carey (from Tennessee)

Jevon Porter -> Applying for waiver

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Jacob Crews -> Applying for waiver

Here’s the biggest improvement Missouri made with its 2026 portal class.

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Kansas men’s basketball’s Bryson Tiller (15) rebounds the ball during Late Night in the Phog, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at Allen Fieldhouse . | Jesse Bruner/Special to The Capital-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Missouri averaged the fourth-least rebounds per game (35.4) in the Southeastern Conference the past season. It’s three leading rebounders – Mitchell (5.2), Stone (5.1) and Shawn Phillips Jr. (5.1) all exhausted their final…

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