Former Mizzou guard Mario McKinney Jr. lands at Illinois junior college
A couple of weeks ago, Mizzou guard Mario McKinney Jr. announced he was entering the NCAA transfer portal and moving on from his time with the Tigers.
The 3-star guard from the 2019 recruiting class had appeared in 7 games for the Tigers, averaging 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in 8.4 minutes per contest.
Now, it appears he’s settled on a new location, as he tweeted out pictures of himself wearing a John A. Logan uniform on Monday afternoon. John A. Logan is a junior college in Carterville, Illinois.
The former Tiger will likely try to make his way back to the Division I level soon, but for now, he’ll see what he can do at the JUCO level.
The Tigers now have an extra scholarship spot available as they try to add to their 2020 recruiting class.
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I havent seen anything, whether it’s innuendo or assumption regarding what the issue may have been. I’m curious.
I thought I heard that he didn’t know Mizzou had as many guards as they do and as a result he wasn’t getting the minutes he expected he would. I’m not sure though.
He’s a slasher, play maker, got too much offensive potential for Cuonzo to harness into his walk it up the court and feed Tilmon offense. I think it gave Martin nightmares having Pinson and McKinney on the floor at the same time, they’re basically the same player but Pinson was getting the minutes. Of course there was probably some other underlying issues as well, McKinney wanted to go to Mizzou for a long time. I was kind of hoping he would land at SLU under Coach Ford, those guys play a little faster, more free and are getting better every year under Ford. They gave both Auburn and Dayton all they wanted, fun team to watch.
Can anyone explain to me how much better our basketball team is? How is losing with better players better than losing with Kim Anderson’s players? I did not want Martin until I read what he had done at the 3 stops on his way here. 20 win seasons , NCAA tournament, 4 & 5 * players. And when he landed the porters I jumped on the wagon. But this ride blows. It was more than disappointing that Kim couldn’t recruit or game plan but Martin has recruited and we still are still losing too too much. More important than recruitinv is coaching your team to win. To learn a system well enough to implement with success. Success is measured easilist by wons