Mizzou basketball lands transfer G Mark Smith from Illinois
By Adam Spencer
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The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team took a huge step forward in coach Cuonzo Martin’s first year at the helm of the program, making it back to the NCAA Tournament.
After losing guys like Kassius Robertson and Michael Porter Jr. this offseason, though, the Tigers need to reload, and on Saturday night, they took a big step toward doing just that.
As you can see in the Twitter post below, Illinois transfer Mark Smith will head to Columbia this fall and will be eligible to play starting in the 2019-20 season:
https://twitter.com/mark_smith_13/status/985354136576196608
Smith appeared in 31 games for the Illini this season, averaging 5.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per contest.
He’ll have to sit out this coming season, but then the former 4-star recruit should provide a boost to the Tigers, who need a true point guard to run Martin’s offense.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
