Mizzou

[Alex Heitman]

Well did about what I figured they would do in the tournament. If Gates doesn’t take us to the sweet 16 next year he needs to go. Can recruit but can’t coach 

[Quillback]

Recorded the game, just finished watching it.  It was a good game until the last few minutes.  

[Al Agnew]

Gates is not as bad a coach as many think, but he makes mistakes, and I sometimes question his whole coaching philosophy.  And he's not as good a recruiter as many think.  His portal additions are not great.  He really missed in the portal this year; tried to get a good big man but couldn't, settled for Phillips just like he settled for Gray last year and Vanover the year before.  Got Mack, and for whatever reason abandoned him.  His only good portal addition was Stone.  But tell me, would ANYBODY on this year's team except Mitchell be a starter for any other Power 4 team still in the tournament?  Maybe Pierce.  Certainly neither Robinson or Barrett the way they played the last month.  Stone might be a good 6th man.  Fact is, to drag this team of mostly mediocre talent into the tournament, especially after the fiascos in the non-con season, was a real coaching accomplishment.

He has a great recruiting class next year, but they are going to be freshmen.  Crowe projects as being an immediate impact player (he better be, because I'd bet they paid a lot of money to get him).  The others, maybe not, at least immediately.  And Gates's track record on developing recruits is spotty.  To win next year, with the few guys they have returning, he's going to need to hit it big in the portal.  Even if Robinson returns, who will they have?  Robinson and Barrett for guards, Pierce, and Burns are the only guys that had any kind of role this year.