COLUMBIA, Mo. — Take a look up and down the men's college basketball AP Top 25 or the latest NCAA Tournament projections and you'll find plenty of teams filled with transfers.
Of course, Missouri (10-15, 4-8 SEC) isn't one of them. It won't make the cut for the NIT either.
Coming into the season, the Tigers only returned two players who had played consistent minutes — Kobe Brown and Javon Pickett — and brought in four transfers. But similar things can be said for schools like Texas Tech, Marquette, TCU and Iowa State. Though they were expected to be good this season all along, programs like Kentucky, Auburn and Texas are stacked with talent that started their careers elsewhere too.
