Now, for the quiet time in college basketball.
Missouri basketball’s true offseason is now here, as the Tigers have finished up their transfer portal business, signed their high school class and finalized their 2026-27 staff with the addition of four new coaches Tuesday, May 19.
In less than six months, Mizzou’s new crew — a group that makes up what looks like fifth-year head coach Dennis Gates’ most talented team in Columbia — will return to the floor. The Tigers typically come together in June to begin offseason workouts.
Missouri added six new transfers this offseason: Forward Bryson Tiller (Kansas); big man Jaylen Carey (Tennessee); wing/guard Jamier Jones (Providence); combo guard Kennard Davis Jr. (BYU); guard Jordan Crawford (South Dakota); and guard Cord Stansberry (Western Carolina).
That group is 247Sports’ 12th-ranked portal class in the country for this cycle.
Joining returners Trent Pierce, Trent Burns, Nicholas Randall, Annor Boateng, Aaron Rowe and Luke Northweather is one of the nation’s top high school class, which includes five-star guard Jason Crowe Jr., five-star forward Toni Bryant and four-star wing Aidan Chronister.
Those are the 15 players that will wear the black and gold next year, a season with a tremendously high ceiling on the back of back-to-back NCAA Tournament first-round losses.
Mizzou has officially lost three players to the transfer portal this year. That number becomes five outgoing players if you count players seeking hardship waivers from the NCAA.
Here’s where you can find all of Missouri’s former players next year:
Where did Mizzou basketball’s recent outgoing transfers land?
T.O. Barrett, Vanderbilt: Mizzou will face its former point guard next season, as Barrett landed across the SEC on coach Mark Byington’s Commodores squad for his junior year.
Barrett became Missouri’s starting point guard early in SEC play last season after a notable freshman-to-sophomore jump, but his path to minutes — with incoming rookie Jason Crowe Jr. likely to run the point next year — looked obscured. He averaged 8.6 points, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.1 turnovers per game.
Anthony Robinson II, Florida State: After three seasons with Mizzou, Robinson is heading back to his hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, for his final season of college.
The move was somewhat expected. Robinson struggled to find consistency in his junior season after an SEC All-Defensive team campaign in 2024-25. He lost his starting role in January but still played a meaningful role in the Tigers’ late-season rotation, averaging 8.9 points, 3.0 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.6 turnovers per game.
Sebastian Mack, uncommitted: Mack has not officially found a new team for the 2026-27 season, which currently is his final year of eligibility. The former UCLA starter started nine games in nonconference play for Mizzou but did not see the floor after a Jan. 27 game against Alabama.
Will Jacob Crews, Jevon Porter play somewhere next season?
Two more Mizzou players entered the transfer portal but will need waivers from the NCAA in order to play next season.
Jacob Crews, who is seeking a seventh season in the sport, and Jevon Porter, who is looking for a fifth season, seemingly remain uncommitted in the portal while waiting for eligibility decisions.
Crews is likely looking for a hardship waiver for his second year at North Florida in the 2021-22 season, when he played nine games. He was eligible to return to Mizzou this past year via an NCAA waiver for all former JUCO players from his time at Daytona State College and a blanket COVID waiver for his true freshman season at North Florida.
Porter, the younger brother of former Mizzou players Michael Porter Jr. and Jontay Porter, needs a medical waiver for this past season to be eligible this year.
Jevon Porter does not automatically qualify for the NCAA’s current medical waiver criteria, which stipulates that a player must play in 30% or fewer of a team’s games in the season that the injury occurred. Porter appeared in 12 of Mizzou’s 33 games last season, which is 36.3% and above the limit. Because of that, he is likely to see his medical redshirt request rejected.
If the NCAA adopts a proposed age-based eligibility model that essentially removes most redshirt rules from the sport, both players will be ineligible to play next season.
Former Mizzou players find new schools
Two former Mizzou freshmen have moved to the mid-major level for next season.
Former MU center Peyton Marshall entered the transfer portal for the second straight year, landing at Charlotte after one season at Georgia Tech. The Atlanta native averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in 18 games for the Yellow Jackets.
Jordan Butler, who spent the 2023-24 season with Mizzou, has transferred to Furman after two years as a backup at South Carolina. He played 53 games for the Gamecocks.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Where former Missouri basketball players landed in transfer portal