Wednesday’s NBA bubble action had some good performances from former Tigers. First, it was Jordan Clarkson contributing 14 points and four rebounds in Utah’s 124-115 win over Memphis. And after Michael Porter Jr.’s career-high 37 point performance on Monday, he followed that up with another big game on Wednesday. In a 132-126 win over the Spurs, Porter Jr. had another double-double, leading the Nuggets with 30 points and 15 rebounds.

Here are MPJ’s first-half highlights:

Oh yeah....he finally looks healthy now.

Here are some more impressive stats from MPJ, acording to ESPN Stats and Info.

Moving on the the high school sports landscape, the Missouri State High School Athletics Association announced on Wednesday that schools in Missouri that are not having in-person classes for the 2020-2021 school year can still participate in their activities. This seems to be positive news for the Mizzou football in-state commitments in hopes of playing their senior seasons.

And stay tuned for the SEC football schedule to be released perhaps at the end of this week.

Whenever Mizzou’s 10-game SEC schedule is announced, we’ll of course have it covered here at Rock M Nation.

Onto the links!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Bend Don’t Break: A Defensive Series, Part Two - by Tim Bussen
• Brandon Kiley has the latest Mizzou Football Recruiting Reset: Where does Mizzou still need to focus its recruiting attention?

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More Links:

(PowerMizzou)

• ($$) Mitchell Forde writes that Mizzou basketball is hitching hopes to ‘Barcelona’ offense
• Mitchell Forde takes a look at the cornerbacks on the latest Mizzou camp preview
• ($$) The latest edition of the Macadoodle’s Mailbag is out, from Gabe DeArmond

(STLToday)

• Big Ten reveals football schedule; SEC slate still coming together, writes Dave Matter

(The Athletic)

• ($$) Peter Baugh has the latest Missouri recruiting update: The top remaining 2021 targets and a peek at 2022

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• Eric Blum writes that Mizzou Hoops looks to ascend the SEC with their core intact

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• The College Football Playoff has announced their new dates for this season

• According to Will Muschamp, the SEC will be testing players three days a week.

• The Big Ten announced their season’s schedule, beginning on September 5th......maybe.

• On KTGR.com. Souichi Terada joined Matt Michaels and Andy Humphrey to discuss Mizzou’s quarterback competition and the state of College Football.
• According to 247Sports’ DUshawn London, Missouri has offered Avery Brown, a four-star point guard from Connecticut.

• From the Washington Post, Max Scherzer exited early with tweaked hamstring. Scherzer called it a minor injury and expects to make his next start.
• On ESPN.com, UConn Football becomes the first FBS team to cancel their season
• STLToday’s Benjamin Hochman has a good piece here on Jayson Tatum (editor’s note: so good)
• No surprise here, but NCAA Division III has made the decision to cancel fall championships this season. The same for Division II as well. You next, Division 1?

• The recruiting dead period is expected to extend to September 30th, according to Bryan Fischer

• Kassius Robertson doing Kassius Robertson things, scoring 28 points on Tuesday for the Niagara River Lions. Way to go, Kash!

• The SEC was the first to do this, but a scholarship commitment must be honored if a student-athlete opts out this season. An obvious, but good decision by the NCAA.

• We’ll end the links on this. Looking good, COMO.

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