So long, Buggs...

It was becoming more and more obvious toward the end of the season that all five of Mizzou basketball seniors wouldn’t return for next season, even though they had the opportunity to do so with the extra year of eligibility.

In a bit of a surprising move, sort of like Mark Smith’s departure to Kansas State, Drew Buggs has entered the transfer portal — we learned on Wednesday afternoon.

Buggs becomes the sixth player on this season’s roster to enter the transfer portal and the second senior to do so.

Sam Snelling and Matthew J Harris shared their thoughts on Buggs on Twitter dot com.

It’s important to note that Buggs’ transfer doesn’t mean anything scholarship-wise, as Mizzou will still has two more spots to fill.

Moving on, a big congrats to Mizzou Volleyball senior Kylie Deberg, who was named to the SEC Volleyball’s Community Service Team. You can read more about it on MUTigers.com here.

Deberg and Mizzou Volleyball closed the regular season with a four-game winning streak and will take on South Dakota in the 48-team NCAA Volleyball Tournament next Wednesday in Omaha.

Onto the links!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Josh Matejka has the latest Mizzou Hoops Player Review on Dru Smith
• Best Mizzou Duos: Shane Ray and Markus Golden dominate the SEC, writes Brandon Kiley
• PODCAST: Mizzou Basketball and the Off-Season, with Sam Snelling and Matthew Harris. Give it a listen!

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More Links:

(STLToday)

• From Dave Matter: Former Mizzou guard Drew Buggs hopes to extend career, enters tranfer portal

(Columbia Missourian)

• Calum McAndrew writes about Mizzou redshirt sophomore golfer Ross Steelman, who dominated to win the MU Tigers Invitational

(Columbia Daily Tribune)

• Eric Blum writes that Mizzou basketball is riding the transfer portal carousel, which is the new normal. (you’ll need a subscription to read it though)

(Miscellaneous/Tweets)

• Mizzou representing in downtown Dallas, Texas. You love to see it!

• Jayden Rowe, a three-star cornerback from Tulsa, Oklahoma has received an offer from Mizzou:

• Former Mizzou WR Dominic Gicinto is transferring to New Mexico State. Good luck, Dom!

• ($$) Subscription needed, but D1 Softball’s Rhiannon Potkey has some thoughts on Mizzou in the latest SEC Notebook, who come in at No. 17 in their latest Top 25 rankings!
• On MUTigers.com, Mizzou Tennis Faces Texas A&M and LSU to Close Regular Season
• Sean Durugordon putting in the work with the corner threes!

• Pretty cool here...former Mizzou Tight End Chase Coffman visited the football team to give them some financial advice

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