John Bol to Commit Soon

A big-time high school basketball prospect is nearing a commitment decision — and Mizzou is involved in the recruiting race.

John Bol, a 7-foot center from Sunrise Christian Academy near Wichita, Kansas (previously at CBC High School in St. Louis) will be announcing his destination on Saturday — tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. CT.

Bol is a 2024 four-star recruit — ranking 29th nationally on 247Sports and 34th on Rivals.

With Kobe Brown entering the NBA Draft and Isiaih Mosley’s departure to pursue professional opportunities — Mizzou could definitely use some good news and it would be great to start off the 2024 class with a bang.

It obviously won’t be easy for Dennis Gates to land Bol as the Tigers will be competing with Wake Forest, Florida, Texas, UConn, Michigan, USC and Overtime Elite for his services.

How big of a deal would a Bol commitment to Mizzou be? Matt Harris with some information:

Needless to say, Saturday could potentially be an exciting day. Stay tuned.

Onto the links. M-I-Z!

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• Big news here. According to Matt Pauley on KMOX Sports, Tim Jamieson is returning to Mizzou on Kerrick Jackson’s staff:

UPDATE: KOMU’s Ben Arnet reports he’s back.

• Speaking of....New Mizzou Baseball Head Coach Kerrick Jackson joined Brandon Kiley and Alex Ferrario on 101ESPN in St. Louis. Give it a listen!

• ESPN’s Clinton Yates brought up the hiring of Kerrick Jackson and its importance on the main channel Thursday.

• Mizzou Softball coaches on the road CROOTIN. Hitting coach Jeff Cottrill will be in Houston.

• D’Moi Hodge is working out for the Lakers, according to Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin:

• Kobe Brown had a workout for the Charlotte Hornets:

• Jeremiah Tilmon is now with the newly formed Portland TrailBlazers G-League team, yet to be named. He’s currently back in Canada for the second year, playing for the title-winning Brampton Honey Badgers after spending time with both the Magic and Raptors’ G-League affiliates last year.

• First practice of the summer for Mizzou Basketball! More pics on Instagram:

• New season? New team? Same goals.

• Mizzou Women’s Basketball officially announces the addition of Lucija Milkovic, who according to the release is now 6’7? She was 6’5 everywhere else. Read more on MUTigers.com

• The NCAA Track & Field Championships are underway in Austin, and late night Thursday, we saw some results! Congrats to Skylar Ciccolini and Sophia Rivera on their First Team All-American performances in the javelin. The duo finished 5th and 7th, respectively. Christopher Conrad finished 11th in the semifinals of the 800m. Roberto Vilches (high jump) and J-School grad Euphenie Andre (triple jump) are still to come.

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