Missouri basketball has landed its third dedication of the 2026 offseason within the type of the redshirt freshman massive Bryson Tiller, per a number of stories. Tiller selected Missouri over Michigan, Arizona and Miami.
Tiller is contemporary off a stellar redshirt freshman season by which he averaged 7.9 factors, 6.1 rebounds, 1 help and 1.3 blocks per recreation whereas taking pictures 44.9% from the sphere and 26.9% from 3-point vary. He began 31 of 35 video games and performed 25.9 minutes per contest, averaging extra factors and minutes per recreation than all however one returning Tiger.
The rising third-year participant entered the switch portal as a four-star switch and No. 7 energy ahead within the switch class, per 247Sports. He was additionally ranked a four-star prospect within the class of 2025.
Before taking part in for Kansas, Tiller hung out within the Overtime Elite League, the place now-Missouri basic supervisor Tim Fuller was the Vice President of Recruiting and Player Personnel. Tiller averaged 11.5 factors and 6.9 rebounds per recreation within the 2022-23 season in OTE, and 12.2 factors and 9.4 rebounds per recreation within the 2023-24 season. Fuller and Tiller now reunite at Missouri.
The 6-foot-11, 240-pound massive brings much-needed dimension to a Missouri squad shedding beginning energy ahead Mark Mitchell and beginning heart Shawn Phillips Jr., because the giants exhausted their last seasons of eligibility in 2025-26. The former Jayhawk will cope with incoming freshman Toni Bryant and returning 7-foot-5 heart Trent Burns for a beginning spot within the frontcourt.
Tiller has expertise in a supporting function by taking part in alongside projected top-3 NBA Draft decide Darryn Peterson final season. He’ll now be taking part in alongside top-10 incoming freshman Jason Crowe Jr., who’s set to lead Missouri’s offense subsequent season.
Tiller is one in all few gamers in historical past to play for each Missouri and Kansas and will turn out to be one in all even fewer to compete on each side of the Border War. Parker Braun lately suited up for Missouri in 2020-21 and 2021-22 earlier than becoming a member of Kansas in 2023-24. While he performed towards Missouri as a Jayhawk, he by no means performed Kansas throughout his time with the Tigers.
Tiller, however, scored 13 factors, grabbed 5 rebounds and blocked 5 pictures towards Missouri in December, and is now slated to tackle his former workforce within the 2026-27 season.
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