With head coach Dennis Gates sending his first two Missouri Tigers to the NBA, he will have a lot of production to fill when basketball starts again in Columbia this fall.
After losing leading scorer, rebounder and All-SEC selection Kobe Brown to the Los Angeles Clippers and steals leader, 3-point shooting leader and Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year finalist D’Moi Hodge to the Los Angeles Lakers, Gates still has high hopes for the coming season.