Big News From Mizzou Basketball

Drew Bruno of the Missourian has reported that Missouri Men's Basketball standout Thomas Gardner is going to test the NBA draft waters. Bruno's writing made the article very easy to understand, and I felt explained what is a complicated situation very well. He began with a very good anecdotal lead, and explained the situation very well afterward. He explained that Gardner is not going to hire an agent at this time which means he can return to Missouri next year if he wished to pull out of the draft. Basically, Gardner is going to see how he performs in pre-draft camps against the nations top players.

The only thing that seemed to be lacking in Bruno's article was quotes. He only had two of them, one from a statement release by Thomas Gardner through the athletic department, the other from Missouri's interim head coach Melvin Watkins. But even with just two quotes, I think the story works very well. It sets up a good look and what could be a really tough season next year. Noting that the Tigers will already loose two senior starters in Jimmy McKinney and Kevin Young, and now look to be losing their leading scorer in Gardner. Add that on top of a new coach coming in and the fact that the Tigers weren't very good last season, and it could be a very rough ride next year.

Publish Date: March 22 in the Missourian.