COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Kevin Puryear was fresh off welcoming Cuonzo Martin to Columbia when his attention turned to who might be coming to Missouri with his new coach.

Little did the junior know at that point that his school, the one that had won just 18 games over his first two seasons, was about to put together a Kentucky-like class of freshmen that will hopefully help the Tigers climb out of the Southeastern Conference basement - at least.

It was a class highlighted by the arrival of prep All-American Michael Porter Jr., but that was just the beginning.