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Why Maryland transfer James Graham picked Missouri State basketball
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When James Graham III entered the switch portal, he was out to search for his greatest match and a training employees that would presumably ship him to the NBA.
After Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon stepped down because the Terrapins’ head coach in December, Graham entered the portal and was shortly contacted by Missouri State head coach Dana Ford and assistant Sheldon Everett.
The trio stayed in shut contact for a lot of months. The Bears’ teaching employees continued to promote him on how he’d match and the way they might get probably the most out of his skills.
On Saturday, Graham introduced he was bought. The highly-coveted recruit out of highschool is coming to Springfield.
“I am simply able to get on the court docket and provides it my all for a better trigger than myself,” Graham mentioned in a latest interview with the Information-Chief.
Graham, a 6-foot-8, 205-pound ahead from Milwaukee, may in the end be the prize of the Bears’ offseason as this system has overhauled practically its whole roster.
Maryland switch James Graham III to hitch Missouri State basketball
Graham was a high-in-demand prospect out of highschool as a four-star recruit and the No. 78 general prospect, in keeping with 247Sports. He dedicated to Maryland over the likes of Auburn, Memphis and Wisconsin.
His school profession started early as he performed half of his senior yr of highschool earlier than leaping to varsity. He performed restricted time in that first season after which made a short look the following yr earlier than getting into the portal upon Turgeon’s departure.
With a brand new teaching employees on the horizon, incoming transfers and fifth-year gamers returning to highschool, his best choice was to search out someplace else whereas sustaining a attainable 4 years of eligibility.
Ford and Everett have been shortly involved to aim to court docket a participant who was as soon as touted as a future NBA Draft choose by main recruiting websites. He was additionally being pursued by Iowa State, DePaul, Georgetown, Boise State, Tulsa and others.
The Missouri State employees shortly tried to promote Graham on his match. Graham is a participant who likes to get into the inside and post-up — one thing the employees confirmed they valued within the standout ahead.
“A variety of (NBA gamers) do not come from high-major colleges and it is extra about going someplace the place you possibly can learn to play the sport accurately,” Graham mentioned. “A factor about Coach Ford is that he understands tips on how to get to that subsequent stage and he is gotten individuals to that subsequent stage.”
Ford’s most promising NBA prospect but seems to be Isiaih Mosley as he stays within the NBA Draft pool whereas additionally sitting within the switch portal. Mosley is attracting curiosity from a few of the largest school basketball packages within the nation.
Extra:These colleges are reportedly after Isiaih Mosley since getting into the switch portal
The MSU teaching employees has used Mosley as a promoting level to Graham in additional methods than one for the reason that former Terrapin entered the portal.
Exterior of being somebody who needs to submit up, Graham has points of his sport that look much like Mosley’s. Graham additionally has a step-back 3-point shot and is somebody who can pull up from all around the court docket.
Missouri State despatched Graham movie of Mosley whereas making an attempt to promote Graham on what he may do in a Bears uniform. Graham laughed and denied that Missouri State is a Mosley 2.0 — he is aware of there aren’t many gamers within the nation who can have seasons just like the one Mosley simply had. His sport will differ a bit as a bigger-bodied ahead who needs to get within the submit extra typically.
“They confirmed me a variety of movie and the way they put him able to attain and we do play the identical means typically,” Graham mentioned. “It exhibits me they’ve had individuals there like me who’ve been profitable.”
Graham will be a part of a Missouri State roster that appears utterly completely different than the one which led the Bears to the NIT for the primary time since 2011. He’s one in every of seven incoming Division I transfers to associate with three freshmen, three returners and a juco switch. One participant might want to depart by the autumn semester.
Extra:Colorado State guard Kendle Moore to switch to Missouri State basketball
An virtually totally new roster might want to come collectively shortly if the Bears wish to have a shot at advancing to the NCAA Match for the primary time since 1999.
“It is a recent begin,” Graham mentioned. “It should be a state of flux for some time however the storm at all times comes earlier than the daybreak. It at all times finds a solution to work out.”
Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield Information-Chief. You’ll be able to contact him at 417-371-6987, by e mail at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He is additionally the co-host of Sports activities Discuss on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.
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Missouri State football vs. Montana today: Live updates, highlights from Week 1 game
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Missouri State football: Ryan Beard previews Montana
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard held his weekly press conference ahead of Saturday’s opener at Montana.
Missouri State football season has arrived and an offseason of looking to the 2025 season and its impending move to Conference USA will be set aside for the Bears’ final season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and FCS.
Opening day will present quite a challenge.
Missouri State will open its 2024 season at FCS national runner-up Montana on Saturday in Missoula, Montana, at 8 p.m. This is the first time the two teams have met on the gridiron.
Ryan Beard is entering his second season as Missouri State’s head coach. His team will look to build off a 4-7 season while staying focused on this season despite being ineligible for the FCS Playoffs.
Montana finished last season as the FCS national runner-up. The Grizzlies hope to finish the job this season as they enter the season as the No. 3-ranked team in the country.
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Missouri father uses a funeral to wean daughter off pacifier
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The Bishop family of Festus, Missouri, can smile now, but a few months ago the mood was much more somber as Courtney, Jake and their 3-year-old daughter Hazel said goodbye to a very important member of the family: Hazel’s beloved pacifier.
“It’s not good for her teeth and her jaws and all of that, so we had been trying to wean her off of it for some time,” Jake, 35, said.
Hazel’s beloved pacifier, affectionately known as “Paci,” had been with her for years. Jake knew saying goodbye could come with tears and tantrums, so he searched for creative approaches to ease the transition. He considered options such as cutting off the end of the pacifier, soaking it in vinegar or planting it in a pot.
Instead, Jake chose to give Paci a funeral.
Of course, before the internet, parents used to just take the thing away and deal with the tantrum. But today, for better or worse, young parents like Jake would rather not go to war over a binky. They’re “pacy-fists,” if you will.
“You need them to go through some tough times to really grow as a person but you don’t need to make extra tough times for them,” Jake said. “They’ll have plenty of those coming up.”
Parents delight in making milestones, but those milestones are often bittersweet because each turning point is a point of no return.
“She’s transitioning to the next stage of her life,” Jake said of Hazel, their first child. “We just got to hold onto those moments and those memories, because it goes fast.”
Hazel hasn’t asked for Paci again since. Although, shortly after the ceremony, Jake dug it up and buried it again in a keepsake box, making dad the one who just can’t let go.
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Kansas man charged after child porn allegedly sent while in Missouri
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A Kansas man has been charged after he allegedly sent child pornography while in a Missouri county.
Court documents filed in the Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court have revealed that on Wednesday, Aug. 28, Courtnie R. Purvis, 45, of Overland Park, Kansas, has been charged with a single count of promoting child pornography in the first degree.
A complaint filed by the prosecuting attorney reported that in June 2023, Purvis knowingly sent out child pornography while in Platte County. The content allegedly depicted two victims, with whom Purvis has been barred from any contact.
As a part of his $25,000 cash-only bond agreement, if bailed out, Purvis is not allowed contact with any minor whatsoever. As of Friday, he is not behind Platte County bars.
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