Said and unsaid: Dennis Gates’ Nov. 1 media day [Video]

It feels like it’s been a minute since a said or unsaid, but the media got to talk with Missouri basketball coach Dennis Gates and guard Tamar Bates on Friday as the team prepares for its road trip to Memphis.

Here are some of Gates’ quotes I thought stood out most and video of Bates speaking.

What Gates said: “Team building is an important part of our program, but you have to look at both teams having the number of new players that they’ve had. Memphis has one returner on their entire team. We have a couple guys, but we’ve added a great high school class, we’ve added a great transfer portal class and that’s where we are.”

What went unsaid:I’ll start by saying Dennis often gets off on tangents within answers, so the header to these about what the initial question was might not connect as well to what the answer was. But …