Missouri Head Coach Dennis Gates defends former IU Guard Tamar Bates from criticism
Earlier this month former basketball coach and Indiana Hoosier legend Dan Dakich called out former Indiana basketball player Tamar Bates claiming the program had “no chance to win with him.”
Missouri men’s basketball head coach Dennis Gates responded to Dan Dakich’s comments about Tigers player Tamar Bates after their upset over No. 4 Alabama on Wednesday night.
“I don’t approve of anyone directly attacking a great leader, a great young man, a dude who has never gotten in trouble, a guy that has done everything I have asked,”Gates said. “I don’t know who he’s talking about.”
Since all this went down, the Outkick college basketball analyst Dan Dakich has double down on his comments on the former Indiana Hoosier guard Tamar Bates.
Bates began his collegiate career at Indiana and played two seasons there before transferring to Missouri in 2023.
A former five-star recruit from IMG Academy in Bradenton (Florida) Tamar Bates was a part of the first Indiana Hoosier recruiting class under head coach Mike Woodson in the 2021-22 season.
The Saint Louis, Missouri native Tamar Bates struggled at Indiana over his two years in Bloomington averaging 3.9 points in 14.5 minutes per game in his freshman season. He showed flashes of greatness and development as a sophomore but was inconsistent throughout his second and final season in Bloomington. Bates averaged 6.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.4 minutes per game, while shooting 37.4 percent from 3-point range and 92.6 percent at the free throw line before transferring to Missouri.
