KU basketball freshman Bryson Tiller will transfer to archrival Missouri Tigers
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- Bryson Tiller announced his transfer to Missouri on a live stream with The Field of 68.
- Tiller started 31 games for Kansas in 2025-26, averaging 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds.
- Tiller’s year ended sour: benched in Big 12 semifinal, scoreless in season-ending loss.
Former Kansas forward Bryson Tiller is transferring to Missouri, he announced on a live stream with The Field of 68 on Thursday.
The news comes just days after the 6-foot-11, 240-pound forward from Atlanta visited Missouri. He’s one of the few players to play for both rival programs, a list that most recently includes Parker Braun.
“Just after the season, just wanted to get a fresh start,” Tiller said on the live stream. “... I felt like I chose the right school.”
Tiller, after starting 31 games for the Jayhawks during the 2025-26 season, entered the portal early last week. He averaged 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in Lawrence.
He had a solid season overall but finished on a sour note. He was benched in the second half of KU’s Big 12 Tournament semifinal loss to Houston. Later on, he told The Star that he was “shocked” by the benching.
He was held to three points or fewer five times in KU’s last seven games. He also went scoreless in KU’s season-ending loss to St. John’s in the NCAA Tournament.
The Jayhawks’ staff was high on Tiller’s potential, sources told The Star. But coach Bill Self and his assistants wanted more aggressiveness and physicality from the freshman — and said so at multiple points during the season.
Tiller told The Star he hoped to spend the offseason working on those two things. Throughout last season, multiple NBA scouts told The Star that Tiller is seen as an eventual NBA player.
The former four-star recruit picked KU over Georgia Tech, Auburn, Indiana and others in his original recruitment. He was a five-star prospect before reclassifying up to attend KU early.
