Dennis Gates Whitten Family Men's Basketball Head Coach | Curators of the University of Missouri
Dennis Gates Whitten Family Men's Basketball Head Coach | Curators of the University of Missouri
The Southeastern Conference has announced the finalized league schedule for the University of Missouri men's basketball team for the 2025-26 season.
Missouri's SEC schedule will include 18 games, with 16 of those matchups coming against teams that participated in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. All nine teams scheduled to play at Mizzou Arena this season qualified for last year's tournament. The Tigers will have home-and-home series with three conference opponents and will host six additional schools while traveling to face another six.
The Tigers open their SEC campaign by hosting defending national champion Florida on Saturday, January 3. Last season, Missouri defeated Florida on the road, handing them their only home loss and securing its first win over a reigning national champion since 1983.
Other notable home games at Mizzou Arena include Auburn (Jan. 13 or 14), Georgia (Jan. 20 or 21), Oklahoma (Jan. 24), Mississippi State (Jan. 31), Texas (Feb. 14), Vanderbilt (Feb. 17 or 18), Tennessee (Feb. 24) and Arkansas (March 7).
On the road, Missouri will face Kentucky (Jan. 6 or 7), Ole Miss (Jan.10), LSU (Jan.17), Alabama (Jan.27 or 28), South Carolina (Feb.7), Texas A&M (Feb.10 or11), Arkansas (Feb.21), Mississippi State (Feb.28) and Oklahoma (March3 or4).
Specific dates, tip-off times, and television information are expected to be released later.
Missouri's full schedule includes a total of 31 games, with a school record of ten home contests against teams that made last year’s NCAA Tournament field. In all, Missouri is set to play against nineteen programs that reached postseason play in the previous year.
The Tigers look to continue building under head coach Dennis Gates as he enters his fourth season leading the program in the upcoming campaign.
"Fans can lock in their seats by renewing their season tickets through their Mizzou Tigers account," according to the release from Missouri Athletics staffers, who also encouraged fans interested in joining a waitlist for tickets by following instructions provided online.
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