Full Mizzou men's basketball schedule released
The full Mizzou men’s basketball schedule has been announced by the team.
The Tigers will play an exhibition against Kansas State on Oct. 24 to open the season at 9 p.m.
Then Missouri will officially begin coach Dennis Gates‘ fourth season Howard on Nov. 3.
The Tigers will return home for seven consecutive games:
Southeast Missouri on Nov. 7
VMI on Nov. 9
Minnesota on Nov. 12
Prairie View A&M on Nov. 17
South Dakota on Nov. 20
South Carolina State on Nov. 25
Cleveland State on Nov. 28
Missouri will then hit the road to play at Notre Dame in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. 2 before returning to the state for the Border War on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
The Tigers will return to Columbia to play Alabama State on Dec. 11 and Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 14, then will finish the 2025 portion of the schedule with Braggin’ Rights against Illinois at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on Dec. 22.
SEC Play
SEC play will then begin on Jan. 3.
The Tigers will open the conference slate by hosting Florida on Jan. 3, then will play at Kentucky on either Jan. 6 or Jan. 7.
Missouri will stay on the road to face Ole Miss on Jan. 10, then will return hom to take on Auburn on either Jan. 13 or Jan. 14.
The Tigers will hit the road again to take on LSU on Jan. 17, then will come home to host Georgia on either Jan. 20 or Jan. 21, then Oklahoma on Jan. 24.
Missouri will head to Alabama to play the Crimson Tide on either Jan. 27 or Jan. 28, then will come back to Mizzou Arena to host Mississippi State on Jan. 31.
A two-game road trip begins with a matchup at South Carolina on Feb. 7, then concludes with a game at Texas A&M on either Feb. 10 or Feb. 11.
Missouri returns ho e to take on Texas on Feb. 14 and Vanderbilt on either Feb. 17 or Feb. 18, before hitting the road again to play Arkansas on Feb. 21.
Tennessee will then come to Mizzou Arena on Feb. 24, then the tigers will hit the road to play at Mississippi State on Feb. 28 and Oklahoma on March 3 or March 4.
The regular-season concludes with a home matchup against Arkansas on March 7.
The Tigers will play each SEC team at least once, with Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi State on the schedule twice.
