NCAA Tournament March Madness
#63 Missouri
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Projection: likely out
Missouri's résumé pairs an eye-catching offense with a shallow list of quality scalps, as comfortable home wins like the one over Minnesota and high-scoring blowouts against midmajors show what this team can do when things click, but a brutal neutral-site loss to Illinois and a lopsided road defeat at Kansas expose defensive inconsistency and a struggle to win away from home. Most of the résumé is built against weak competition, so the committee will be looking for road or neutral victories over notable opponents to change the narrative; upcoming trips to Kentucky and Mississippi and home chances against Auburn, Oklahoma and Texas are the clearest ways to upgrade the profile. Until Missouri proves it can beat good teams in hostile or neutral settings, those flashy offensive displays will be weighed against poor results in marquee environments and a scarcity of signature wins.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Howard | 267 | W88-67 |
| 11/7 | SE Missouri St | 224 | W89-84 |
| 11/9 | VMI | 331 | W106-68 |
| 11/12 | Minnesota | 100 | W83-60 |
| 11/17 | Prairie View | 300 | W91-73 |
| 11/20 | South Dakota | 285 | W102-68 |
| 11/25 | S Carolina St | 361 | W98-66 |
| 11/28 | Cleveland St | 333 | W86-59 |
| 12/2 | @Notre Dame | 66 | L76-71 |
| 12/7 | @Kansas | 16 | L80-60 |
| 12/11 | Alabama St | 277 | W85-77 |
| 12/14 | Bethune-Cookman | 262 | W82-60 |
| 12/22 | (N)Illinois | 9 | L91-48 |
| 1/3 | Florida | 12 | 27% |
| 1/7 | @Kentucky | 19 | 18% |
| 1/10 | @Mississippi | 60 | 38% |
| 1/13 | Auburn | 37 | 46% |
| 1/14 | Auburn | 37 | 46% |
| 1/17 | @LSU | 40 | 27% |
| 1/20 | Georgia | 25 | 39% |
| 1/24 | Oklahoma | 50 | 53% |
| 1/27 | @Alabama | 17 | 15% |
| 1/31 | Mississippi St | 87 | 68% |
| 2/7 | @South Carolina | 92 | 47% |
| 2/11 | @Texas A&M | 49 | 31% |
| 2/14 | Texas | 46 | 52% |
| 2/18 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 22% |
| 2/21 | @Arkansas | 28 | 21% |
| 2/24 | Tennessee | 15 | 30% |
| 2/28 | @Mississippi St | 87 | 46% |
| 3/3 | @Oklahoma | 50 | 32% |
| 3/7 | Arkansas | 28 | 41% |